Construction on new Italian high-speed line to pick up pace in 2022
Construction work on the high-speed railway between the Italian cities of Brescia and Padua will gain momentum in 2022, an official of infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) said at a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday.Read more
Trenitalia gets 6 million fund for on-board ETCS
Italian operator Trenitalia has obtained a non-repayable fund contribution of over 6 million to install on-board ETCS systems to their trains. For the further installation of ERTMS on the tracks throughout the country, railway manager...Read more
Brenner Base Tunnel reaches the Italian-Austrian border
After 14 kilometers and 3.5 years of tunneling, ‘Serena’, a 300-meter Tunnel Boring Machine, reached the Brenner Pass under the Alps. In May 2018, the machine started its work on an exploratory tunnel, going from...Read more
‘Every railway manager balances between maintenance and uninterrupted train traffic’
Carrying out preventive maintenance on time or disrupt train traffic as little as possible? “Should you ensure that train traffic can continue now or should you stop it now so that it can continue in...Read more
Slow rollout on-board ETCS ‘really bad news’
The deployment of ETCS on locomotives is too slow, which is ‘really bad news’, says Matthias Ruete, European Coordinator ERTMS at a digital event organised by UNIFE, the association of Europe’s rail supply companies. Current...Read more
Italy and Austria test translation tool for cross-border trains
The Translate4Rail project has reached a milestone on the border between Italy and Austria. Last month, drivers and dispatchers from both countries have tested a prototype translation system in a practical trial.Read more
Italy sets out 500 million tender for ERTMS in 5 regions
Italy’s railway manager RFI will roll out ERTMS on 3,400 kilometres of railway network by 2026, and published a tender for this. Italy has included the infrastructure upgrade in their plans for Covid-19 recovery funds...Read more
Italy to study feasibility of Magrail
Magrail pioneer Nevomo will collaborate with Italian infrastructure manager RFI. The companies signed a MoU ast week to study the potential of the Magrail system. It will be an important step to see if this...Read more
First electric trains Venice – Belluno
The new electrified line Venice – Belluno was inaugurated last week, following electrification works carried out by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Starting from the new railway timetable, effective from 13 June, a direct electric traction...Read more
RFI awards first tender for extension Brenner Base Tunnel
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has awarded the first section of the extension of the Brenner Base Tunnel for 22.5 kilometres on the Italian side of the Alps. Webuild and Implenia Construction have been assigned the...Read more
Rail infrastructure expansions should make Genoa the logistic heart of Europe
Infrastructure manager RFI will carry out rail upgrades in the region Liguria in North-West Italy for 13.4 billion euros. This should result in an increase of 49 percent of freight trains per day by improving...Read more
RFI presents new diagnostic wagon for infrastructure maintenance
A new diagnostic carriage that Italian infrastructure manager RFI revealed, will have the task of monitoring the main conventional lines. The Aldebaran 2.0 can monitor the state of the infrastructure (rails, power line and telecommunications)...Read more
ERTMS installed on railway section Florence-Rome
Italian railway infrastructure manager RFI has activated ERTMS on a section of the railway line Florence-Rome on Monday 28 December. The overall investment costs of the new train safety and control system were around 150...Read more