Senators of the League party led by Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday told the Upper House's transport commission that he was fixing Italy following years of blocked investments after huge train chaos in Milan caused by technical issues had nationwide repercussions.

The transport ministry on Saturday afternoon issued a note saying "decades of disinterest, lack of investments, ideological NOs" had caused the railway' network's "grave infrastructural deficiencies" that explained Milan's train chaos.

Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said Sunday he will brief the Lower House this week on what he called "disconcerting" incidents of possible deliberate sabotage to rail lines amid a long wave of disruption that has led the opposition to call for his head.

It is common sense to ban the Islamic veil in public spaces in Italy, League leader Matteo Salvini said after the right-wing party filed a bill banning the veil and setting jail terms of up to two years for husbands who force their wives or daughters to wear it.

On Wednesday, delays were reported on regional routes in central Italy and on intercity traffic between Rome and Naples. On Tuesday, an electrical problem blocked the capital's main railway hub for almost an hour, resulting in lengthy hold-ups, while bad weather snarled rail services in the far south.

Members of the centre-left opposition on Saturday criticized Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini over huge train chaos at Milan's Central Station that affected rail connections across Italy.

League leader, Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini has decided not to attend Donald Trump's inauguration Monday but the right-wing party will be represented by its European Parliament delegation chief Paolo Borchia who will be in Washington along with other representatives of the Patriots for Europe group,

Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said Wednesday that the stare of Italy's railways was down to previous governments after coming under fire over a recent wave of delays, cancellations and disruption for passengers.

Trains, a Saturday in chaos. Rail traffic suspended for hours in the Milan hub due to a fault on the power line: mega delays and disruptions in Turin, Bologna, Venice and Rome. Surprise cancellations: full refund ordered.

Trains, railway circulation stopped at the Milan hub for technical checks on the power line. Rfi: the Milan-Genoa, Milan-Bologna and Milan-Venice lines are affected by delays and cancellations

Italy’s national railroad has filed a formal complaint alleging that power outages up and down the peninsula that have caused days of train delays were “highly suspicious.”

Train passengers in Italy face disruption to rail services on the weekend of 25-26 January due to a 24-hour strike affecting train routes across the country.