The Verona-Padua HS / HC Line, with a total route of 76.5 km (through the territory of the provinces of Verona, Vicenza and Padua), is divided into 3 functional lots. 

The first functional lot, in the Verona - Bivio di Vicenza section, will be built by the IRICAV DUE consortium. It will consist of approximately 83% by the Webuild Group and 17% by Hitachi Rail STS, as part of the industrial strategy of Progetto Italia, the consolidation operation promoted by Webuild to strengthen the infrastructure sector in the country.

The first section will run for 44.2 kilometres crossing 13 municipalities. By quadrupling the existing railway, it will improve the quality of the train service and strengthen its links to a European network, helping reduce the impact on the environment as well as the number of road accidents.

The investment being made on the entire length of the railway between Verona and Padua is estimated at €4.8 billion and represents an important link across the country’s northeast. It also serves as an example of how infrastructure can bring employment and foster economic revival. Work on the first section is to create about 4,000 direct and indirect jobs.

The project, part of the high-speed/high-capacity railway Turin-Milan-Venice, will belong to the Mediterranean Corridor that will link Spain and Ukraine. One of the strategic trans-European transport corridors (the so-called TEN-T core network), it will connect southwestern European countries with countries to the east. The Corridor will support traffic between Europe and Asia. In Europe, meanwhile, it will handle traffic between the southern and eastern regions. With the addition of the line between Milan and Venice to the national network, 75% of the Italian population will have access to high-speed rail service.