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Mar 22 2024

Mercitalia Fast is not coming back

Mercitalia Fast, the high-speed rail freight service launched by the Italian national rail freight company will not be reinstated. The locomotives used by Mercitalia Rail for this service were returned to its passenger counterpart Trenitalia, all part of the Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) Group.

The service was interrupted in late 2022, with FS saying it was a temporary stop. However, over a year later, it seems that the project will not be brought back. According to Italian media Ferrovie.it, the two locomotives were sent to the Trenitalia factory in Naples, where they will be reinstated in the Frecciarossa fleet. Read more

 

Source: RAILFREIGHT.COM