Rail transport in Italy high-speed train was the Italian ETR 200, which in July 1939 went from Milan to Florence at , with a top speed of . With this service, the railway was able to compete with the upcoming airplanes. The Second World War stopped these services. After the Second World War, Italy started to repair the damaged railways, and built nearly of new tracks. Nowadays the rail tracks and infrastructure are managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), while the train and the passenger section is managed mostly by Trenitalia. Both are Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) subsidiaries, once the only train operator in
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