Several days ago, the first train for Line 1 of the Bogotá Metro, designed and built by CRRC Corporation Limited at its Changchun plant and delivered to the Metro Línea 1 (ML1) concessionaire, arrived at the port of Cartagena. Italferr has managed the technical interface process and is now supporting the preliminary activities for the train's arrival at the Patio Taller in Bogotá, where technical...
As part of the Giampilieri–Fiumefreddo project, Lot 2, the first hyperbaric access to the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) excavation chamber was successfully completed—an essential operation for the maintenance of the machine head. The intervention was meticulously planned, with rigorous document checks, active medical and fire safety measures, and a fully operational emergency hyperbaric chamber. Ev...
For the seventh straight year, Italferr, the FS Group's engineering company, has been confirmed a top industry player in the ENR – Engineering News-Record – rankings, an authoritative international publication for the construction and engineering world. During the India Construction Festival, held at the Jio Convention Centre in Mumbai, Italferr President Laura Martiniello, accompanied by Asia & ...
The 2025 edition of Thinkingreen, the sustainable economy and culture salon, was held at the Hotel Cà Sagredo, in the suggestive heart of Venice, under the patronage of the European Parliament and the Region of Sicily. Among the key actors at the event, Irene Gionfriddo, Director of Foreign Business Development, Business Affairs and Sustainability at Italferr, contributed the vision and commitmen...
The top management of Italferr, together with RFI, visited the construction site of the Ogliastrillo–Castelbuono section, a strategic objective of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The visit began at the Ogliastrillo site warehouse, which houses the concrete segments that are moved and loaded for transport into the tunnel, where the TBM “Margherita” is currently in operation. With...
On 23 July, at Rome’s Hotel Parco dei Principi, the Italy - Algeria Entrepreneurial Forum was held, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Istituto del Commercio Estero (ICE) [Foreign Trade Institute], in collaboration with Italy’s Embassy in Algiers. The Forum opened with institutional talks by the two Country’s Foreign Ministers, Antonio Tajani and Ahm...
From 8 to 11 July the 12th edition of the UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail was held in Beijing. The 2025 event was organised jointly by the China State Railway Group Corporation Limited and the International Union of Railways (UIC), bringing together 180 speakers and more than 2,000 representatives of international railway organisations, scholars and experts in the sector from more than 60 c...
With the start of track laying operations and the civil engineering works nearing completion, Italferr CEO Dario Lo Bosco, with the top management of FS, RFI and Trenitalia, visited the construction sites of the Brescia Est - Verona high-speed/high-capacity line, a project that is now 83% complete. Also present at the site was the Italferr team, with the Engineering & Operations Manager, and the ...
On 26 June, Irene Gionfriddo, Director of Foreign Business Development, Business Affairs and Sustainability at Italferr, represented the FS Group in Taormina at Thinkingreen, a “salon” where professionals, public administration managers and politicians discuss issues related to sustainability. This was an important opportunity to illustrate the FS Group's commitment to sustainable development obj...
The Trade Association, involved in Confindustria, that represents Italy’s engineering, architectural, and technical / financial consulting organisations, celebrates 60 years. On the occasion of OICE’s sixtieth anniversary Italferr confirmed its role as a point of reference on the national and international infrastructural engineering scene. The event, held on 24 June at Rome’s Parco della Musica ...