Milano - Bologna to open in 2006

摘要

Italian high-speed line authority TAV SpA is due to award a formal contract to the Cepav-Uno consortium this month for construction of the Milano - Bologna route at a cost of 8 995bn lire. High above Milano's Porta Garibaldi station, the offices of Italferr SpA, the Italian Railways' engineering company, are a hive of activity. Mountains of reports, blueprints and specifications are being assembled, teams of engineers are poring over minute details, and ambitious plans are turning into formal agreements. Everywhere there is an air of optimism.