Trenitalia

New potential Eurostar rival emerges

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Alex Bestwick

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8th April 2025

FS Italiane Group, the parent company of Trenitalia, has said it plans to launch services through the Channel Tunnel by 2029.
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First and Trenitalia to run West Coast Main Line

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Sam Hewitt

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5th September 2019

By Tony Miles OPERATION of the West Coast Partnership (WCP) will be in the hands of First Group and Trenitalia from December 8, under what will be the first of a new franchise partnership model. With a 70/30 partnership in favour of First, the pair will end Virgin Trains’ domination of the flagship route, which…
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Time running out for Italy’s ‘Tartarughe’

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd September 2019

THE last few remaining Italian Railways Class 444 ‘Tartarughe’ (Tortoise) electric locos are expected to be withdrawn by December. They are being replaced by more modern locos, and most recently by second-hand, Italian-built ‘Fyra’ high-speed trains from The Netherlands. Italian State Railways introduced the first Class 444 locos in 1967 when they were the most…
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Italian Caimano to lose passenger work

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Sam Hewitt

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29th May 2019

ITALIAN Railways (Trenitalia) has been slowly withdrawing its Class 656 Bo-Bo-Bo locos for several years. The 4,200kW 3kV DC locos were officially nicknamed ‘Caimano’ (after caiman or alligators), and 461 were built between 1975 and 1989. Around half were later converted to freight-only Class 655. These are also now being replaced by more modern locos.…
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Grade-II listed railway station set for a multi-million pound refurb

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd April 2019

London’s only Grade-II listed 1950s railway station is set for a multi-million pound refurbishment.
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Trenitalia

New potential Eurostar rival emerges

First and Trenitalia to run West Coast Main Line

Time running out for Italy’s ‘Tartarughe’

Italian Caimano to lose passenger work

Grade-II listed railway station set for a multi-million pound refurb

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