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| 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.
- ^ As of 2009