Ferrovie dello Stato
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The Ferrovie dello Stato [State Railways] or FS is the operator of the Italian railway network. A public concern, it is run as a public limited company whose entire capital is held by the Italian state.
The FS is organised as a group with the following principal divisions:
- Trenitalia: goods and passengers
- RFI [Italian Railway Network]: national railway infrastructure
- Italferr: engineering
- Ferservizi: non-core services
- GrandiStazioni [Large Stations]: manages the 13 largest railway stations
- CentoStazioni [100 Stations]: manges the 103 medium-sized railway stations
- Sogin: road transport services
- Fercredit: financial services
Trenitalia taffic (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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