Italy and RFI agree EUR 4bn of extra funding for the rail network

EUR 1.7 billion is earmarked (including the flood decree, A22 funds, price adjustments and development plans for Sicily and Calabria); EUR 2.2 billion comes from the 2025 budget law: EUR 1.1 billion each for ongoing projects and for remaining funding needs including extra PNRR costs.

The 2025 update of the 2022–2026 programme contract (investment part) between the transport ministry and RFI brings around EUR 4 billion of new funds for the national rail network. Of this, EUR 1.7 billion is tied to statutory purposes (flood decree, A22 funds, continuation of public works including price adjustment, regional plans for Sicily and Calabria, agreements with local authorities); the remaining EUR 2.2 billion comes from the 2025 budget law and is not earmarked, with EUR 1.1 billion each going to ongoing projects and to remaining funding needs plus additional PNRR costs. The procedure was completed after CIPESS was informed in December 2025. (LOK Report, 20 Jul 2026; second source: FS Italiane, 17 Jul 2026)