{"id":154330,"date":"2024-12-03T20:23:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T10:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=58311"},"modified":"2024-12-03T20:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T10:23:06","slug":"feasibility-study-to-reconnect-turin-with-switzerland-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=154330","title":{"rendered":"Feasibility study to (re)connect Turin with Switzerland is underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reopening of the Arona-Santhi\u00e0 line in northern Italy, a key missing piece to link Turin with Switzerland, is now one step closer to reality. The country\u2019s infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has finally started a feasibility study, which will last until the first half of next year.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The Arona-Santhi\u00e0 railway, inaugurated in 1905, stretches for 65 kilometres. Traffic along this line has been suspended since 2012, but new demand for rail freight services pushed for a possible reopening. The infrastructure needs to be revamped as, after it was closed, crossing levels and barriers were removed as well as parts of the tracks and signalling systems.<\/p>\n

The feasibility study launched by RFI will cost five million euros, which were allocated in December 2023 and finally approved last summer. Two years ago, cost estimates for a full reopening were set between 36 and 44 million euros. Both the Piedmont region and the Novara province are in favour of a reopening plan, despite it was the former which pushed for the traffic suspension in 2012.<\/p>\n