Ferrovie Emilia Romagna

Company History: 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrovie_Emilia_Romagna

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