00:00The State Railway Group, through FS Security, a company dedicated to safety,
00:09between November 25 and December 25, conducted the safest Christmas operation,
00:14with the aim of protecting the safety of passengers and workers of the FS Group,
00:18which involved 250 FS Security members who have overseen 24 lines, considered the most at risk.
00:24Thanks to the action plan, about 14,000 trains and 363 stations were monitored,
00:303,140 trains with FS Security staff on board,
00:34while those in which people were checked before boarding were over 10,500,
00:40recording between January and December 2024 a plus 99% protection of the assets,
00:46plus 21% of passengers checked and a plus 19% of trains monitored
00:51through access verification activities and on board vehicles compared to the same period of the previous year.
00:56Of a total of 1,678,000 checked passengers, 41,546 departures were recorded,
01:04largely due to the lack of a travel title, but also caused by intemperate behavior of the stopped subjects
01:11or by illegal activities identified on board the train or inside the stations.
01:15Among the most frequent criticisms encountered, in fact,
01:18were the tariff evasions, the high fluency, the personal aggression,
01:22the intemperate and dangerous behavior, especially by youth groups
01:26and the presence of foreigners along the railway line.
01:29Compared to the same period of 2023, a significant increase is recorded
01:33both in terms of trains monitored with a plus 55% and in terms of departures plus 41%.