Ancona railway station a principal station, most long-distance trains - high-speed (Freccia, formerly branded Eurostar Italy) and Intercity (day and overnight) - call at Ancona. Additional high-speed trains operated by NTV-Italo run between Milan and Ancona during the summer months. The following services call at this station: High-speed Intercity and Overnight Regional Ancona railway station Ancona railway station, sometimes called Ancona Centrale, is the main railway station of Ancona, Region of Marché (the Marches). It is the most important station of the region and is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned railway company. The station was opened on 17 November
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane The workforce was reduced to half: from 216,310 employees in 1988 to 112,018 in 1999. Divisions were created to rationalize the management. The company was privatized in 1992 with the creation of the new Ferrovie dello Stato SpA, a joint-stock company, following a European guideline. However, the privatization was only formal, since shares were still owned by the Italian Government. On 1 June 2000, the company's two main divisions, service and infrastructure, were separated and two different independent companies were created: Trenitalia, responsible for transport service, and Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, responsible for the management of the rail infrastructure. Both companies