Italferr is involved in the construction of the new Palermo-Catania-Messina railway link, a strategic work envisaged by the 'Sblocca Italia' Decree Law, financed with NRRP funds and an integral part of Core Corridor No. 5 "Scandinavian-Mediterranean (Helsinki-La Valletta)".
PALERMO-CATANIA
The Palermo-Catania railway link is an infrastructure with double-track sections (Fiumetorto-Lercara Dir. and Catenanuova-Bicocca) interspersed with single-track sections, alongside which the historic line will be maintained. The project will reduce the current travel time by about 60', connecting the two metropolitan cities in 2 h compared to the current 3 h. The new infrastructure will make it possible to revise the regional service model that provides for faster connections between the major cities and widespread connections between the provinces of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Enna and Catania.
| KEY NUMBERS OF THE PROJECT |
| Line length: 70 km |
| Max speed: 200 km/h |
| Electrification: 3 Kv |
| Tecnologies: ERTMS L2 |
CATANIA-MESSINA
The project to double the Giampilieri-Fiumefreddo section, as a variant to the current line for an extension of about 42 km, will allow to complete the doubling from the Messina-Catania line, maintaining a short section connecting with the current Letojanni station. Compared to the single-track line currently in operation, parallel to the coast, the new route is developed upstream of the current one with the simultaneous construction of new service locations: Fiumefreddo - Calatabiano, Alcantara-Giardini Naxos, Taormina, S. Alessio-S. Teresa, Nizza-Alì and Scaletta Zanclea, developing fast connection services between the major cities and mass transit-type services towards the Catania Hub.