Topic: Lyon-turin

Will France miss out on EU funds for the Turin-Lyon railway?

The project for the Turin-Lyon railway continues to create controversies in France. The country is running the serious risk of missing out on key EU funds from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The Lyon-Turin Transalpine...Read more

17-01-2024|1 comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Final excavation contract for new French-Italian tunnel has been assigned

The last contract for the excavations of the Italian side of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel between Italy and France has been assigned. With this tender, the company overviewing the project TELT has allotted all the...Read more

04-09-2023|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Demonstrators marching in la Maurienne valley (Photo: Les Soulevements de la Terre, Twitter)

Violent demonstrations against the Lyon-Turin rail link

Around 2,000 demonstrators gathered in the Maurienne valley in Savoie, France, to protest against the construction of a rail link including a tunnel under the Alps between Lyon and Turin. Activists expressed their concern regarding...Read more

19-06-2023|Comment|author: Emma Dailey