The tender for the electrification of the Cagliari-Oristano ordinary gauge railway line has started. The basic amount is 56 million euros.
The intervention will make it possible to achieve for the first time the objective of traveling in Sardinia on electric traction trains. The implementing body is Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI).
Letters of invitation to contractors registered in the RFI qualification system were sent out yesterday. The deadline for submitting bids is May 18th.
«The intervention has a historic significance - underlines the regional councilor for Transport, Antonio Moro - and starts the overcoming of one of the most important elements of the island's infrastructural disadvantage, ie the absence of a single meter of electrified network. The service contract with Trenitalia provides for the supply of 12 hybrid trains, which can travel with electric traction and will allow for higher travel speeds, up to 160 km per hour, compared to the majority of vehicles currently in circulation, simultaneously ensuring better quality of the service offered to users and maximum respect for environmental sustainability».
(Unioneonline/ss)
