For the sixth consecutive year, Italferr is firmly among the best engineering companies globally, according to the annual ranking of the American magazine considered one of the most authoritative in the world in the construction, engineering, and architecture industry. The engineering company of the FS Group ranks #148 in the Top 225 International Design Firms, which considers global engineering ...
As a project of strategic importance envisaged by the 'Sblocca Italia' decree-law, financed with NRRP funds and an integral part of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Core Corridor No. 5 (Helsinki-La Valletta), the new Naples-Bari High Capacity line consists in the doubling, speeding up and, in part, modernizing of the existing rail link between the Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic ridges in the Campania ...
On 21 August 2024, railway traffic resumed regularly on the Milan-Venice Line. The works, which involved the interruption of the section between Verona and Vicenza for 21 continuous days, allowed the relocation of the historic line between the stations of Verona Porta Vescovo and San Martino Buona Abergo (1.2 km) and between the stations of Montebello and Altavilla Tavernelle (5.8 km) to make roo...
On August 2, 2024, Italferr, the engineering company of the FS Group's Infrastructure Hub, certified new skills internally. Engineer Guido Mastrobuono, Italferr's Risk Officer, and Engineer Alessandro Saullo from the Risk Officer Structure have obtained the Risk Management Professional (RMP) qualification, issued by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The significant PMI-RMP certification, in...
Between Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of July, the new Peripheral Point-Computerised Central Interlocking (PP-ACC), that completes the Computerized Multistation Central Interlocking system (ACCM) for the Brindisi-Lecce line of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), was completed in the Lecce station for the management and control of railway traffic. The system is a veritable "control room" that, thanks...
Futura, Marina and Lucia: these are the names of the three Tunnel Boring Machines activated simultaneously on 23 July 2024 under the Works Supervision of Italferr, an engineering company of the Infrastructure Hub of the Ferrovie dello Stato Group. TBMs Futura and Marina have started their excavation on the HS/HC Naples-Bari line. Lucia, on the other hand, is active on the Palermo-Catania-Messina ...
As part of the works related to the "Palermo Hub" project, concerning the city's electrified double-track connection with Punta Raisi International Civil Airport "Falcone e Borsellino," the new De Gasperi Stop was opened for operation on 30 June 2024 and officially opened on 5 July 2024. The ceremony was officialised by the President of the Sicily region Renato Schifani, the President of Rete Fer...
On 30 June 2024, the new Computerized Central Interlocking (ACC) of the Genoa Brignole line was put into operation, replacing the previous Itinerary-based Central Electric Interlocking (ACEI) system implemented in 1973. At the same time, 3 new rolling stock docking tracks between 290 and 340 meters long were opened at the Piazza Terralba area. The state-of-the-art facility, which is ready for int...
On the morning of 30 June 2024, the new PP-ACC (Peripheral Point - Computerized Central Interlocking) system in Monza was activated. This important step affects the activities of Module 2 (Lombardy) of the Turin-Padua Technological Upgrade and involves the four tracks of the Monza-Sesto San Giovanni section, as well as the branch lines on the Lecco side (Via Arcore and Via Villasanta) and Chiasso...
Italferr, an engineering company of the FS Group's Infrastructure Hub, is engaged in the Works Supervision of the Casalnuovo Tunnel excavation, present on the route of the first section of the Naples-Bari HS/HC link. A never-before-used technique is being applied to carry out the work: tunnel excavation in hyperbaric conditions. This innovative and sustainable technique makes it possible to excav...