Genoa, 28–29 March 2026 The programme to enhance the Genoa Node—one of the most strategic infrastructure projects at national level—continues at a steady pace. As part of the six-tracking works between the Genova Piazza Principe and Genova Brignole stations, the Brignole West Spur was reactivated on 29 March, marking a milestone of major significance for improving the overall functionality of the...
Beneath the surface, where time changes pace and silence becomes a work companion, there is a community that every day transforms the earth into infrastructure. The interview “Life in the Tunnel: Emotions from the Underground” tells the story of underground excavation beyond engineering, through people, skills, sacrifice and a strong sense of belonging. A TBM is not just a machine: it becomes a p...
As part of the Italian international cooperation strategy promoted by the Mattei Plan for Africa, FS Engineering – drawing on its engineering and infrastructure expertise – has completed a pilot technical and vocational training project in Egypt aimed at teachers and students at the Salesian Don Bosco Institutes in Cairo and Alexandria. FS Engineering and its well-established international role A...
Sustainable Intermodal Walkability Index (SIWI) The Sustainable Intermodal Walkability Index – SIWI – is a design tool for measuring how stations can promote active mobility and improve urban quality, through the analysis of spaces, flow routes and the urban context, with a view to strengthening sustainable mobility by effectively integrating the different transport systems. Assessment is based o...
On 11 March 2026, at the premises of the manufacturer Herrenknecht in Schwanau (Germany), the handover ceremony took place for the first of two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), for the construction of the Italian section of the Moncenisio Base Tunnel, a strategic infrastructure for the future Turin–Lyon high-speed line. The event was attended by FS Engineering, the lead partner in the IS2P Consorti...
On 8 March 2026, the track laying works were completed on the new 44.25 km long Verona-Vicenza High Speed/High Capacity line, a strategic project for enhancing east-west mobility in northern Italy. The laying of the last 900 metres of track at Casette, in the municipality of Montebello Vicentino, represented a crucial stage in the progress of the infrastructure. This result was achieved in just...
Bari, 8 March 2026 As part of the technological upgrading and modernisation of the national railway network, the new Multistation Centralised Computer-Based Interlocking System (ACC-M) has been activated at Bari Centrale station, accompanied by changes to the station's rail plan and the entry into service of the doubled line on the last section, over two kilometres long, of the Taranto-Bari line ...
As part of the upgrading of the Orte-Falconara railway line, a strategic axis for the development of the regions it crosses and for improving the cross-country Tyrrhenian-Adriatic Link, the new “Cascatelle” diverging track was officially opened during the night between 6 and 7 March. This is the first diverging route activated by FS Engineering under its new name, created to make available the si...
Messina, 5 March 2026 FS Engineering, the engineering company of FS Group, has inaugurated its first local office, nationwide, in Messina, created in collaboration with ANSFISA, Italy’s National Agency for Rail, Road and Motorway Infrastructure Safety. Opening this office aims to strengthen the company's operations in the area and to support the safety, quality and efficiency of transport infrast...
Rome, 3 March 2026 FS Engineering has taken a decisive step towards optimising consumption and enhancing teamwork. On 3 March 2026, the company launched Stage 1 of the Energy Management System (EMS) certification according to the CEI UNI EN ISO 50001 at its Rome headquarters. The meeting marked the official start of the process that will lead to the recognition of the company's EMS compliance. Du...