RFI activates ETCS Level 2 on the Monza–Chiasso line
- Location
- Lombardy, Monza–Chiasso line (Italy–Switzerland border) · 🇮🇹 Italy
- Project
- Milan–Chiasso: ETCS Level 2 (Monza–Chiasso section)
- Investment
- approx. EUR 6 million (RFI, for the 2022 activation); the original 2015 signalling contract for the full Milan–Monza–Chiasso line was worth approx. EUR 34 million
- Status
- Completed / operational (activated)
On 20 June 2022, RFI activated the ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 train control system on the Monza-Chiasso line, part of the Milan-Chiasso route on the Rotterdam-Genoa interoperable corridor. The investment for this activation was around EUR 6 million; the line is centrally monitored from the Milano Greco signal box. Full conversion had originally been planned for December 2018 (2015 contract with an Alstom-led consortium, worth approx. EUR 34 million), but was delayed by roughly three and a half years.
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