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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:
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):
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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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