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Industry | Rail transport |
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Founded | 2006[1] |
Founder | Giuseppe Arena [1] |
Defunct | 2011 |
Services | Passenger service |
Number of employees | over 60 (2011) [1] |
Website |
www |
Arenaways is an open-access railway operator in Italy. It began passenger operations between Milan and Turin in November 2010, competing with national monopoly operator Trenitalia. [2] Arenaways was running the first private passenger-carrying rail services since nationalisation, and intended to complain to the competition authority about the dominance of Trenitalia. [3]
On the 27th March 2024 Arenaways was awarded a PSO contract for the operation of two railway lines in Piedmont for 10 years, commencing in January 2025 [4]
Arenaways used Bombardier TRAXX locomotives, and passenger coaches built by Astra Vagoane Călători . [5] The company offered a number of novel on-board services. [6]
Media related to
Arenaways at Wikimedia Commons
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Industry | Rail transport |
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Founded | 2006[1] |
Founder | Giuseppe Arena [1] |
Defunct | 2011 |
Services | Passenger service |
Number of employees | over 60 (2011) [1] |
Website |
www |
Arenaways is an open-access railway operator in Italy. It began passenger operations between Milan and Turin in November 2010, competing with national monopoly operator Trenitalia. [2] Arenaways was running the first private passenger-carrying rail services since nationalisation, and intended to complain to the competition authority about the dominance of Trenitalia. [3]
On the 27th March 2024 Arenaways was awarded a PSO contract for the operation of two railway lines in Piedmont for 10 years, commencing in January 2025 [4]
Arenaways used Bombardier TRAXX locomotives, and passenger coaches built by Astra Vagoane Călători . [5] The company offered a number of novel on-board services. [6]
Media related to
Arenaways at Wikimedia Commons