{"id":286139,"date":"2025-09-17T18:59:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=65992"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:59:56","slug":"key-rail-upgrade-for-ports-of-genoa-to-be-operational-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=286139","title":{"rendered":"Key rail upgrade for ports of Genoa to be operational next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The railway network in Genoa, one of Italy\u2019s most important port cities, is undergoing massive changes to boost rail freight. One of these projects will be ready by 6 October, paving the way for the separation of freight and passenger flow.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-65992\"><\/span>The line in question is the Genoa Voltri-Genoa Sampierdarena, a short stretch of about 16 kilometres which has now been quadrupled. After 6 October, a few freight trains will start using the new infrastructure, which runs between the ports of Pra&#8217; and Genoa, the Italian deputy minister of transport Edoardo Rixi said. Transit times will not change, but the new tracks will allow the division of freight and passenger traffic.<\/p>\n<h2>Towards the Terzo Valico<\/h2>\n<p>This section is part of the Genoa Junction package, a number of initiatives aimed at improving rail connectivity to, from and through the city. These works will make up the access to the Terzo Valico, a brand new line which will start at the port of Pra&#8217; and connect to the larger TEN-T North Sea-Rhine-Mediterranean corridor (formerly known as Rhine-Alpine).<\/p>\n<p>The Terzo Valico, which should be completed in the next couple years, will connect the Genoan ports to Tortona through a new base tunnel of 27 kilometres in length. This will create a rail connection better equipped and meeting EU standards for the transport of, for example, semi-trailers all the way to Europe\u2019s largest ports in Rotterdam and Antwerp.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 20px auto; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid alignnone\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Terzo-Valico-map.jpeg\" alt=\"Map of the Terzo Valico. Image: \u00a9 Terzo Valico\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption style=\"padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; background: #f8f8f8; text-align: left; color: #555;\">Map of the Terzo Valico. Image: \u00a9 Terzo Valico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The railway network in Genoa, one of Italy\u2019s most important port cities, is undergoing massive changes to boost rail freight. One of these projects will\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,343,345,47],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-286139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genoa","category-infrastructure","category-italy","category-rail-news","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=286139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286187,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286139\/revisions\/286187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=286139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=286139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=286139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}