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Historical map of the Italian railways system in the 1940s FS' Frecciarossa 1000 high speed train at Milano Centrale railway station, with a maximum speed of 400 km/h (249 mph), [1] is one of the fastest trains in Europe.
Historic train at the Cansano railway station, along the now tourist Sulmona–Isernia railway in Italy. Tourist train in transit on a viaduct of the Sassari–Tempio–Palau railway in Italy. Bernina Railway, in the Rhaetian Railway between Italy and Switzerland; inscribed in the World Heritage List of UNESCO; Valmorea railway
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [ferroˈvie dello ˈstato itaˈljane ˈɛssepiˈa]; lit. ' Italian State Railways JSC '; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the initialism FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estate services and other services in Italy and other European countries.
The original Massawa(Mitsiwa'e)-Asmara-Bishia Railway in Italian Eritrea, active between 1887 and 1941. The Italian colonial railways started with the opening in 1888 of a short section of line in Italian Eritrea, and ended in 1943 with the loss of Italian Libya after the Allied offensive in North Africa and the destruction of the railways around Italian Tripoli.
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length [3] of 24,567 km (15,265 mi) of which active lines are 16,832 km (10,459 mi). [2] The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. Italy is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC
On 26 December 1917, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson nationalised most American railways under the Federal Possession and Control Act, creating the United States Railroad Administration (USRA). It took control of the railways on 28 December 1917, and introduced several reforms to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
The Sicilian railroad network, which was largely created in the 70 years between the Unification of Italy and the first decade of Mussolini's government, underwent little change since then until after World War II when, especially with the so-called Scalfaro decree, the disposal of some lines that were deemed too costly in terms of the ratio of revenue to yield began despite the fact that they ...
The Florence–Rome high-speed railway line is a link in the Italian high-speed rail network.It is known as the ferrovia direttissima Firenze-Roma in Italian—meaning "most direct Florence–Rome railway" (abbreviated DD); this name reflects the naming of the Rome–Formia–Naples Direttissima opened in 1927 and the Bologna–Florence Direttissima opened in 1934.