What is Rail transport in Italy?
{{Infobox rail network |name = Italy |color = |logo = |image = Frecciarossa_and_E.444R_at_Milano_Centrale.jpg |image_width = 350px |caption = A ''[[frecciarossa]]'' high-speed train next to an older [[FS Class E.444|E.444R]] at [[Milano Centrale railway station|Milano Centrale]] |nationalrailway = [[Ferrovie dello Stato]] |infrastructure = |majoroperators = [[Trenitalia]] <small>(national)</small><br />[[Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori]] <small>(national)</small><br />[[Trenord]] <small>(local)</small><br />[[Trenitalia Tper]] <small>(local)</small> <br/>[[Thello]] <small>(international)</small><br/>[[Mercitalia]] <small>(freight)</small> |ridership = 883.3 million <small>(2019)</small><ref name=europaeu>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/pdfscache/7066.pdf|title=Railway passenger transport statistics|publisher=Europa EU|date=8 December 2019|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> |passkm = |freight = |length = {{convert|16723|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=rete_rfi>{{cite web|title=La rete oggi|url=http://www.rfi.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=25bc8c3e13e0a110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD|publisher=RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana|access-date=15 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204091124/http://www.rfi.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=25bc8c3e13e0a110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD|archive-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> |doublelength = {{convert|7505|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=rete_rfi /> |ellength = |freightlength = |hslength = |ogauge = |ogaugelength = |gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}} |hsgauge = |gauge1 = |gauge1length = |gauge2 = |gauge2length = |gauge3 = |gauge3length = |gauge4 = |gauge4length = |el = |el1 = 3 kV DC |el1length = conventional lines<ref name=rete_rfi /> |el2 = 25 kV AC |el2length = high-speed lines<ref name=rete_rfi />