New ferry with batteries and solar panels for trains to Sicily
A new ferry service for trains to cross the Strait of Messina has been inaugurated on Monday by Italian infrastructure manager RFI. It is operational right away to…
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)…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Vossloh to supply switch components to Sweden and Italy
German rail technology company Vossloh has signed two multi-year framework agreements for supplying switch components to Sweden and Italy. The total price of both deals is 100 million…