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Marco Chiandoni

June 29, 2022 | Financial

RFI increases PNRR budget by €3.4bn in 2022

The projects include a new high-speed station in Florence.

January 30, 2022 | Freight

GTS Rail orders five Traxx locomotives and 100 wagons

Italian open access freight operator will receive its new fleet from May onwards

January 24, 2022 | Financial

Rail Baltica awards control-command and signalling supervision contract

The contract was awarded to a Systra-led consortium.

January 14, 2022 | Fleet

Hitachi to build 25 trains for Trenitalia

Train order forms part of new passenger contract for Trenitalia in north east Italy.

January 10, 2022 | Infrastructure

RFI issues €757m tender to replace level crossings

Italian infrastructure manager wants to close level crossings in 14 regions.

January 7, 2022 | Financial

RFI issues large tender for ETCS rollout

Italian infrastructure manager wants to equip 3400km of mainline railway with ETCS Level 2 by 2026.

January 15, 2021 | Main line

Trenitalia takes over operation of Turin commuter rail network

ITALIAN national operator Trenitalia took over operation of the Turin Metropolitan Railway Service (SFM) Canavesana line on January 1, the first step towards replacing Turin Transport Group (GTT) on the network.

January 20, 2020 | Uncategorized

Puglia approves order for double-deck EMUs

THE regional council in Puglia, Italy, approved a €116.6m investment on January 13 to purchase four trains and 539 buses to renew its public transport fleet.

January 10, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom begins delivery of Pop EMUs for Catania

ALSTOM has delivered the first five four-car Alstom Pop EMUs to Catania, Sicily, under a contract for 43 new EMUs to renew the island’s ageing fleet.

December 4, 2019 | Main line

Trenitalia signs new 15-year operations contract for Campania

THE Campania region in southern Italy signed a new 15-year direct-award train operating contract with Trenitalia worth €680m on December 3.

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