SBB, 1,400 kilometres of network completed with Ertms system
EUR 2.5 billion investment; technology upgrade on 21 lines from North to South
by M.Mor.
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Rete ferroviaria italiana (Rfi), a company of the Fs group, has completed the installation of the advanced Ertms (European Rail Transport Management System) on 1,400 kilometres of its network, thus reaching, as planned, the medium-term goal set by the Pnrr for the development of the European rail transport management system. The project is financed with EUR 2.5 billion from the NRRP funds and will affect a total of approximately 2,800 kilometres of network to be completed by June 2026, in line with the strategic objective of extending Ertms technology, already adopted on high-speed lines, to the entire network managed by Rfi
Rfi explains in a note: "The technological upgrades (updating) that have just been completed represent a tangible example of the benefits deriving from the 1,200 worksites active every day and the growing number of interruptions in recent years, which have gone from 160,000 in 2023 to 345,000 planned for 2025, most of them during periods of lower influx of commuter workers and students".
The affected lines
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The works, carried out by Hitachi, Alstom, Mermec, and Progress Rail, involved a total of about 2,000 workers, including technicians from the Fs Italiane group, from the operating companies Rfi and Italferr, and from contractors. There are 21 lines or sections of lines that have benefited from the Ertms equipping, out of a total of 1.489 kilometres: in the north Domodossola-Arona, Gallarate-Rho, Merano-Bolzano, Rovigo-Chioggia; in the centre Direttissima Florence-Rome, Viareggio-Bivio Arcola, Grosseto-Civitavecchia, Civitanova Marche-Albacina, Terni-Sulmona, Campoleone-Nettuno, Ciampino-Frascati/Albano, Roccasecca-Avezzano; in the South Rome-Naples High Speed (Ertms technology upgrade in operation), Lamezia Terme Centrale-Catanzaro Lido, Catanzaro Lido-Sibari; in the Islands Cagliari-Oristano, Oristano-Chilivani, Chilivani-Olbia-Golfo Aranci, Siracusa-Canicattì, Caltanissetta Xirbi-Aragona Caldare-Lercara, Alcamo-Trapani via Castelvetrano.
