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Bloomberg
24-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Italy's Railway Says It Might Test Musk's Starlink for Projects
Italian state-owned rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA said it might test Elon Musk's Starlink for future projects. 'Possible experiments' that may involve 'Starlink satellites for projects by the Group's companies are being evaluated and analyzed,' a representative for Rome-based Ferrovie said in a statement on Saturday.
Times
09-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Train ticket prices to Europe could drop by a third
Train ticket prices to Europe are set to fall by a third and international stations in Kent could reopen as Eurostar faces competition. Italy's state railway has become the latest operator to announce plans to run trains through the Channel tunnel from 2029. Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), which has a 30 per cent stake in Avanti West Coast, is exploring running trains direct to Lyons and Marseilles in France as well as Milan in northern Italy. The operator is also evaluating stops at Ashford International, which was previously served by Eurostar. Services at Ashford and Ebbsfleet International were suspended in 2020 when the pandemic halted travel but they never returned to the schedule, with Eurostar blaming post-Brexit red tape. There are now three operators
Bloomberg
11-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Italy's €25 Billion Rail Plan Is a Model for EU Spending
East of Naples near the town of Telese, engineers are cutting into the foothills of the southern Apennine mountains. The straight lines and white gleaming concrete of new high-speed train tunnels and overpasses contrast with the swerving roads and ancient stone walls of the nearby countryside. When it is completed in 2028, the high-speed rail line will run coast-to-coast between Naples and Bari in just two hours, and connect Italy's underdeveloped south with the wealthier parts of the peninsula and the rest of Europe. The Italian government hopes the new rail links will finally open up opportunities for business, education and tourism in the south. Earlier this week, Ferrovie Dello Stato, the rail company, broke through two key tunnels that will allow part of the line to come into service by the end of the year, cutting more than an hour from the travel time between Italy's Adriatic and Tyrrhenian coasts.
