New railway ring in Palermo, Libertà station will be operational from October 28
From October 28th, the Libertà stop on via Lazio (via Sicilia) will be active in Palermo, along the metropolitan line that connects Notarbartolo with Giachery (for 5.2 kilometers). A step forward for the completion of the railway ring (metro railway) which includes eight stops along 6.7 kilometers of urban track, mostly underground.
The Libertà stop is between the Notarbartolo station (crossed by the Passante ferroviario) and the Imperatore Federico stop (in the homonymous street). For Rfi, the start of operations will be on Sunday 27th, a day when metro services will be suspended. It will be necessary to wait until the middle of next year for the completion of the section that will connect Giachery to Politeama (1.6 kilometers with a single track).
Rfi specifies that “all structural works have been completed and finishing works on the galleries (sidewalks and water disposal), the stops (masonry works, pavements and claddings) and the plant works both along the line and in the passenger buildings are in the final stages of completion”. The Porto and Politeama stations will be opened and approximately two-thirds of the railway ring will be completed (at a cost of 150 million). With the connection of the Giachery station to Politeama, the first phase of the project will be defined. The second phase concerns the line from Politeama to the Notarbartolo station (1.6 kilometers of track with 800 meters of tunnel to be excavated with mechanical excavation carried out by TBM). The Turrisi Colonna (Lolli) stop will be built. The tender for the works (90 million euros) was awarded in December 2023 to the consortium composed of D’Agostino Costruzioni Generali, Bonifica and Prometeoengineering.
The executive design was entrusted in February. Preparatory activities started on September 19th. The start of operations is scheduled by the end of 2028. The extraordinary government commissioner for the project is Christian Colaneri, director of Rfi’s Strategies and Planning.
Anello ferroviario a Palermo, dal 28 ottobre sarà attiva la fermata Libertà
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