Ferrovie dello Stato

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Ferrovie dello stato (FS)
Type Corporation (Capital Stock 100% Italian State)
Founded 1905 in Rome
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Key people Innocenzo Cipolletta (President), Mauro Moretti
Industry Rail transport
Products Rail transport, Cargo transport, Services, more...
Revenue 6.7 billion €
Employees 99.305
Website FS - Corporate web site
Tickets - Timetable
The FS rail station of Trieste

The Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian: State Railways) or FS is the operator of the Italian railway network. A public concern, it is a railway company of Italian state and its capital is held by the Italian state.

The FS is organised as a group with the following principal divisions:

  • Trenitalia: goods and passengers
  • Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (Italian Railway Network): national railway infrastructure
  • Italferr: engineering
  • Ferservizi: non-core services
  • Grandi Stazioni (Large Stations): manages the 13 largest railway stations
  • CentoStazioni [100 Stations]: manages the 103 medium-sized railway stations
  • Sogin: road transport services
  • Fercredit: financial services

The Italian rail network includes 16,178 km of standard gauge lines, of which 10,688 km are electrified at 3 kV, DC.

Trenitalia traffic (2002 figures):

  • Passengers: 492 million (+4.2% on 2001)
  • Goods: 73.6 million tons (-5.1% on 2001)

Rolling stock:

  • Locomotives: 4,500
  • Passenger cars: 10,000
  • Goods wagons: 50,000

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