FER (Ferrovie Emilia Romagna) is a private limited company, which is active in passenger and freight transportation since 2001.
FER (Ferrovie Emilia Romagna) is a private limited company, which is active in passenger and freight transportation since 2001.Its 30 mln € shares are owned by Emilia-Romagna Region (87%), Act (11%) and the Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Mantova, Modena, Parma, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia and Rimini.
FER operates a network owned by Emilia-Romagna Region of about 350 km consisting of the "historical" lines: Parma - Suzzara - Ferrara; Ferrara - Codigoro; Bologna - Portomaggiore; Modena - Sassuolo; (Bologna) - Casalecchio - Vignola. Since the beginning of 2009 the lines of the rail-branch of Act, joined the network completing the incorporation process of all the regional railway companies (exlcluding FS group). FER has become the third largest Italian railway for traffic volume and the second for network dimension.
From mid 2008 FER operates also on RFI network, after joining the CTI (Consorzio Trasporti Integrati) with Trenitalia (the main italian railway company). The CTI won in 2008 the call for tender put on by Emilia-Romagna Region for passenger transportation. As a consequence now FER operates also part of the following services: Modena-Carpi; Ferrara - Ravenna - Rimini; Bologna - Poggio Rusco; Bologna - Ferrara; Mantova - Suzzara; in addition to the summer links Bergamo - Pesaro; Brescia - Pesaro; Cremona - Pesaro.
Since 2001, the year of its establishment, FER consolidated and developed its role. Today it handles 430 trains daily with more than 4,500,000 trains / km out of a total of 16,700,000 trains / km of the whole regional service.
FER is active in freight sector since its establishment over the 350 km of its network in Emilia-Romagna and on RFI network in a multi-territory that covers the regions of Liguria, Lombardia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli, Emilia-Romagna, Toscana, Marche. FER operates with its staff in the freight depots of: Torrile (province of Parma),Dinazzano, Guastalla and Boretto (province of Reggio Emilia), Bondeno and Ferrara (province of Ferrara), Ravenna and Port of Ravenna.
FER produces about 70 pairs of freight trains a week mainly over the following lines: Port of Ravenna-Mantova district of iron and steel, chemical district of Ravenna - chemical district of Mantua, Eastern Europe (cars) - storage and distribution area near Parma, Ravenna - pottery district of Modena-Reggio Emilia (clays and earth), Roncafort (Trento) Freight village - Emilia-Romagna area (concrete aggregate). Furthermore in the San Donato depot (Bologna) all the single freight cars are assembled and redirected throughout the region. In 2008 FER freight sector carried more than 3,5 million tons producing more than 900,000 train/km.
FER is a multimodal operator and with its bus division is member of various consortia which cover the bus services in the catchment areas of Rimini, Ferrara and Bologna.
In 2009 FER acquired an important share of ATCM Modena through HERM, a joint venture formed with the french RATP, CTT and Nuova Mobilità.
In 2008 the yield has been estimated in 56 million € and in 2009 is expected to increase up to 80 million €.
Currently FER has 840 Employees.
Our investment plan for the rolling stock exceeds 200 million in the next two years.
In particular, the plan foresees: the completion of the supply of 10 trains with E464 locomotives and double-deck Vivalto coaches; the acquisition of two new TRAXX freight locomotives; and, finally, the provision of 12 new electric trains aimed to substitute large part of the diesel rolling stock.
Also on the railway lines and on the technological side are planned significant investments.
These actions added to the rolling stock renewal, make the investment bulk raise to 410 million € in the next years.
