Railway nationalization it was due to expire, the railways were nationalized in 1905. The nationalized operator is known as Ferrovie dello Stato. Italy has an open access high-speed rail operator competing against the national railway; Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori which is part owned by SNCF and private investors. In Japan, the Railway Nationalization Act of 1906 brought most of the country's private railway lines under public control. Between 1906 and 1907, of track were purchased from seventeen private railway companies. The national railway network grew to about of track, and private railways were relegated to providing local and regional services. In the 1980s
Gioia Ghezzi & Company, and in 2013 as CEO of the International Group Risk Solutions at the Zurich Insurance Group. From April 2012 to February 2013 she was Chief Operating Officer at Willis Group Holding. In December 2015 she was appointed Chair of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. In September 2016, at Tiburtina railway station in Rome, Gioia Ghezzi presented the 2016–2027 Business Plan together with Renato Mazzoncini, CEO and General Director of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. Ms. Ghezzi gave the opening speech and stated that "the new business plan for Ferrovie dello Stato is an ‘extremely innovative’ plan that aims to transform