{"id":262298,"date":"2025-08-05T18:37:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=64844"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:37:42","slug":"mercitalia-rail-increases-its-market-share-for-the-first-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=262298","title":{"rendered":"Mercitalia Rail increases its market share for the first time ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time since its establishment in 2016, Italian state-owned operator Mercitalia Rail has gained some market share. The step was not massive, from 38% at the end of 2024 to 38.8% after the first half of this year, but it is a first for the company and a very peculiar occurrence in the current European landscape.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>TX Logistik, the international branch of the state-owned FS Group has also increased its market share from 2% to 2.7%. Private operator GTS Rail also saw some growth, from 6% to 7.3%. On the other hand, Captrain Italia and Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana both lost some traffic, respectively going from 9% to 7.4% and from 13% to 10.7%.<\/p>\n

Mercitalia Rail <\/strong>has always been the largest player in Italy, but its market share has steadily declined since its Trenitalia Cargo<\/strong> days \u2013 from over 90% in 2006 to 51% in 2017<\/strong> and 38% by 2024<\/strong>. Is the growth seen in early 2025 a true trend inversion, or merely a temporary blip?<\/div>\n