Italy’s national railway operator FS Italiane joins the ITF Corporate Partnership Board
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is delighted to announce that the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), Italy’s national railway operator and a major European integrated mobility group, has joined the ITF Corporate Partnership Board as the board’s 34th member.
Established in 1905, the FS Group is one of Europe’s largest mobility operators with over 91 000 employees, 10 000 trains per day, some 700 million train and bus passengers per year and more than 40 million tonnes of freight annually. FS railway infrastructure extends over 17 000 kilometres, of which more than 1 000 kilometres are dedicated to High Speed/High Capacity services. The Group also operates a road network of around 32 000 kilometres.
The Group’s 10-year Business Plan aims at making rail and road infrastructure increasingly sustainable, accessible, effectively integrated as well as more resilient.
The Corporate Partnership Board is the ITF's platform for engaging with the private sector and enriching global transport policy discussion with a business perspective.
ITF Secretary-General, Young Tae Kim, welcomed the FS Group to the Corporate Partnership Board:
“I am delighted to have the FS Italiane joining our Corporate Partnership Board. FS Italiane’s commitment to innovation and sustainability in the transport sector make the company a great partner for the International Transport Forum. As the leading railway and infrastructure company in Italy, FS Italiane can make important contributions to the global dialogue for better transport.”
Mario Tartaglia, Head of FS Research Centre, FS Group commented:
"Joining the ITF Corporate Partnership Board is a great opportunity to share our expertise and know-how in order to achieve an increasingly integrated mobility. FS Italiane is proud to co-operate with ITF to better face the greatest challenges of our time in the mobility sector”.
The members of the ITF Corporate Partnership Board are:
Airbus, Allianz Partners, Alstom, Amazon, Aramco, AutoCrypt, Bolt, Bosch, BP, CEIIA, Cruise, DP World, Enel, ExxonMobil, FS Italiane, Honda, Hyundai Motor Company, Iberdrola, Kakao Mobility, Michelin, Microsoft, Mott Macdonald, NXP, PTV Group, RATP Group, Rolls Royce, Shell, Siemens, TotalEnergies, Toyota, Trucknet, Uber, Valeo and Volvo Group.
More information about the ITF Corporate Partnership Board at www.itf-oecd.org/CPB
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