On February 21st 2025, the maxi Tunnel Boring Machine 'Partenope', one of the largest ever used in Europe, was launched for the excavation of the 'Saginara Tunnel' on Lot 1A Battipaglia-Romagnano of the new High-Speed/High-Capacity Salerno – Reggio Calabria line. The inauguration ceremony was held in the Municipality of Campagna (SA) and saw the participation, via video link, of the Deputy Prime ...
On Thursday 6th February, the Italferr team working on the HS Verona – Vicenza construction site completed the excavation of the artificial tunnell GA01 at San Martino Buon Albergo, with the demolition of the last diaphragm, thus reaching an important milestone. This project is a 2km-long underground work made with a top-down method, also known as "metodo Milano". The complexity of this work lies...
On February 5 works for the requalification and refunctioning of Roma San Pietro Station were completed. Its inauguration witnessed the presence of Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and Group FS President Tommaso Tanzilli. The interventions concerned: The requalification of the interiors of the passenger buildings The Station's underpasses and other accesses The installation of new platform roofs The ren...
A Copper Age village in Gaudello (NA); a section of the ancient Appian Way in Maddaloni (CE); a Hellenistic-Roman sanctuary rich in votive material in Ponte (BN). These are just some of the archaeological discoveries made during the works along the Naples-Cancello, Cancello-Frasso, and Telese-Vitulano sections, presented at the press conference on February 4th, 2025, at the Naples Afragola statio...
In the framework of the design of the Anji Khad bridge, Italferr, entrusted with the detailed design and supervision in 2016, following the agreement with IRCON/KRCL, succesfully completed the speed trials of the train at 110km/h, thus confirming the bridge's structural stability and compliance with design standards. This state-of-the-art cable-stayed bridge is the first of its kind for Indian ...
On 20 December 2024, the bridge over the Alpone river on the AV/AC Verona-Vicenza line was launched near San Bonifacio in the province of Verona. The metal arch bridge, with a clear span of 75 m, is located on the VI05 viaduct and consists of: 56 spans in prestressed concrete 4 spans with built-in beams 4 mixed steel-concrete spans The construction of the arch bridge took place on site for the as...
On 18 December 2024, under the High Supervision and Works Management of Italferr, the excavation was completed - with breaking down of the diaphragm - of the San Giorgio in Salici Natural Tunnel located just south of the town of the same name in the municipality of Sona in the province of Verona, between the towns of Castelnuovo del Garda and Sommacampagna. The work is part of the new Brescia Est...
During the night between 13 and 14 December 2024, the Multi-station Computerised Central Apparatus (ACCM) of the Nogara-Poggio Rusco section, on the Bologna-Verona line, was activated for operation. A strategic intervention for the improvement of the railway infrastructure in the Po Valley area and which today represents an important step forward in the technological enhancement of the network, e...
125 km of new railway link with a predominantly underground development (105 km developed with 17 tunnels), which runs parallel to the bed of the Ganges River, at the foot of the Himalayan Mountain system. With its 13 stations, the ambitious project for the new railway line in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand in India sees Italferr, an engineering company of the FS Group, in joint venture with...
Italferr's engineering know-how knows no bounds and accompanied the delegation of technicians from India, engaged in the RISHIKESH-KARNAPRAYAG LINE HIMALAYA TUNNEL PACKAGE 1 & 8 project, to the construction sites of the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) and the Galleria San Giorgio on the Brescia-Verona AV/AC line. The Study Tour, contractually planned for the client RVNL (Rail Vikas Nigam Limited), aime...