In a global context of increasing attention to decarbonization, the electrification of railway lines represents one of the most effective methods for reducing transport sector emissions, for encouraging the use of renewable energy, and for contributing to energy transition and sustainable development goals (SDGs). Italferr is a key player in numerous infrastructure interventions that aim to make ...
Italferr has been engaged, on behalf of RFI, in the Supervision of the Works for the completion of the "De Gasperi" stop and the related surface works, on the Palermo Centrale – Brancaccio – Carini section of the project for doubling the Palermo through rail line. Located near the city stadium, in a heavily urbanised area, the stop has been built underground with two entrance blocks at street lev...
On 18 May 2025, the Italferr team completed the blasting of two unsafe rocky outcrops, as part of the project to double the Giampilieri-Fiumefreddo rail line, Lot 1 Fiumefreddo-Taormina/Letojanni, at the exit of the future underground station. This important goal was achieved thanks to the commitment of the workers and engineers, under the constant supervision of Italferr's Works Management and S...
Andrea Pigorini, Head of Infrastructure Engineering at Italferr's Engineering & Operations Department, is the new President of the International Tunnelling & Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES) for the upcoming 2025-2028 term. The election took place during the WTC 2025 World Congress held in Stockholm last week. ITA-AITES, founded in 1974, is a non-governmental non-profit organisation base...
A valuable opportunity for transmitting skills, passion, and responsibility to those preparing to design and construct in the future. Italferr personnel met with students at Catania University to share the real experience of those who work on large railway infrastructure worksites on a day-to-day basis. Using video footage and multimedia content, they illustrated the project for doubling the Giam...
A constant commitment to guaranteeing greater safety and smoother traffic flows for future infrastructures Gruppo FS and Italferr are actively engaged in increasing the safety of railway infrastructures, with a view to improving the efficiency of traffic flows, providing a railway network that is safer and more sustainable, in the form of tangible actions.
Another step ahead in overall modernisation of the Sicilian railway infrastructure: restyling works completed on the Palermo Traffic Operations Room, and the modern traffic supervision and control system, SCCM (Multi-Station Command and Control System), activated. A determinant role was played by Italferr who, along with RFI, designed and oversaw execution by Directing the Works, once again s...
Frasso Telesino – Telese Lot The contract for the Frasso Telesino – Telese ot was awarded, in 2019, to the Frasso Scarl Consortium, set up by Pizzarotti, Ghella, Itinera, Salcef and EdS Infrastrutture. The total length of this section is 11.2 km, of which approximately 5 km will run alongside the existing line and the remaining 6 km along an alternative route. The project includes the constructio...
Laura Martiniello, Full Professor of Business Economics, is the new President of Italferr for the 2025-2027 term, thereby enriching the professional and managerial skills of the Board of Directors, which includes CEO Prof. Dario Lo Bosco and Directors Fini, Miccoli, and Papaleo. Her first words after the appointment were, "It is an honor to be part of this high-profile Board of Directors and to w...