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Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself partly owned by the Italian government, the company and partly from private investors group. It was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transport.

Trenitalia History

The Italian government formed Trenitalia to comply with European Union regulations. The European Commission's First Railway Directive from 1991 (91/440/EC) required separation of accounting between entities which manage the rail infrastructure and entities which provide the actual rail transportation. On 1 June 2000, therefore, Italy created Trenitalia as the primary rail transportation company and on 1 July 2001 established Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) as the company overseeing the rail network.

However, the separation was only formal, since both are subsidiaries of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane holding and are owned wholly by the government. Trenitalia operated freight rail services under the Trenitalia Cargo brand until 2017, when Mercitalia took over state-owned freight rail and logistics operations.

As of July 2014, Adria Ferries has a partnership with Trenitalia wherein tickets can be booked at any train station for onward journey to Durrës, at a steeply discounted price with respect to both tickets separately purchased. This is for connections either in Ancona or in Trieste, and continues the historical link between the Via Appia Traiana and the Via Egnatia.

Trenitalia Overview

Trenitalia Type: Partly State-owned subsidiary

Trenitalia Industry: Rail transport

Trenitalia Founded: 2000

Trenitalia Headquarters: Rome, Italy

Trenitalia Key People: Michele Pompeo Meta (Chairman) and Luigi Corradi (CEO)

Trenitalia Products: Transport

Trenitalia Revenue Increase: €5.3 billion (2017)

Trenitalia Net Income: Increase €276.2 million (2017)

Trenitalia Owner: Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

Trenitalia Number of Employees: Decrease 27,607 (2017)

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