Switzerland and Italy to fund upgrade of key Rhine-Alpine section

The Italian infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) launched a tender for 117 million euros, co-financed by Switzerland, to boost intermodality in northeastern Italy. More specifically, the railway between Arona and Verbania, along the southeastern shore of Lake Maggiore, will be modified to handle freight trains with a 4-metre profile (P400).

The initiative entails lowering the ballast and the tracks in the Faraggiana and Stresa tunnels, as explained by various Italian media, including OssolaNews. The Arona-Verbania section is part of the TEN-T Rhine Alpine Corridor, connecting Genoa, in Italy, to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. Once this project is completed, intermodal trains will be able to run without limitations from Basel to the terminals in northern Italy through the Lötschberg-Simplon axis. Read more

Source: RAILFREIGHT.COM

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