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November 1, 2024 | Infrastructure

Key milestone reached in Sicily upgrade project

Track doubling complete between Catenanuova and Bicocca on Palermo - Catania line.

May 10, 2023 | Infrastructure

Webuild and Ghella awarded €1.2bn Sicily line contract

Consortium to build section of the Palermo - Catania line with 20km in tunnels and 3km on viaducts.

March 15, 2023 | Financial

Palermo - Catania upgrade in Sicily boosted with €3.4bn funding package

The funding includes a new counter-guarantee instrument which has generated €1.3bn for the project.

December 20, 2022 | Fleet

Sicily sees first journey of new Blues train for Trenitalia

Blues train built by Hitachi Rail is first tri-mode to enter service in Europe.

October 24, 2022 | Tenders

Italian Rail Network awards 15km Sicily new rail section contract

€616m contract for consortium headed by Webuild includes three tunnels and five viaducts.

December 1, 2021 | Fleet

Italian government confirms new trains for Southern Italy

The €200m investment will include hydrogen bi-mode trains and night train coaches.

June 29, 2021 | Tenders

IRJ In Brief – Tenders: ÖBB seeks second-hand passenger stock; €113.7m new diesel-electric fleet for Sicily; new Estonian trams; new locomotives for Argentina

A tender for 15 diesel-electric trains has been issued by the Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure, Directorate-General for Local Public Transport, and Circumetnea Railway (FCE).

March 19, 2021 | Infrastructure

Webuild consortium awarded €1bn contract to build new line in Sicily

The line will double capacity between Messina and Catania.

October 7, 2020 | News

FS issues tender for track doubling project in Sicily

ITALIAN State Railways (FS) has issued a call for tenders in the Official Journal of the European Union for a track doubling project on the Messina - Catania main line in Sicily.

December 1, 2017 | Track

RFI awards Sicilian track-doubling contract

ITALY’s infrastructure manager Italian Rail Network (RFI) has awarded a €186m contract for track-doubling and infrastructure modernisation on a 38km section of the Palermo - Catania main line in Sicily.

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