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
Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia 2012, the contract with TBA to operate the Mitre and Sarmiento lines was revoked after the Once station rail disaster. Both lines were temporarily operated by a consortium formed by Ferrovías and Metrovías, being TBA excluded from UGOFE a few days later. On February 12, 2014, the Government of Argentina announced that some companies would take over the lines operated by UGOFE. The consortium was officially dissolved. Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia (UGOFE) was a temporary consortium of Argentine companies formed on 7 January 2005 by Ferrovías, Metrovías and Trenes de