RFI tests first section of the Brescia–Verona high-speed line
- Location
- Lombardy / Veneto (Mazzano – Lugagnano di Sona, approx. 45 km) · 🇮🇹 Italy
- Project
- Brescia – Verona high-speed line (first functional section Brescia Est/Mazzano – Lugagnano di Sona, Milan–Venice axis)
- Investment
- €3,164 million (of which €2.073 billion from the PNRR)
- Status
- Under construction (over 90%, test runs since June 2026) — opening planned for the first quarter of 2027
RFI began test runs in early June 2026 on the roughly 45 km first functional section of the new Brescia–Verona line (client RFI, general contractor Cepav Due, construction started July 2018); civil works, track and the Mazzano and Lugagnano junctions with the conventional line are complete and progress exceeds 90% (ANSA, 8 June 2026). Opening has slipped from December 2026 to the first quarter of 2027; total cost €3,164 million, of which €2.073 billion PNRR. The Verona–Padua continuation is to be recorded separately.
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