ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI has awarded four geographical contracts totalling €2·7bn for the deployment of ERTMS on 4 220 km of line.
The programme is being financed by the National Plan for Recovery & Resilience, and is in addition to a €500m contract previously awarded to Hitachi Rail, Alstom Ferroviaria and Ceit which covered 710 km of line in Sicily, Lazio, Abruzzo and Umbria.
| ERTMS contracts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract | Value | Route-km | Contractors |
| Centro Nord | €1·3bn | 1 885 | Hitachi Rail STS, ECM, MerMec STE, Infratech Consorzio Stabile and Atlante |
| Centro Sud | €900m | 1 400 | Alstom Ferroviaria |
| Centro | €323m | 530 | MerMec STE and Salcef |
| Sud | €251m | 405 | ECM, Giuseppe Mercuri, Morelli Giorgio, ESIM and Guastamacchia |
