Ferrovie Emilia Romagna

Ferrovie Emilia Romagna s.r.l.

Company type	Public benefit corporation, Limited company
Industry	Transport
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Bologna , Italy
Area served	Emilia-Romagna
Products	Rail transport Bus transport
Number of employees	840[1]
Website	Official website

Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER) is railway company serving the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. The company also operates buses.

The company was formed in 1997 by acquisition by the Emilia-Romagna region of four previous state-owned railway companies:

• the Ferrovie Padane (FP, which managed the Ferrara–Codigoro railway);
• the Ferrovia Suzzara–Ferrara SpA (FSF);
• the Gestione Commissariale Governativa delle Ferrovie Venete - Ferrovia Bologna-Portomaggiore (FBP);
• the Gestione Commissariale Governativa delle Ferrovie Venete - Ferrovia Parma-Suzzara (FPS).

On 1 January 2008, it also acquired the railway branch of the ATCM of Modena, and, on 1 February 2009, Reggio Emilia's ACT, as well as FBV, becoming the only railway company in Emilia-Romagna.

Emilia-Romagna currently owns 59.44% of FER, the rest belonging to the provinces of Bologna, Mantua, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia and Rimini.

Ferrovie Emilia Romagna is the infrastructure manager for the following railway lines:

• Parma–Suzzara
• Suzzara–Ferrara
• Ferrara–Codigoro–Pomposa
• Bologna–Portomaggiore–Dogato
• Modena–Sassuolo
• Reggio Emilia-Guastalla
• Reggio Emilia-Ciano d'Enza
• Reggio Emilia-Sassuolo
• Casalecchio–Vignola railway

In the past, FER also used to operate passenger services on the formerly listed lines as well as the following lines, owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI):

• Bologna–Ferrara
• Poggio Rusco–Bologna
• Modena–Mantua
• Ferrara–Rimini
• Parma–Fornovo
• Fornovo–Fidenza
• Bologna–Rimini–Pesaro
• Parma–Bologna

Railway transport is now carried out by a separate company, Trenitalia Tper.

FER also operates goods transports on its network and on the RFI one.

FER includes a road transport division, with buses connecting several cities in the provinces of Ferrara, Bologna and Rimini.

• Transportation in Italy

• Official website (in Italian)