The rail link

Today, 85% of goods traffic between France and Italy goes by road. Thanks to the ease of use and time-saving features of the new system, the transfer of a large part of the volume of goods toward rail transport will constitute a great improvement.

In this term, the new link would transfer more than 700 000 trucks annually on the train by the year 2035. The objective of the French and Italian governments is to achieve a massive transfer of freight from road to rail, thereby in the same time increasing capacity to approximately 40 million tons transported annually thank to the new line . This would include both classic rail transport, combined transport, and also railway motorway, a system permitting to load full lorries or trailers onto wagons specially designed to this effect.