Arenaways is a railway operator in

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. It began

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passenger operations between

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and

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in November 2010, competing with national

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operator

Trenitalia Trenitalia Società per azioni, SpA is the primary train operator of Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government. It was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulati ...

. Arenaways was running the first private passenger-carrying rail services since

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, and intended to complain to the competition authority about the dominance of Trenitalia. In March 2024 Arenaways was awarded a PSO contract for the operation of two railway lines in Piedmont for 10 years, commencing in January 2025. The operator selected

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n rail ticketing solutions firm, Turnit, to power their eCommerce and ticketing solutions. Arenaways used

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locomotives, and passenger coaches built by . The company offered a number of novel on-board services. In November 2024,

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bought a 33% shareholding in Arenaways.Renfe partners with Longitude to expand into Italian market

27 November 2024

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*{{official, https://web.archive.org/web/20110210092751/http://www.arenaways.com/ Railway companies established in 2006 Railway companies of Italy Renfe 2006 establishments in Italy