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Italy’s rolling stock commitment continues

Issue 5 2006, Past issues / 15 September 2006 /

Trenitalia, the transportation company of the Ferrovie dello Stato (State Railways) Group, has been pursuing ambitious investment programmes for a number of years now, with the dual goal of modernising its fleet while guaranteeing its passengers increasingly elevated standards of comfort and safety.

In 2005 alone, the group spent 1 billion, 100 million Euro to modernise its fleet, placing in operation 39 new poly-voltage ETR 500 locomotives, 41 new E464 locomotives, 25 Vivalto cars and 91 Minuetto trains. And, starting from December of this year, an additional 12 new commuter trains shall be available.

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The railway of the third millennium

Issue 4 2005, Past issues / 3 November 2005 /

The Euro is not sufficient to unite Europe: an international railways system is needed to sweep away the borders between the different States by overcoming technological barriers and to compete with air, inland-water and road transport. (more…)