Captrain Italia Joins ERFA

Captrain Italia Joins ERFA

ERFA is happy to announce Captrain Italia as the newest member of ERFA. Founded in 1998, Captrain Italia is the second largest operator in the Italian rail freight market with 10% of total market share. With a fleet of 70 locomotives, Captrain Italia is in a strong position to further grow its market share. Captrain Italia offers services throughout Italy and at strategic border crossings.


Dirk Stahl, ERFA President, commented: “I am happy to be able to welcome Captrain Italia within ERFA as of 01 January 2021. As the largest new market entrant in the Italian rail freight market, Captrain Italia has an important role to play in fostering a competitive rail freight market”.


Mauro Pessano, Captrain Italia CEO, stated: “We are delighted to become part of the ERFA family, especially in 2021, a significant year for Rail. We look forward to bringing our experience and added value into the association. We do not just transport goods by rail, with our costumers we are involved in developing a high-quality service and we always do our best to satisfy their needs. We strongly believe rail is the key to reach Europe’s environmental objectives. Green is not just our color; it is our philosophy!”

 

 

 

About ERFA
ERFA is the European association representing the interests of private operators and new-market entrants in the rail freight market.
ERFA was founded in 2002 to work towards the liberalization of the European rail freight market. ERFA is based in Brussels and has 30 members active throughout the European Union and beyond.
ERFA works towards ensuring the completion of a single European railway market, secure, fair and non-discriminatory market access for all rail freight companies and support for the growth of rail freight as an attractive means of freight transportation.

 

About Captrain Italia
In 2005 Captrain Italia obtained the safety certificate and the license to operate as a railway company. In 15 years, Captrain Italia has grown and become the second national operator in freight transport in Italy and the largest newcomer in the Italian market.
During 2019 thanks to almost 500 colleagues, including train drivers and staff – we produced around 8,300 trains, for a total transport of almost 5 billion tons / km.
Customers for us are priority No° 1. We operate in Italy and as of 2021 in Austria and through our European network we are able to offer premium domestic and international rail freight solutions tailored to our customers’ needs.



Linked documents

20201218 Captrain Italia Joins ERFA ( 20201218 Press Release - Captrain Italia Joins ERFA-1608283831.pdf )