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Sep 26 2022

Trento bypass: another step closer to the Brenner Tunnel

The Italian railway company Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has launched a procurement for 970 million euros for the Trento rail bypass, in north-west Italy. This bypass is vital, as it is part of the Verona-Fortezza railway line, which will give access to the south entrance of the Brenner Base Tunnel once it is ready beginning of the next decade.

The value of the tender, published in the Official Journal of the Europan Union, is 970 million euros. Of these, 930 million euros will be financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (PNRR). The works will consist of the realisation of a new double-track railway line, roughly 13 kilometres long. 11 kilometres of the line will be in a twin-bore tunnel.

 

The new section will be connected to the Verona-Brenner line in Roncafort, a neighbourhood north of Trento. Paola Firmi, Head of Technical Department at RFI, was named Special Commissioner for the project after a meeting with all stakeholders involved. Read more

 

Source: RAILFREIGHT.COM