Last year, 2,792 trains arrived and departed from the port of Livorno, with an increase of +10.4% over 2023. The Authority of Port System of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea has announced that in the entire area of the Livorno port city in the 2024, 3,228 trains were handled (+8.9%). Especially last year they passed through the docks of the port 44,447 floats (+7.2%) and in the entire area there were a total of 51,402 wagons were handled (+9.0%). In addition, the Port Authority specified that in 2024 there was a growth of double-digit for rail containers, whose increase compared to to the previous year was +16.9% with reference to the trains handled and +10.7 with reference to railway wagons. With the increases recorded during the year, the rail share of traffic containerized to and from the hinterland rose from 16.3% in 2023 at 19% in 2024, with Padua, Rubiera, Marzaglia, Reggio Emilia and Bologna among the main origins/destinations.

Still with regard to rail traffic, there is an increase in the forest products sector also achieved in 2024, with a +11% in terms of trains handled, and that relating to traffic cereals (+28%). On the other hand, both rail transport of liquid bulk (-27.8% in terms of trains handled) and the of new cars (-17%), negative results that are confirmed by the respective decrease in port traffic.

The main regions of reference for traffic flows originating or going to Livorno and its district Emilia Romagna remains, with 36% of trains arriving and departing, Veneto, with 33% of trains arriving or departing, and Piedmont with 12% of the total.

Highlighting that "the performance of iron is acquiring an increasingly strategic importance for our system the president of the Port Authority, Luciano Guerrieri, recalled that 2024 brought new traffic to the port railways, such as the intermodal swap body transport from the Interporto Vespucci at the Padua interport, a service operated by Logtrainer which is a real novelty for Livorno and is started in May with two weekly circulations for the transport of about 25 swap bodies per train. Started last year also the new connection between the Prato Interport and the terminal TDT for the transport of Panna water in containers from Scarperia to port of Livorno. "The acquisition of new traffic - Guerrieri - provides the clearest testimony of the attractiveness of the Tuscan port of call and of work carried out so far. A work that led us to draw up a Plan of the Ambitious Iron: The main goal remains to improve capacity of existing rail terminals, promoting the their progressive adaptation to international standards".

Confirming that "the Port Authority is investing significant resources to adapt the tracks in the port to current European standards, such as This is also demonstrated by the recent publication of the call for tenders for the joint assignment of the executive design and of the execution of the reorganization and adaptation of the base connection of Livorno Porto Nuovo», the secretary general of the port authority, Matteo Paroli, specified that with the approval of the Budget Law will also be the possibility for the PSAs to provide contributions up to a million euros in favor of operators of shunting services railway of the port area: "waiting for the MIT decree which will regulate this intervention - he communicated - the MTS Port Authority has already allocated 500 thousand euros also in the past budget for incentivize the railway mode".