Ferrovie del Sud Est

Ferrovie del Sud Est e Servizi Automobilistici S.r.l. (FSE)
Company type	Public benefit corporation, Limited company
Industry	Transport
Founded	1931
Headquarters	Bari, Italy
Area served	Province of Bari Province of Taranto; Province of Lecce
Products	Rail transport; Bus transport
Website	www.fseonline.it

Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE) is a railway company in Apulia region, Italy. The company operates in the comuni south of Lecce and in the provinces of Bari, Brindisi and Taranto. The company also operates bus lines. In August 2016 its network was taken over by Ferrovie dello stato due to financial problems at the company. The company is now wholly owned by the Italian Transport Ministry.

Geography

The interior of Salento is a relatively flat plateau, which, however, slopes steeply down to the coasts of the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. The coast itself was very marshy, malarial and uninhabitable. Except for a few port cities, such as Bari, Otranto, Gallipoli and Taranto, all settlements are therefore located inland. Thus, the FSE routes only lead to the sea in the seaports mentioned and otherwise run in the interior of Apulia. The draining of the marshy coast only started in the 1930s. In recent years, large-scale seaside tourism has developed there, for which the railway runs much too far inland.^[1]

Lines

FSE operates trains on the following routes:

Linea 1 Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway and Bari-Casamassima-Putignano railway
Linea 2 Martina Franca–Lecce railway
Linea 3 Novoli-Gagliano del Capo railway
Linea 4 Gallipoli–Casarano railway
Linea 5 Zollino–Gallipoli railway
Linea 6 Maglie–Gagliano del Capo railway
Linea 7 Lecce–Otranto railway

Fleet

Current fleet

Class	Image	Cars per set	Type	Top speed		Number	Builder	Built
Class	Image	Cars per set	Type	km/h	mph	Number	Builder	Built
DE.122		N/A	Diesel locomotive	100	62	8	IMPA, ITIN, DPA	1987-1989, 2006-2009
BB.150		N/A	Diesel locomotive	80	50	13	Reggiane, Marelli	1958-1960
D.343		N/A	Diesel locomotive	130	81	3	OM, Sofer, O.ME.CA.	1967-1970
D.752		N/A	Diesel locomotive	100	62	2	CKD	1973-1976
Ad 31-45		1	Diesel multiple unit	130	81	15	Fiat Ferroviaria, O.ME.CA.	1978-1979
Ad 51-80		1	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	30	Breda, Aerfer	1958-1960
Ad 81-88		2	Diesel multiple unit	90	56	4	Fiat Ferroviaria	1999-2000
Ad 121-130		2	Diesel multiple unit	114	71	5	Fiat Ferroviaria	1956-1963
ATR 200		2	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	3	Stadler	1996-1997
ATR 220		3	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	27	Pesa SA	2008-2010
Newag Impuls ETR322		3	Electric multiple unit	160	99	11	Newag	2016-2021
Alstom Coradia ETR104		4	Electric multiple unit	160	99	3	Alstom	2024-