Italy's rail network faces more disruption after maintenance worker killed
ROME, Oct 4 (Reuters) -Italian rail services were disrupted again early on Friday after a maintenance worker was killed in a train accident, rail track group Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) said.
Five track maintenance workers were killed last year near Turin in a similar night time incident and Italian trains had already suffered severe delays on Wednesday due to a technical failure that paralysed Rome's two main stations.
Connections between the northern Italian cities of Bologna and Venice were halted at 4:30 am (0230 GMT) after the worker was hit by a train just north of Bologna, a statement said.
The man worked for a subcontractor, RFI said, adding that it was cooperating with official investigations. RFI is part of Italy's state-owned railway operator Ferrovie dello Stato.
At around 8 am rail traffic was gradually returning to normal levels, RFI said, but high-speed trains had delays of up to 80 minutes and 14 local trains had been cancelled.
Reporting by Alvise Armellini; Editing by Alexander Smith
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