THE first of 70 Coradia Meridian emus for Trenitalia is nearing completion at Alstom's Savigliano plant in northern Italy and is due to be handed over to Trenitalia by the end of October.
THE first two of eight new Stadler Flirt emus purchased by the autonomous Italian province of South Tyrol, local transport authority STA, and Trenitalia at a cost of €69.5m were delivered to Bolzano on September 3.
Preliminary testing is underway of the Frecciarossa 1000, Italy's new 360km/h high-speed train at Bombardier's Vado Ligure plant. Kevin Smith takes an in-depth look at the design features of what will be Europe's fastest high-speed train when it enters service in 2016.
THE boards of French National Railways (SNCF) and Belgian National Railways (SNCB) have decided to make Thalys, their jointly-run high-speed operation, a stand-alone company in 2015, subject to European Commission approval.
ITALY's newest and Europe's fastest high-speed train, the Frecciarossa 1000, was officially unveiled to the world today at Bombardier's Vado Ligure plant.
TRENITALIA and Alstom hosted an event at Alstom's Savigliano plant in northern Italy on June 25 to give the press, passenger associations, and representatives of the government of Piedmont a first glimpse of the new Coradia Meridian regional emu for Trenitalia.
A cooperation agreement was signed in Zürich on June 14 by the CEO of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Mr Andreas Meyer and Italian State Railways (FS) CEO Mr Mauro Moretti.
DESPITE another difficult year for Italy's economy, Italian State Railways (FS) improved its financial performance for the fifth consecutive year in 2012, with Ebitda rising 7.6% to exceed €1.9bn for the first time and net profits increasing 33.7% to €381m.
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.
ALPINE Rolling Motorway (AFA), the piggyback shuttle service between France and Italy operated jointly by SNCF Geodis and Trenitalia, has gained 52 new customers in the six months since the 12.2km Mont Cenis tunnel was cleared for trains carrying 4m-high semitrailers.