On Saturday, September 6, 2025, Italferr President Laura Martiniello concluded her official visit to India, held in conjunction with the ENR - Construction World Global Awards 2025 ceremony, which took place on September 3 at the Jio World Center in Mumbai. Italferr received the prestigious award in the “Global Design Firms” category, selected by a panel of industry experts for its technical exce...
As part of the railway doubling between Ogliastrillo and Castelbuono, activities continue to strengthen the Palermo-Catania-Messina connection. The TBM “Margherita” is advancing at an average speed of 11 meters per day, at a depth of approximately 105 meters. With the excavation of 5,000 meters of the Cefalù Tunnel – odd track – the project has reached 75% completion. In parallel with the TBM’s p...
On 27 and 28 August, Italferr, the engineering company of FS Group and a leader in the digitalisation and hi-tech management of construction sites and complex infrastructure projects, participated in the official visit to Riga, Latvia, of the Italian delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli. Following on from the previous meeting,...
The construction site of the new Vincenzo Florio station, a strategic intermodal infrastructure on the Trapani-Castelvetrano railway line, has been officially handed over to the contractor, and, once completed, will finally provide a direct air-rail link between Trapani airport and the national rail network. The new station will be built on the single-track Trapani-Marsala section of the Palermo-...
Italferr, the engineering company of the FS Group, in 2025 confirms its position among the global leaders in the sector, according to the international ranking by Engineering News-Record (ENR). The company has entered the Top 225 International Design Firms, reaching position 142, an improvement of six places compared to the previous year, and ranks 121st in the Top 150 Global Design Firms. This r...
The completion of the first functional phase of the Lunghezza–Guidonia railway line doubling project is now under way. The upgrading of the Lunghezza-Guidonia line is part of the broader strategic project for the improvement of the main Rome–Pescara line. The completion work involved: the new electrification system for both tracks; the new zoning plan for the Bagni di Tivoli station; the new over...
Construction work continues at a hot pace on the Naples-Bari High Speed/High Capacity (HS/HC) railway line, with two further tunnelling and infrastructure completion milestones reached on the Telese-Vitulano section of the line, in accordance with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. These milestone achievements are the result of the synergy within the Italferr site supervision team, which,...
Constructing sustainable railway infrastructures calls for the adoption of an integrated, responsible engineering approach, with design centring on protection of biodiversity and ecosystems. In Italferr, the awareness of the value of the territories guides each phase of the design and construction process, promoting the development of infrastructures that blend in with the countryside, able to pr...
Laying of tracks continues on the Naples - Cancello lot, with more than 10 km completed and works expected to be finished by the end of summer. This section will come into service early in 2026, allowing HS/HC Naples-Bari trains to go as far as Napoli Afragola, set to become a strategic North-South hub. The new Acerra and Casalnuovo stations will also be in operation, improving access to high s...
A new head for IES d.o.o., the Serbian engineering company based in Belgrade, with Italferr as its single shareholder, a fundamental pillar of the Company’s operations in the country, which brings local expertise and Italferr’s technical team to the execution of important key projects. With the nomination of Vincenzo Macello as Sole Director of IES d.o.o., Italferr’s commitment to support infrast...