Private company

Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali

Defunct Italian railway company

The Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali (Italian: Company for the Southern Railways, SFM) was an Italian railway company established in 1862. In 1885 it took the control of the so-called "Rete Adriatica" (Adriatic Network, RA). In 1905 the Rete Adriatica was absorbed by Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), one year later the FS acquired all the lines of the SFM.2 It was founded by Pietro Bastogi.1 It is part of Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Sep 18, 1862Founded1
  • Industryactivities of holding companies, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, rail transport, real estate activities1
  • HeadquartersFlorence1
  • Founded inTurin1

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Rete SFM 1873
Photo: Arbalete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali (Italian: Company for the Southern Railways, SFM) was an Italian railway company established in 1862. In 1885 it took the control of the so-called "Rete Adriatica" (Adriatic Network, RA). In 1905 the Rete Adriatica was absorbed by Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), one year later the FS acquired all the lines of the SFM.2

Corporate structure

Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali is part of a group headed by Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale. 147 entities, 13 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Pietro Bastogi on Sep 18, 1862, in Turin.1

The Southern Railways was established in 1862 to build a railway from Ancona to Brindisi. Although this was originally a Rothchild's promotion, it was founded as an Italian company led by Count Pietro Bastogi of Livorno. By 1865 it completed its line to Brindisi and it opened a branch from Bari to Taranto in 1868. In the reorganisation of Italian railway concessions on 1 July 1865, it acquired the line from Bologna to Ancona and the branch from Castel Bolognese to Ravenna from the General Roman Railway Company.

From Wikipedia’s article on Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Leadership

Who has led Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Pietro Bastogi1862–now
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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane1
  2. Succeeded Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia1
  3. Succeeded Società per le Strade Ferrate Calabro-Sicule1
  4. Succeeded by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane1

Timeline

  1. 1972Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1929Acquired Acquired by Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale1
  3. Sep 18, 1862Founded Founded in Turin1

Sources

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