Province of Taranto
5-550: Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE) is a railway company in Apulia region, Italy . The company operates in the comuni south of Lecce and in the provinces of Bari , Brindisi and Taranto . The company also operates bus lines. In August 2016 its network was taken over by Ferrovie dello stato due to financial problems at the company. The company is now wholly owned by the Italian Transport Ministry. The interior of Salento
10-555: Is a relatively flat plateau, which, however, slopes steeply down to the coasts of the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Taranto . The coast itself was very marshy, malarial and uninhabitable. Except for a few port cities, such as Bari , Otranto , Gallipoli and Taranto , all settlements are therefore located inland. Thus, the FSE routes only lead to the sea in the seaports mentioned and otherwise run in
15-558: The United States , railway companies may combine these roles. Railway companies can be private or public . In Europe, the EU requires its members to separate the national railway infrastructure managers from railway undertakings which are public and private companies providing services by operating rolling stock . This ensures conditions enabling the latter companies to compete fairly among each other, with multiple companies bidding for
20-415: The interior of Apulia. The draining of the marshy coast only started in the 1930s. In recent years, large-scale seaside tourism has developed there, for which the railway runs much too far inland. FSE operates trains on the following routes: ETR322 ETR104 Railway company A rail transport company is a company active within the rail industry . It can be: In some jurisdictions such as
25-613: The privilege to operate the line for a limited time period under public service obligation aided by railway subsidies or under franchising . In addition, other companies offer trackside and rolling stock maintenance. Some countries have in turn a national railway company that owns all track and operates all trains in the country, for instance the Russian Railways (the world's largest rail company by network size). Other countries have many different, sometimes competing, railway companies that operate each their own lines, particularly in
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