Transport in Italy Italy also has a large number of harbors for the transportation of both goods and passengers. Transport networks in Italy are integrated into the Trans-European Transport Networks. The Italian railway system has a length of , of which standard gauge and electrified. The active lines are 16,723 km. The network is recently growing with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. The narrow gauge tracks are: A major part of the Italian rail network is managed and operated by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, a state owned company. Other regional agencies, mostly owned by public entities such as regional governments,
Rail transport in Vatican City September 1934, on which date the property passed from "Ferrovie dello Stato" (Italian State Railways) to the Holy See. In October 1934 the Ministry of Public Works gave the completed rail lines to Vatican City and Ferrovie dello Stato, respectively. "Legge sulle fonti del diritto" (7 June 1929) made Italian railway legislation binding on Vatican-controlled railways. In late March 1944, during the allied bombing of Rome in World War II, the Vatican discovered a German munitions train parked on the line by the Vatican railway station. Pope John XXIII, on 4 October 1962, became the first pope to use the