Ferrovie Emilia Romagna

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:
 * the Ferrovie Padane (FP, which managed the Ferrara–Codigoro railway);
 * the Ferrovia Suzzara–Ferrara SpA (FSF);
 * the Gestione Commissariale Governativa delle Ferrovie Venete - Ferrovia Bologna-Portomaggiore (FBP);
 * the Gestione Commissariale Governativa delle Ferrovie Venete - Ferrovia Parma-Suzzara (FPS).

On 1 January 2008, it also acquired the railway branch of the ATCM of Modena, and, on 1 February 2009, Reggio Emilia's ACT, as well as FBV, becoming the only railway company in Emilia-Romagna.

Emilia-Romagna currently owns 59.44% of FER, the rest belonging to the provinces of Bologna, Mantua, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia and Rimini.

Services
Ferrovie Emilia Romagna is the infrastructure manager for the following railway lines:
 * Parma–Suzzara
 * Suzzara–Ferrara
 * Ferrara–Codigoro–Pomposa
 * 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.



Road transport
FER includes a road transport division, with buses connecting several cities in the provinces of Ferrara, Bologna and Rimini.