Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) has signed a financing agreement worth €300 million with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund the procurement of new regional trains.
Financed through the Juncker Plan, a strategic Europe-wide investment scheme, the agreement will take the form of a bond subscription.
Specifically, the money will be used to acquire 49 new regional train sets and 250 double-deck passenger cars. The new rolling stock will be used for services in Lazio, Tuscany, Veneto, Piedmont and Liguria.
EIB vice-president Dario Scannapieco said: “For years the EIB has been at Ferrovie dello Stato’s side in all its investment, and I am especially proud of today’s announcement as it shows that Europe can be close to its citizens in a concrete way, including in the implementation of the new provisions of the Juncker Plan, whose financial arm is the EIB.”
