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Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is the Italian railway infrastructure manager, subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato, a state-owned holding company. RFI is the owner of Italy’s railway network, it provides signalling, maintenance and other services for the railway network.

New maritime railway station planned for Savona port

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – A memorandum of understanding to build a new maritime railway station and adapt the connection between the...

RFI, Port of Gioia Tauro sign last mile rail agreement

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Autorità di Sistema Portuale dei Mari Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio (AdSP...

RFI awards Trieste rail construction contract to Preve Costruzioni

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has awarded a Trieste rail construction contract to Preve Costruzioni SpA. Preve...

A new railway between RFI main line and port of Augusta, Sicily

Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2024 – A railway connection will be built between the RFI main line and the port of Augusta. This was...

Port of Trieste issues Trieste Campo Marzio tender

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – The Port of Trieste has issued a tender for the executive design and construction of the “Direct...

Port of Gioia Tauro risks losing state PNRR funds

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2023 – Due to delayed projects, the southern Port of Gioia Tauro risks losing state PNRR funds. PNRR (Piano...

Planning for Alessandria intermodal hub in Port of Genoa to go ahead

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – The Protocol for the development of the Masterplan relating to the Alessandria intermodal hub and the...

RFI acquires rail assets in the port of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has acquired the rail assets of the port of Gioia Tauro in the Calabria...

RFI tenders for two green ferries for Strait of Messina

Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) is tendering for the supply of two fast dual fuel ferries for the Strait of...

Port of Livorno Raccordo rail project to go ahead

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) June 15, 2022 – The Port of Livorno Raccordo rail project is to go ahead. Top priority will go to the first phase of the...

Region Calabria takes ownership of Gioia Tauro port railway connection

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2022 – Region Calabria has taken ownership of the railway connection between the stations of Rosarno and San...

Port of Messina launches new eco-vessel

Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2022 – Today, at the port of Messina, in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility,...

Port of Trieste to tender first stage of rail upgrade

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2021 – The tender for the first phase of the upgrading of the railway infrastructure in the port of Trieste has...

RFI reconnects Trieste port with Servola and Aquilina stations

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the Italian railway infrastructure manager, has completed a €7.5...

Genoa port’s PSA Pra’ sees rail capacity increase

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 22, 2020 – The new configuration of the PSA Pra’ port, which with the entry into operation of two new tracks...

Gruppo FS Italiane and Snam collaborate to promote study in hydrogen rail transport

Rome, 21 October 2020 – FS Italiane and Snam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility and...

Timetable set for new Alessandria railway station to serve Genoa port

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 – At the first meeting of the steering committee for the development of the new Alessandria railway station,...

Two rail track improved in PSA Genoa Pra terminal

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and Italferr have completed works on two rail tracks at the PSA Genoa Pra...

New RFI agreement to increase rail services to Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – An agreement has been signed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the national railway infrastructure...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) signs rail construction contract

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 23, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...

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