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Palermo Hub
In Palermo, just like in the main metropolitan areas, a radical transformation of the public transport network is underway, based on upgrading the Metropolitan Railway Service, connected and integrated with tram and bus lines and park-and-ride parking lots. One of the supporting pillars of this transformation is the Passante railway, due to cross Palermo and its metropolitan area, from Cefalù to Punta Raisi Airport: a 90km route, 24 of which inside the city, with 17 stations and 22 stops.
The Project aims are as follow:
• to strengthen railway transport supply, increasing train frequency
• to create a railway service of the metropolitan type, integrated with the Public Transport Plan in the Palermo urban area with 6 stations and 17 stops in urban and suburban settings
• to strengthen the link with Punta Raisi Airport with a regular service
• to offer a more efficient railway service in terms of usability, functionality, regularity and cost-effectiveness of the service
• to facilitate the movement of commuter flows between Palermo and the following municipalities: Isola delle Femmine, Capaci, Carini, Cinisi and Terrasini
• to eliminate all level crossings
• to centralise and automate all the main railway functions
To achieve the projects described above an integrated project has been drawn named Palermo Hub.
| WORK COMPLETED |
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| Palermo Hub | 113 MIO € |
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| track doubling of the stretch from Carini to Piraineto (ordinary line to Trapani) and Punta Raisi Airport | 2001 |
| electrifying the line from Palermo Notarbartolo to Piraineto/Punta Raisi and from Piraineto to Cinisi/Terrasini | 2002 |
| WORK IN PROGRESS |
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| Palermo Hub | 113 MIO € |
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| Track doubling work on the line has been divided into the following stretches:
A. Palermo Central/Brancaccio-Notarbartolo B. Notarbartolo-La Malfa C. La Malfa-Carini The 22 February work was delivered for the Passante, with resulting start up of the work included on unmodified-route stretches A and C. In-depth designs are underway for the underground placement required for stretch B. Activation of the track doubling is expected by 2015 |
2015 |
Overall cost of the work is equal to 1113 MIO €.
