Naples - Bari Route Doubling the Section for Cancello - Benevento The route section for Frasso Telesino - Vitulano 2nd and 3rd Subsection for Telese - San Lorenzo - Vitulano

Railway line

Type of work

Working drawings and detailed design of 3 kV D.C. electric traction systems and the electric traction safety system

Country/Location

Naples - Bari, Campania - Apulia

Year

April 2021 - ongoing

Project technical details

Project description

The route in question is about 19 km long: it stretches for the 2nd section from the Telese system to the San Lorenzo double slip switch system for a distance of about 11.3 km and, in particular, runs underground for a total length of about 4.6 km through four natural double-track tunnels; it stretches for the 3rd section from the San Lorenzo double slip switch system to the Vitulano system for a distance of about 7.9 km and, in particular, runs underground for a total length of about 2.9 km through three natural double-track tunnels.

The new section realignment is formed of the following places and main services that form part of its Electric Traction systems:

  • Telese Station
  • Telese - San Lorenzo DSS Section
  • San Lorenzo DSS
  • San Lorenzo DSS - Vitulano Section

Technical information

Work start date

April 2021

Work end date

Ongoing

Location/Country

Naples - Bari, Campania - Apulia

Client

Systra - Sotecni S.p.A.

Brief description

New electrification featuring a catenary system with 540 mm² CSA wire and 270 mm² CSA wire with 3 kV D.C. for the sections and stations with connections for phases on existing and new layout realignments.

Type of Project

Working drawings and detailed design of 3 kV D.C. electric traction systems

km/catenary mm²

44.800 km of single running plain track
6.400 km of single station plain track

Project technical details

530 LSU-type ET masts required by the project
2,075 m³ of concrete for the ET foundations
90.200 km of 150 mm² CSA copper-silver contact wire
90.200 km of 120 mm² CSA copper messenger cable

Critical issues

11 activation phases for complex provisional construction phases interacting with the existing layout and the development of the electric traction safety system for the many tunnels on the new layout.

Final cost

€11,180,281.64

44.800 km

km of single running plain track

The total distance in kilometres of the “running” and “station” plain track undergoing new electrification.

2,075 m³

Concrete for ET foundations

m³ in total of concrete used for the new surface and deep foundations of the ET masts.

90.200 km

150 mm² CSA copper-silver contact wire

In total of contact wire installed for the new electrification.

Client
Systra - Sotecni S.p.A.

Systra - Sotecni S.p.A.

Country
Italy

Italy

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