Fortezza-Ponte Gardena railway
The new Fortezza-Ponte Gardena Railway project involves the design and build of a section of a high-capacity railway line extending from the southern end of the Brenner Base Tunnel for 22.5 kilometres between Fortezza and Ponte Gardena on the Italian side of the Alps.
The project, mostly underground, will quadruple the Verona-Fortezza line along the Munich-Verona railway axis, reducing maximum gradient along the route and allowing trains to travel at 225 km/h, with a significant reduction in travel times for both passengers and freight. Works include underground interconnections and other works at Ponte Gardena station.
The Brenner, which is still under construction, will be the longest railway tunnel in the world at 64 kilometres under the Alps and become a key part of Europe’s sustainable mobility network that will include a connection between Verona, Italy, and Munich, Germany via Innsbruck, Austria.