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Transport: mobility services G4-8
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Passenger and freight transport After a long period of recession, Italy’s economy began to grow again in 2015, leading to an increase in the overall demand for mobility and indicating a scenario of recovery in the transport sector. Against this background, the FS Italiane Group confirmed its position as Italy’s largest supplier of mobility services, strengthening its good performance of the past two years. Indeed, in 2015, passenger and freight transport volumes carried by Group companies continued to grow. The Group’s railway sector rose 2.6% and 0.8% in the passenger and freight transport segment, respectively, including international activities. Passenger volumes of FS Italiane Group companies topped 43.6 billion passenger-km31 (+2.6% on 2014), of which 22.8 billion related to regional transport (+2.8% on 2014) and 20.8 billion to long haul services (+2.4% on 2014). The demand met for long haul services continued to increase (+5.2% on 2014), also thanks to the success of Expo 2015. Production was approximately 80.8 million train-km32, up by 2.6% on the previous year (55 million train-km related to market services and the residual 25.8 million train-km to universal services). In this segment, the Freccia trains expanded their coverage in Italy and improved service quality in terms of frequency, speed, comfort and on board services and experienced an increase in passengers (+6% on 2014, approximately 48 million passengers). The latestgeneration Frecciarossa 1000 train was rolled out. Traffic volumes also increased for Thello services between Italy and France, thanks to greater choices, with day connections between Milan and Marseille through Genoa-Montecarlo. Traffic for the other component of the long haul passenger service (universal service) decreased considerably (-6.6% on 2014). This is mainly due to the services on the Milan-Ventimiglia section carried out by Thello. In the regional transport segment, the Group continued to work on increasing synergies between railway and road services in order to provide a more efficient service that meets passengers’ mobility needs. Regional railway transport services amount to approximately 22.8 billion passenger-km, up by 2.8% on 2014, of which roughly 16% are provided by the Netinera group in Germany.
With respect to road local public transport, the urban and suburban services provided by the FS Italiane Group companies covered approximately 117 million bus-km in 2015. Traffic continued to grow also for the freight segment. Based on domestic and international volumes, traffic rose by 0.8% on 2014, exceeding 23 billion tonnes-km33
Main types of services offered Trenitalia’s commercial offer may be broken down into two main types of services: market services and universal services.
MARKET SERVICES
These are services offered without commercial restrictions and without any Government grants. Market services include most of the long haul connections provided by the Long Haul Passenger Transport Division, particularly those offered on Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, Frecciabianca, Eurocity and Euronight trains and nearly all the Group’s freight transport.
UNIVERSAL SERVICES
These are public transport services offered in exchange for considerations from the Government or Regions under service contracts. They include daytime Intercity services and night services, along with regional services (operated by Trenitalia in Italy and the Netinera group in Germany), whose characteristics (frequency, fares, performance levels and stops) are all defined by the public sector customers (Government and Regions).
31.This is the measurement unit used for passenger transport. It is equal to the sum of the length (in km) of the journey travelled by each passenger considered. 32.This measurement unit is used in the railway sector to indicate the total distance travelled by trains on a railway infrastructure. It is calculated as the sum of the length (in km) of the journey travelled by each train considered. 33.This is the measurement unit used for freight transport. It is calculated as the product of the weight transported (in tonnes) and the kilometres travelled by each load considered. 52
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