FS and Poste Italiane sign two agreements for digitalization in passenger and freight transport

Rome, 14 March, 2024 – The FS Group and Poste Italiane have today signed two separate agreements, a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of passenger transport and a Letter of Intent in the field of freight transport, with the aim of developing sustainable, innovative and digital solutions to simplify people's travel experiences and enhance intermodality in logistics.

 

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Luigi Ferraris, CEO of FS Italiane Group, Matteo Del Fante, CEO of Poste Italiane, Luigi Corradi, CEO of Trenitalia and Marco Siracusano, CEO of PostePay. The agreement aims to promote the development of joint solutions in the electronic payments sector to make the purchase of travel tickets from physical and online channels even simpler and more immediate.

 

"With the agreements signed today, we aim to simplify the payment methods for travel tickets on our transport – declares the CEO of FS Italiane Group Luigi Ferraris – and to improve the digitalization of freight transport with a view to perfecting the rail-road multimodal offer in Europe, providing innovative and sustainable solutions capable of integrating railway services with first and last mile road services". "The partnership with the FS Group opens a new chapter in our journey in logistics and digital - comments the CEO of Poste Italiane, Matteo Del Fante –* Our technologies can provide travelers with advanced payment solutions that are easily accessible and secure, also offering a digitalized logistics platform capable of controlling the entire freight transport chain to create a sustainable intermodal transport system in Italy and Europe".* The Letter of Intent (LoI) was signed by Luigi Ferraris, CEO of FS Italiane Group, Matteo Del Fante, CEO of Poste Italiane, Sabrina De Filippis, CEO of Mercitalia Logistics and David Nothacker, CEO of sennder in order to develop a sustainable and digitalized logistics network. In particular, Mercitalia Logistics, the lead company of the FS Group's Logistics Hub and sennder, a German company active in the digitalization of road freight transport and partner of Poste Italiane, will collaborate to expand the logistics network of intermodal freight transport in Europe.

 

The partnership aims to improve the competitive offer of both companies, guaranteeing intermodal, innovative and sustainable logistics solutions in Europe, which combine the railway services of the Logistics Hub with those of first-last mile road with sennder's green vehicles.