Rail and tram projects approved for Palermo

The Italian Transport Ministry has approved two significant projects aimed at improving public transport links in Palermo, Sicily. The tram project involves the construction of three lines covering a total of 15 kilometres. Work on Line 1 began in 2007 and is scheduled to be open for testing by the end of this year. Line 2 is 30 per cent complete while Line 3, between Cep and Corso Calatafimi, will be the last to be finished.
August 7, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The Italian Transport Ministry has approved two significant projects aimed at improving public transport links in Palermo, Sicily. The tram project involves the construction of three lines covering a total of 15 kilometres. Work on Line 1 began in 2007 and is scheduled to be open for testing by the end of this year. Line 2 is 30 per cent complete while Line 3, between Cep and Corso Calatafimi, will be the last to be finished.

The second project involves the completion of the Giachery-Politeama rail link, including the Liberta, Politeama and Porto stations. This has been tendered out to Tecnis, but work on the project has not begun.

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