Topic: Turin-Lyon

cost increase Turin-Lyon to cost 2,5 billion euros more, opening set back one year

The estimated costs for the construction of the Turin-Lyon railway increased from 8,6 to 11,1 billion euros. Moreover, the completion of the project shifted from…
Priority to rail freight French line to access Turin-Lyon tunnel will prioritise freight traffic

France’s infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau recently presented a three-year study for the access route to the future Turin-Lyon tunnel. Costing a total of 170 million…
French region to fill the financial gap for Turin-Lyon access routes

The French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, which includes Lyon, said it is willing to cover the 20 million euros missing for the studies for the French…
Will France miss out on EU funds for the Turin-Lyon railway?

The project for the Turin-Lyon railway continues to create controversies in France. The country is running the serious risk of missing out on key EU…
Last excavation contract for Turin-Lyon tunnel has been assigned

The project of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel has taken another step towards completion. The contract for the excavations of the Italian side of the tunnel,…
Turin-Lyon tunnel: 3 billion euros tender to carry out railway works

A tender worth three billion euros was published in the Official Journal of the European Union for implementing railway and technological equipment in the Turin-Lyon…
France will invest in Turin-Lyon access routes after all

After a few turbulent months, France is ready to invest up to three billion euros in the access routes to the Turin-Lyon tunnel, said the…
What will Macron do about access routes to the Turin-Lyon tunnel?

The debate about the Turin-Lyon railway is in a heated phase since France does not seem too keen on providing access routes to the tunnel…
Turin-Lyon: former politicians urge Macron to avoid ‘tunnel without trains’ scenario

The French side of the project for the Turin-Lyon railway has been under the spotlight for possible significant delays in the construction of access lines…
No access routes for Lyon to the Turin-Lyon tunnel before 2045?

New access railway lines to the Turin-Lyon tunnel from Lyon might not be ready before 2045, more than a decade after the expected commissioning of…
Will the Turin-Lyon project be stopped?

Over 150 French public personalities have signed a letter asking to stop the construction of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel and redirect the investments toward exiting…
Lyon-Turin: works have started on another section of the French tunnel

Drilling operations on the French side of the base tunnel for the Lyon-Turin railway have started on Thursday 8 December for the tunnel connecting Saint…