5 Italian railway workers killed in accident, trade unions announce strike
A tragedy occurred in the night of 30 August, when five railway maintenance workers died after being hit by an empty passing train in Brandizzo, along the Turin-Milan railway line in Italy. The victims worked...Read more
Rail infrastructure contract award counter in Italy halts at 14.3 billion in H1 2023
In the first six months of 2023, a total of 14.3 billion euro has been awarded in rail infrastructure contracts by FS Italiane Group. Additional billions are planned through new tenders in the second half...Read more
Italy’s RFI launches major tender for new railway expansion
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is targeting the expansion of the Orte-Falconara line in central Italy. To that end, it has launched a tender worth more than 394 million euros for the construction of a section of...Read more
Flooding of railway lines near Bologna costs RFI 90 million
More than 350 people, 60 vehicles and 21 contractors have been deployed by Italian railway manager RFI to restore the damaged infrastructure after flooding that hit the Emilia – Romagna region this month. At the...Read more
Italy marks start of construction of Florence high-speed loop and station
All the stakeholders of the 7-kilometre Florence bypass and the new Belfiore station were out on Monday for the official start of construction . The Florence high-speed loop and station construction is a 2.7-billion-euro project,...Read more
Construction of key Brenner Tunnel access route due to start this year
The Trento bypass, a key piece of infrastructure that will offer access to the Brenner Base Tunnel on the Italian side, has been green lit for construction. Work will begin later this year, Italian infrastructure...Read more
RFI kicks off tunnel excavation for Napels-Bari high-speed line in Italy
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) formally set in motion the tunnel excavation works for a section of the Napels-Bari high-speed line in Southern Italy on Wednesday. Present at the launch were minister of Infrastructure and Transport...Read more
RFI awards contract for new railway in Southern Italy
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has awarded the contract for the construction of the Ferrandina – Matera La Martella line in Southern Italy to construction company Gruppo ICM. The new railway means a connection for Matera,...Read more
RFI names suppliers for ETCS onboard equipment in Italian trains
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) named Hitachi, MERMEC STE of France, Caterpillar subsidiary ProgressRail and Alstom earlier this month as the four companies to supply and install ETCS onboard equipment for rolling stock using Italy’s SCMT...Read more
Excavation works for second tube of Milan-Verona railway tunnel underway
The 10-metre-diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) dubbed ‘Martine’ has begun excavation works for the Lonato tunnel in Northern Italy, part of the new railway section between Brescia and Verona. The tube will be close to...Read more
RFI launches and awards billions in new tenders
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) aims to launch new tenders with a combined value of 7 billion euros between in the coming three weeks. This comes on top of the more than 2.4 billion euros in...Read more
RFI reports progress on new rail-airport connections
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has received approval for its envisioned new railway connection between the northern city of Bergamo and the nearby Orio al Serio Airport. Meanwhile, the railway connection to Venice Marco Polo airport was...Read more
Why develop new infrastructure for hyperloop when existing rail tracks can be used?
InterviewDeveloping a vacuum hyperloop as a new transport system is complicated and expensive, why not use the concepts of the hyperloop and combine it with the existing railway tracks? That was the question with which...Read more