ITALY: Napoli regional transport operator EAV has awarded a civil works and a railway systems contract as part of the work to construct the fully automated metro Line 10. The line is planned to reach 14·3 km in length, but delivery is to be carried out in phases.
Civil works
EAV has awarded the €660m Lot 1A contract comprising civil works for the first 6·5 km section of Line 10 to the consortium led by Webuild, and comprising Eteria Consorzio Stabile, Costruire Icm, and Metropolitana di Napoli. This central section is to link Afragola Centro to an interchange with the newly built section of Line 1 at Piazza Di Vittorio.
The scope of Lot 1A covers the completion of three stations (Di Vittorio, Casoria Centro and Afragola), and the partial construction of four more (Casavatore San Pietro, Casoria Casavatore, Casoria Afragola, Afragola Garibaldi).
Line 10 is to be built almost entirely underground, and excavated using both traditional methods and tunnel boring machines. The tunnels are to reach depths of up to 45 m and the bores will have an internal diameter of 8·6 m.
The contract announced on December 29 provides for the Webuild-led consortium to plan and carry out civil works for the remaining sections of metro Line 10 too, which would take the total value of its contract to over €1·7bn.
Fleet and railway systems
EAV awarded the Lot 2 contract, comprising the supply of railway systems and rolling stock for Line 10, to a consortium led by CAF, and comprising AET, Francesco Ventura Costruzioni Ferroviarie, MerMec STE, and Leonardo.
The contract announced on December 30 includes the supply of CBTC with CAF’s Optio signalling system for automated operations, as well as electrical substations, overhead catenary, data and telecommunications networks, platform screen doors, depot equipment, and an operational control centre.
It also covers the supply of a fleet of an undisclosed number of three-car trainsets, and the provision of maintenance services. The vehicles will be drawn from CAF’s Inneo platform, and are likely to be technically similar to those being built for the 10·5 km Arcobaleno line in the north of the city.
The value of the Lot 2 contract is €259m, and it includes options for the rest of the line, which would take the value to more than €630m.
From the high speed station to the terminus
Line 10 is intended eventually to link Napoli Afragola high speed station with Piazza Principe Umberto next to Napoli Centrale terminus in the city centre. It would serve a total of 12 stations including Casoria-Afragola main line station, and covering an area with 400 000 residents. Its estimated overall cost is €3·1bn.
Of the €1·2bn budget allocated so far, €870m is being provided by the municipality of Napoli and €330m by the Campania regional authority under the 2021-27 European Regional Development Fund’s Regional Operational Programme. The city council has requested funding from the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport to cover completion of the remaining sections.
’[This is] a major inter-institutional effort for a key metro line that will connect the Afragola high speed station to central Napoli and allow residents of Afragola, Casoria, and Casavatore to reach the city without a car’, said Edoardo Cosenza, council portfolio holder for transport at the municipality. ’This is the largest tender ever funded in Napoli, a major step forward toward sustainable mobility.’
- Read our feature article about Napoli’s effort to develop a 10-line metro and suburban rail network in the Spring 2018 issue of Metro Report International.
