Trenitalia
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| State-owned subsidiary | |
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | 1905 as Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, 2000 as Trenitalia |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
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Key people
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Barbara Morgante (CEO), Tiziano Onesti, (Chairman) |
| Products | Transport |
| Revenue |
 EUR 5.5 billion |
| Owner | Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (100%) |
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Number of employees
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31,802 (2014) |
| Website | www |
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in the year 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport even if the company privatisation was only formal as the Italian government ultimately retains a 100% interest.
The Italian government formed Trenitalia to comply with European regulations. The European Commission's First Railway Directive from 1991 (91/440/EC) prohibited that the same railway company manage the rail infrastructure and provide 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 offers national rail transport in Italy and international connections to Austria, France, Germany, and Switzerland.
The company operates both regional and long-distance trains.
Regional trains travel within an Italian region or between neighboring Italian regions. Trains usually stop at all stations at most, thus connecting small centres to cities. Regionale veloce (fast regional train) are trains stopping at about half of station stations at most.
There are no reservations for regional trains, and for this reason, there is no price advantage to acquiring regional tickets in advance online. Once bought, tickets for regional trains have to be validated at the station before departure.
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