On 12 December 2024, Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato Group unveiled its 2025-2029 Strategic Plan, which outlines an ambitious €100 billion investment to strengthen passenger and freight transport, while enhancing infrastructure, sustainability, and innovation. Logistics and freight transport are central pillars of the plan, reflecting the group's commitment to significant transformation. Currently, Mercitalia, a subsidiary of FS Group, handles 37 million tonnes of freight annually.
For freight transport, the plan introduces a unified customer interface to streamline service access, develops an integrated offering with a focus on multimodal solutions, and fosters strategic collaborations to enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of Europe's shipping model. With these measures, FS aims to become a leading player in the European logistics sector.
Infrastructure development will be a cornerstone of the initiative, with €50 billion earmarked over the next decade for modernising the railway network and a further €40 billion for road infrastructure. These enhancements will enable new freight corridors, the adoption of cutting-edge technological standards, and improved connections between ports, logistics hubs, and domestic markets.
The plan also includes the installation of over 1 GW of photovoltaic systems by 2029, full coverage of the rail network with the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) across the entire Core Extended Network by 2040, and an expanded international presence. These measures are expected to boost the volume of passengers and freight transported beyond Italy’s borders, underscoring FS Group’s ambition to play a key role in global mobility.
