The Italian infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) allocated five million euros to fund a feasibility study for the possible reactivation of the Arona-Santhià line, northeast of Turin. Reopening this railway would create a direct...Read more
The railway line between Chambéry and Turin, the main railway crossing between France and Italy, has been closed since 27 August due to a massive landslide. Unfortunately, it seems that repair work along the Frejus...Read more
The project of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel has taken another step towards completion. The contract for the excavations of the Italian side of the tunnel, running under the Mount Cenis, has been in fact assigned....Read more
A tender worth three billion euros was published in the Official Journal of the European Union for implementing railway and technological equipment in the Turin-Lyon tunnel. This tender does not only include the project and...Read more
New access railway lines to the Turin-Lyon tunnel from Lyon might not be ready before 2045, more than a decade after the expected commissioning of the structure in 2032. This is because the French government...Read more
Over 150 French public personalities have signed a letter asking to stop the construction of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel and redirect the investments toward exiting trains and routes. The letter was published in Reporterre, an...Read more
Drilling operations on the French side of the base tunnel for the Lyon-Turin railway have started on Thursday 8 December for the tunnel connecting Saint Jean de Maurienne and Saint Julien Montdenis. The 3-kilometre-long tunnel...Read more