( en, Great Stations) is a member
company
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of
Italy
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's
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...
( en, State Railways) group. It was created to rehabilitate and manage, even commercially, the 13 biggest Italian
railway station
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s.
Stations under management
The
Roma Termini railway station
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was the pilot of the Grandi Stazioni program.
The Italian railway stations currently operated by the group are:
Stations with darker background are not served by High-speed trains
In addition to these, the forthcoming
Napoli Afragola and Firenze Belfiore stations, which will be part of
Italian high-speed rail system, will also be included in this list.
Grandi Stazioni also operates beyond Italy's national
borders
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: since December 2003, the company has adopted a position in the
Czech Republic
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for the upgrading and management of three major railway stations:
Praha hlavní nádraží
Praha hlavní nádraží is the largest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic.
It opened in 1871 as Franz Josef Station, after Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the First Republic and from 1945 to 1948 the station was called Wilson Stati ...
,
Karlovy Vary upper station (horní nádraží) and
Marianske Lazne. In 2016 (after 13 years) Grandi Stazioni has failed to deliver the contractual obligation to reconstruct the Praha hlavní nádraží and has lost the lease. Grandi Stazioni has decided to sue the Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration for damages without providing the paperwork proving the actual costs spent.
Shareholders
Grandi Stazioni SpA is 60% controlled by
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...
and 40% by
Eurostazioni SpA.
Board of directors
The following people serve on the board of directors as of December 2013:
* President:
Mauro Moretti
* Chief Executive Officer: Fabio Battaggia
* Board Member: Massimiliano Capece Minutolo Del Sasso
* Board Member: Gaetano Casertano
* Board Member:
Fabio Corsico
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In 2011, he has been defined by the journalist Marianna Rizzini in the newspaper, ''Il Foglio'', as one of the influencers under 40 ...
* Board Member: Vittorio De Silvio
* Board Member: Maurizio Marchetti
* Board Member: Francesco Rossi
* Board Member: Carlo Vergara
See also
*
Centostazioni
( en, 100 Stations) is a subsidiary of Italian holding company Ferrovie dello Stato. The company was created to redevelop and manage 103 medium-sized Italian railway stations.
History
The company was founded in 2001 as ' ( en, Medium Stations ...
*
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...
*
High-speed rail
*
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) is the Italian railway infrastructure manager, subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), a state-owned holding company. RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it provides signalling, maintenance and other se ...
*
Trenitalia
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail tra ...
References
External links
Grandi Stazioni official website
{{Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
Railway companies of Italy
Railway companies established in 1998
Companies based in Rome
Railway stations in Italy