Italian Railway Network (RFI), leader of the FS Group's infrastructure hub, has foreseen a investment about 5,4 billion of euros by 2032 per improve over 600 train stations throughout the national territory, concentrating interventions especially on those with high attendance.
In Italy, they are active over 2.200 train stations with passenger service. As of 2023, projects or works are underway in 223 stations, and in 2024 interventions are planned on a further 97 stations by the Italian Railway Network (RFI).
Eliminate barriers that hinder traveler access
RFI aims to eliminate every barrier, both inside and outside the stations, for facilitate traveler access who opt for the train. The planned interventions include the extension and raising of the platforms to facilitate getting on and off the trains, as well as the strengthening of the video surveillance systems.
The goal of the program is to transform stations into intermodal hubs, complete with spaces and services, that act as nerve centers for a multimodal transport network.
Some specific ongoing projects are, for example, the Venezia Mestre station which, with an investment of approximately 75 million euros, will be transformed into a urban reconnection hub between Mestre and Marghera or the Bergamo station which, with an investment of 84 million euros, will become an intermodal hub for services and exchanges, facilitating the connection between the city and the surrounding area. Other interventions of the plan concern stations such as Teramo, Busalla, La Spezia, Genova Pegli, Piacenza, Ferrara and Pontassieve, with the aim of improving accessibility and promoting intermodality.
145 million for the maintenance of the railway network
RFI also assigned 29 (of 5 million euros each) of the 40 lots in the tender tender worth 200 million euro to carry out routine maintenance work on civil works through a Framework Agreement. The total cost of the assigned lots is 145 million euros.
The allocation of lots is part of a investment plan larger than 3 billion euros, for ordinary and extraordinary maintenance interventions scheduled during 2023 implemented by RFI. The objective is to improve the efficiency, reliability and safety standards of the railway network, in accordance with the Industrial Plan and the overall infrastructure modernization strategy of the FS Group.
