GERMAN intermodal operator Kombiverkehr is to launch a new direct service from Verona to Kiel on October 7, which will connect with ferries to Sweden.
ITALY's rail regulator (URSF) has ruled in favour of Italian Rail Network (RFI) in a dispute with open-access high-speed operator NTV over the recent erection of a fence at Rome Ostiense which prevents NTV passengers walking directly from NTV's lounge to their train on the adjacent platform 15.
The dispute between Italian open-access high-speed operator NTV and infrastructure manager Italian Railway Network (RFI) has taken a further turn after NTV took out full page advertisements in the Corriere della Sera and Repubblica newspapers on July 9 calling on the government intervene.
ITALIAN open-access operator Arenaways is to launch two overnight services between northern and southern Italy on July 10 using Talgo coaches. Tickets for the new services go on sale on July 2 and can be purchased online or at stations.
ITALIAN infrastructure manager Italian Rail Network (RFI) opened the new 180km/h high-speed tunnel beneath Bologna on June 21.
TRENITALIA has signed a distribution agreement with transaction processor Amadeus, which will allow Trenitalia tickets to be sold through all Amadeus sales channels around the world.
A dispute has arisen between NTV, Italy's new open-access high-speed operator, and infrastructure manager Italian Rail Network (RFI) over access to platform 15 at Rome Ostiense station, which is used by NTV's Italo trains.
AFTER a three-year absence, passenger services between Villach, Austria, and Udine, Italy, were reinstated on June 10, thanks to a joint venture between the European Union and Italian autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
THE CEO of Italian State Railway (FS), Mr Mauro Moretti, officially launched construction of a 39km section of the Milan - Verona high-speed line between Treviglio and Brescia.
TRENITALIA has invited bids for a contract worth an estimated Euro 1.25bn to supply 130 regional dmus and emus, with an option for a further 60 sets.