Rail transport in Italy Rail transport in Italy The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of of which active lines are 16,723 km. The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. Italy is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Italy is 83. "RFI" ("Rete Ferroviaria Italiana", Italian Rail Network), a state owned infrastructure manager which administers most of the Italian rail infrastructure. The total length of "RFI" active lines is , of which are double tracks. Lines
Fiat Ferroviaria Virgin Trains ordered new tilting trainsets (Class 390), but Fiat Ferroviaria was sold to Alstom in 2000. For this reason they were sold under the "Alstom" brand, although the technology was still the same developed by Fiat Ferroviaria. Directly or indirectly, 18 countries throughout the world applied the Italian Fiat Ferroviaria tilting technology to their trains, including United States and China. Fiat Ferroviaria Fiat Ferroviaria was the rail division of FIAT of Italy. It was founded in 1880 as Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano. Fiat Ferroviaria began building locomotives in the 1930s. It became part of FIAT in 1970. Fiat