en.Wedoany.com Reported - On April 27, Webuild, an Italian company, announced that workers have completed the construction of the Novi Ligure railway interconnection tunnel. With the demolition of the final wall, this connection links the new high-capacity Genoa-Milan line with the historic Genoa-Turin railway line.
This connection is a key component of the Terzo Valico dei Giovi project, delivered by the main contractor led by Webuild on behalf of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (Italian Railway Network), with support from engineering company FS Engineering, both part of the FS Italiane Group, under the mandate of Government Special Commissioner Calogero Mauceri. This railway tunnel project is one of the initiatives funded by Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), designed to overcome the infrastructure constraints of the historic Giovi line between the Port of Genoa and northwestern Italy, enhancing the efficiency and capacity of railway connections between the Liguria and Piedmont regions.
Starting from the Serravalle Tunnel, this railway connection consists of two newly built single-track natural tunnels with a total length of 1,700 meters, including a 723-meter odd-track tunnel and a 987-meter even-track tunnel. The two tunnels split and extend to the historic line near Novi Ligure, allowing passenger and freight trains to access the Turin direction without disrupting the urban road network or existing railway traffic. The construction site covers an area of nearly 7 hectares, including the excavation of two large underground interconnection caverns and a section of cut-and-cover tunnel leading directly to the historic line.
The railway tunnel was constructed under challenging conditions: the tunnel was shallowly buried, just a few meters from the Genoa-Turin railway, which remained fully operational during construction, with minimal disruption to rail traffic. Excavation was carried out simultaneously on four work fronts, equipped with an advanced monitoring system to measure potential impacts on existing infrastructure in real time, closely coordinated with relevant authorities and Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
With the completion of the excavation of the Novi Ligure railway tunnel, the Terzo Valico dei Giovi project has taken another step toward achieving a faster and more efficient connection to the Ligurian ports, strengthening railway links between key logistics hubs and the production areas of northwestern Italy.
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