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January 13, 2023 | Fleet

Rome signs framework agreement for 30 Hitachi metro trains

The new fleet will operate on lines A and B.

September 1, 2022 | Passenger

Work on Rome’s light rail Line G to start in 2023

Route from Termini to Tor Vergata is 13km long.

August 9, 2022 | Light Rail

Funding agreed for Rome light rail and metro projects

€456m for new LRVs, light rail routes and Line C extension.

August 4, 2021 | Fleet

IRJ In-Brief – Tenders: 24 trams for Wroclaw; 30 trains for Rome metro; up to 121 coaches for Rhäetian Railway

Tender issued by Roma Capitale for 30 new trains for two lines.

June 10, 2020 | Light Rail

€213m funding for Rome Termini - Tor Vergata light rail line approved

ITALY’s minister of infrastructure and transport, Mr Paola De Micheli, has signed a decree providing €213m for the Termini - Giardinetti - Tor Vergata light rail line in Rome.

November 6, 2019 | Fleet

Rome invites bids for 20 metro trains

ROME’s department of transport has published a tender for an eight-year framework agreement worth €169.1m to supply 20 trains for the Italian capital’s metro network.

May 2, 2019 | High-speed

Exporting the Italian recipe for high-speed success

Italy was one of the first European countries to open its domestic passenger market to competition. Andrea Giuricin, special advisor at NTV-Italo and CEO of TRA Consulting, tells Keith Barrow why he believes other European countries should now follow suit.

January 29, 2019 | Metros

€425m Rome metro investment deal signed

THE mayor of Rome, Ms Virginia Raggi, and Italy’s minister of infrastructure and transport, Mr Danilo Toninelli, signed an agreement on January 22 to invest €425m in the refurbishment of Rome metro lines A and B, which together total 46km, as well as to upgrade rolling stock.

June 26, 2018 | Main line

Lazio signs 15-year regional rail contract with Trenitalia

A new 15-year contract for the operation of regional train services in Lazio was signed on June 22 by the region’s president, Mr Nicola Zingaretti Trenitalia CEO and Mr Orazio Iacono, in the presence of Italy’s newly-appointed minister of infrastructure and transport, Mr Danilo Toninelli.