Private company
Ferrovie Emilia Romagna
Logo: it:Ferrovie Emilia Romagna, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Italian railway company
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:2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryrail transport1
- HeadquartersBologna1
- Founded inBologna1
- Websitewww.fer.it
- Legal formsocietà a responsabilità limitata1
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Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER) is railway company serving the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. The company also operates buses.2
Products and brands
- rail transport
Listed on Wikidata.1
Ferrovie Emilia Romagna is the infrastructure manager for the following railway lines:
Parma–Suzzara
Suzzara–Ferrara
Ferrara–Codigoro–Pomposa
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Bologna–Portomaggiore–Dogato
Modena–Sassuolo
Reggio Emilia-Guastalla
Reggio Emilia-Ciano d'Enza
Reggio Emilia-Sassuolo
Casalecchio–Vignola railway
In the past, FER also used to operate passenger services on the formerly listed lines as well as the following lines, owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI):
Bologna–Ferrara
Poggio Rusco–Bologna
Modena–Mantua
Ferrara–Rimini
Parma–Fornovo
Fornovo–Fidenza
Bologna–Rimini–Pesaro
Parma–Bologna
Railway transport is now carried out by a separate company, Trenitalia Tper.
FER also operates goods transports on its network and on the RFI one.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ferrovie Emilia Romagna, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Acquisitions
- Succeeded Società Suburbana FBV1
Timeline
- Jan 1, 2001Founded Founded in Bologna1
Links
- Websitewww.fer.it1
- WikipediaFerrovie Emilia Romagna
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ1077360
Sources
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- 2WikipediaFerrovie Emilia Romagna on Wikipedia
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