A DISPUTE between Italy's open-access high-speed operator NTV and infrastructure manager Italian Rail Network (RFI) over NTV's plan to launch a new service between Milan, Rimini and Ancona on the Adriatic coast came to a head this week.
ITALY's prime minister Mr Mario Monti officially inaugurated Turin Porta Susa station on January 14 marking completion of a project to rebuild and expand the station to provide the city with a high-speed rail hub.
ITALIAN open-access high-speed operator NTV is to launch a new service between Milan and the Adriatic Coast this summer in the first expansion outside its orignal network.
ITALIAN open-access high-speed operator NTV announced the results for its first eight months of operation on January 7, revealing it carried more than 2 million passengers on its Italo services from its launch on April 28 to the end of December.
NTV, Italy's first open-access high-speed operator, has got off to a flying start with traffic higher than forecast. But as managing director Giuseppe Sciarrone explained to David Briginshaw at InnoTrans, revenue is lower than expected due to the poor state of the Italian economy.
NTV, Italy's open-access high-speed operator, has announced that its founding president, Mr Luca di Montezemolo, has decided to step down. He is being replaced by Dr Antonello Perricone who joins NTV from the publishing world.
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.
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.
NTV, the world's first open-access high-speed train operator, carried its first passengers on April 28 with the launch of Italo services between Milan, Florence, Rome and Naples.