Turin – Lyon railway project

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Progress in the decision and further approval of the project and the work on the new Turin-Lyon line (as of December 2018)

The Turin – Lyon railway project ( NLTL for Nuova Linea Torino – Lione or TAV for Treno Alta Velocità ) is a planned high-speed line and a joint venture between Italy and France . The 57.5 km long Mont-Cenis base tunnel will be the heart of this new railway axis between Lyon and Turin . The new travel route planned in 1991 and costing 26 billion euros is to be integrated into the future European high-speed rail system alongside the old transalpine route through the Mont-Cenis tunnel . The entire new line covers around 270.8 km, 140 km in France and 46.7 km in Italy, in between a 84.1 km long joint section with the 57.5 km long Mont Cenis base tunnel.

background

For decades, the northern Italian “No-TAV” movement in particular has been bitterly fighting over the construction of the high-speed railway line Turin-Lyon (TAV). Opponents and supporters face each other irreconcilably. So far, the construction of pilot and exploratory tunnels has started , but then the opponents of the tunnel in the Italian Susa valley , who tried to prevent the project by all means, won. Surprisingly, however, the governments of the two countries agreed in February 2015 to continue the construction project. According to estimates, the complete construction of the 270 km long connection is not Template: future / in 5 yearsexpected before 2030 .

Project

The transport project consists of two twin tubes , both 57.5 km long and 6 m wide, which reach a maximum depth of 2000 m underground, with numerous other smaller tunnels - all longer than 10 km. The individual tunnels are named Mont-Cenis Base Tunnel (located to the west, 57.5 km long) and Bussoleno Base Tunnel (east, 12 km long) and are to be connected by the Venaus Viaduct near the Italian municipality of Susa .

Route integration and history

The project, the railway - transit east-west direction between in France and Italy to accelerate part of the TEN . -Eisenbahnachse No. 6 between Lyon and Budapest thus and from the EU support. The EU has allocated a total of € 813 million for the high-speed project up to 2020, but around € 300 million will be transferred to other projects if the project is further delayed.

The transalpine railway connection Lyon – Turin consists of three sections:

The French part is the responsibility of the French railway - network operating company SNCF Réseau , the Italian part responsible for the Italian power company Rete Ferroviaria Italiana . The company Lyon-Turin Ferroviaire (LTF), founded in 2001 and operating under French law as a simplified stock corporation (SAS), is responsible for the international section . The network companies in France and Italy have an equal share in it.

Under Alpetunnel GEIE a society that had been commissioned studies for the base tunnel in 1994 changed its name. After France and Italy undertook to build the base tunnel through a contract dated January 29, 2001, this company was dissolved at the end of 2001.

financing

In mid-2004, the governments of Italy and France spoke for the first time on the financing of the project at a ministerial meeting. Accordingly, the then estimated costs of 12.5 billion euros should largely (5 billion euros each) be borne by both countries; the EU should contribute 2.6 billion euros. The representatives of both sides signed a letter of intent. The opening of the 57 km long tunnel was expected in 2020 at the earliest. As of 2012, Europe is funding up to 40%, Italy up to 35% and France up to 25%.

At the beginning of 2005, the contract for the construction of an exploratory tunnel from the Italian town of Venaus (near Susa ) was awarded. The cost of 80 million euros should be funded by France, Italy and the European Union and the exploration should be completed in 2007. Three more exploratory tunnels were also planned on the French side at this time. Additional work is currently underway to complete the infrastructure. In France, three access tunnels with a total length of 9 km have already been completed. In Italy, the Maddalena surveying gallery in Chiomonte , Susa Valley, was completed in February 2017. Another surveying gallery is currently being built in the Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte access tunnel .

The route project was the subject of a top-level meeting between French President François Hollande and Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on February 24, 2015. Both sides agreed to continue the construction work and jointly submit an application for EUR 3 billion in EU funding. The further financing of the project, which is estimated at 8.5 billion euros (2010 prices), is to be taken over by Italy (2.9 billion euros) and France (2.2 billion euros). The main construction works planned from 2016 are to be taken over by the Euralpin Lyon-Turin tunnel , a company founded on February 23, 2015, which is owned equally by the French state and the Italian State Railways (FS). The company took over the work of the Turin Ferroviaire company founded in 2001 .

criticism

As early as the 1990s, initiatives by regional politicians and companies emerged on the French and Italian sides, committed to the project objectives and provided political support. Opponents of the project in the Italian Susa Valley, but also many environmental associations such. B. Legambiente , which not only cast doubt on its usefulness, but also repeatedly point out that the tunnel work should be carried out through asbestos and uranium-containing rock, has been going public with large demonstrations since 2005.

Web links

Commons : Turin – Lyon railway project  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ High-speed line from Turin to Lyon through the Susa Valley - NO TAV! westalpen.wordpress.com, July 6, 2011.
  3. ↑ Dispute over the Turin-Lyon railway line - Europe's most expensive major project deutschlandfunk.de, accessed on April 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ New Alpine Transversals Networking Europe nzz.ch, accessed on April 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ The No-TAV fight in the Susatal strugglesinitaly.wordpress.com, accessed on April 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ EU to cancel $ 340m funding for Turin-Lyon high-speed rail over delays railway-technology.com, accessed on April 22, 2019 (English)
  7. ↑ Mont Cenis Base Tunnel. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . Issue 7/2004, p. 320.
  8. ↑ The Works telt-sas.com, accessed on April 22, 2019 (English)
  9. ^ Message exploration tunnel at Mont-Cenis. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. Issue 4/2005, p. 184.
  10. ↑ The Works telt-sas.com, accessed on April 22, 2019 (English)
  11. ↑ Irreversible saga . In: Railway Gazette International . tape 171 , no. 4 , 2015, p. 24 .
  12. ↑ Michael Braun: Tal is rehearsing the uprising . taz.de, December 8, 2005, accessed July 31, 2011 .
  13. ↑ NoTav: momenti di tensione nella notte. July 31, 2011, accessed July 31, 2011 (Italian). youreporter.it, web archive August 3, 2016, video not playable.
  14. ↑ Troublespot Railway Connection Lyon Turin (Val de Susa) green-ten-t.eu, accessed on April 23, 2019 (English).