Trento Railway Bypass (Section 3A)

The Trento Railway Bypass is financed almost entirely by funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). From December 2021 to February 2022, the client RFI conducted a public debate process aimed at collecting comments and proposals from the local community to evaluate and improve the project. We are involved in the first phase of the project (Section 3A), which includes the construction of the railway bypass route, as a variant of the historic Verona - Brenner line in the section crossing the city. The bypass will separate freight traffic flows from 
passenger traffic, meaning that the urban area of Trento is bypassed. The new line will start at Roncafort, near the Trento interport, and connect to the existing line at Acquaviva after about 14km, with approximately 11 km running 
through the new natural double-bore “Trento Tunnel.” This project is part of the larger effort to upgrade the Fortezza-Verona railway line, allowing access from the south to the new Brenner Base Tunnel under construction. 
The aim of upgrading the European TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Core Corridor, which is intended to improve the efficiency of international rail freight transport. The project is also part of a broader framework of interventions for the redevelopment of Trento and to foster the area’s sustainable mobility.
 

Benefits
1. Modal shift from road to rail transport 
2. Urban regeneration for the city of Trento  
3. Contribution to the efficiency of international freight transport 
4. Consistency with the “Do No Significant Harm” (DNSH) principle and with the pursuit of European Carbon Neutrality goals.5. Enhancement of infrastructure connections to support commercial activities, offering opportunities for the logistics sector, combined transport, and the import/export market.