Italy rail news – Page 8
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NewsRFI awards €500m ERTMS framework agreement
ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI has awarded a partnership of Hitachi Rail, Alstom Ferroviaria and Ceit a €500m framework agreement to design and deploy ERTMS in Sicily (480 km), Umbria (150 km) and on the Roccasecca – Avezzano line (80 km).
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NewsState aid for Italy’s long-distance train operators approved
ITALY: The European Commission has approved under EU state aid rules a €687m Italian government package intended to compensate operators of commercial long-distance passenger rail services for the impact of the coronavirus pandemic over the period between July 1 2020 and April 3 2021. The decision ...
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NewsItalian regional operator orders EMUs
ITALY: Abruzzo regional train operator Trasporto Unico Abruzzese has awarded Alstom contracts totalling €33m for the supply of three Coradia Stream electric multiple-units and the installation of ETCS Level 2 and GSM-R. The first of the EMUs is scheduled for delivery from Alstom’s Savigliano site in ...
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Metro Report InternationalGenova Metro orders more trains
ITALY: Genova’s Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti has ordered 14 trainsets from Hitachi Rail to expand the capacity of the city’s automated light metro line, which is currently being extended at both ends. Ordered at a cost of €70m, the articulated four-car trains will be similar to ...
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Metro Report InternationalTorino metro CBTC contract awarded
ITALY: The city of Torino’s infrastructure manager Infra.To has awarded Alstom a €156m turnkey contract to supply its latest generation of communications-based train control and four additional trainsets for the automated rubber-tyred light metro Line 1. The CBTC supporting GoA4 unattended automatic operation will replace the ...
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NewsRailpool orders Traxx locomotives
EUROPE: Leasing company Railpool has awarded Alstom a contract to supply 15 Traxx 3 locomotives for use in Norway, Sweden and Italy, with an option for five more. The electric locomotives with last mile diesel engines are to be delivered from Alstom’s plants at Kassel in ...
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NewsTeleste acquires onboard technology specialist Ermetris
ITALY: Teleste has acquired rail electronics specialist Ermetris, strengthening its capabilities in Italy which is a key market for the Finnish company’s Rail Information Solutions business. Ermetris supplies passenger information, public address, on-board internet, CCTV, passenger counting and related technologies, and has worked with Teleste on ...
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NewsRFI calls tenders to rebuild Sicilian route
ITALY: RFI has called tenders for reconstruction of the railway between Palermo and Trapani via Segesta Tempio in Sicily.
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NewsTrenitalia launches Paris – Milano open access services
FRANCE: Trenitalia formally inaugurated its Paris – Milano open access high speed service on December 18, with a morning departure from the French capital.
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NewsBrenner Base Tunnel exploratory bore reaches the border
ITALY: Celebrations were held in the Brenner Base Tunnel on November 24 to mark tunnel boring machine ‘Serena’ reaching the Austrian border, after completing the 14·1 km exploratory drive on the Italian side of the project over the past 3½ years. Operated by Italian construction contractor ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban rail grants allocated to Italian cities
ITALY: Urban rail investments in various cities have been allocated funding from national or European sources.
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Metro Report InternationalTitagarh Firema metro cars arrive in Catania
Photos: Mobilità Catania ITALY: The first two-car metro trainset to be manufactured by Titagarh Firema for the Catania metro has been delivered to the Sicilian city, ready for the start of test running in the coming weeks. A framework agreement between operator Ferrovie Circumetnea and Titagarh ...
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Metro Report InternationalJuventus tram link approved
ITALY: Torino municipality has given the final go-ahead for tram Line 12, which will link Juventus’ Allianz football stadium in the northwest of the city with Corso Lepanto in the south.
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NewsMilano suburban enhancements funded
ITALY: The Lombardia provincial government has approved €59m of funding for enhancements to the suburban network around Seveso, north of Milano, which is part of the Ferrovienord network.
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NewsFerrovienord orders 50 more double-deck EMUs
ITALY: Lombardia regional operator Ferrovienord has signed a €451·9m firm order for Hitachi Rail to supply 40 five-car and 10 four-car Caravaggio double-deck regional electric multiple-units. Equipped for 3 kV DC operation, the 160 km/h EMUs are to be delivered from Hitachi Rail’s factories in Reggio ...
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In depthEurope: Mont Cenis base tunnel takes shape
The award of civil works contracts earlier this summer to build the 57 km base tunnel across the Franco-Italian border has given new impetus to plans to complete a high-capacity corridor between Lyon and Torino. Toma Bačić reports.
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NewsWabtec to transfer production from German site to Italy and India
WABTEC: Plans to transfer production activities from Wabtec’s Bochum site in Germany to Poli in Italy and Hosur in India have been announced, with the loss of around 200 jobs expected by the end of 2023. The brake and coupler manufacturing and maintenance factory at Bochum ...
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NewsHydrogen trains planned for Apennine route
ITALY: The replacement of diesel trains with hydrogen on a line in central Italy is being studied by AECOM, Spanish renewables group Iberdrola, green hydrogen firm Cinque International and sustainable development specialist Ancitel Energia & Ambiente.
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NewsShorter high speed trains to fit Sicilian train ferries
ITALY: Trenitalia is assessing the possibility of ordering a shorter variant of its Frecciarossa ETR1000 high speed train which could use the train ferries between the mainland and the island of Sicily. The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport envisages ordering a fleet of 12 four-car mini ...
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Metro Report InternationalBologna tram plan approved
ITALY: The city of Bologna has begun the process of calling tenders for the design and construction of the 15 km Red Line tramway, which is planned as the first route of a proposed four-line network totalling 57 km. The municipality approved the Red Line project ...