The new high speed BOLOGNA - FLORENCE line

The main works
The route
The project specifies a total of 500 works, 250
of which are civil construction (including 9
tunnels and 6 viaducts). The others concern
technologies and track equipment.
The main works include:
• the tunnel of Vaglia, the longest of the line,
covering 16.752 km
The new high speed
BOLOGNA - FLORENCE line
• the tunnel of Firenzuola, 15,211 km long
• the tunnel Raticosa, 10,363 km long
• the tunnel of Pianoro 10,76 km long
• the tunnel of Monte Bibele 9,101 km long
• the viaduct Sieve, 641 metres long, in the
municipality of S. Piero a Sieve to enable
the crossing of the valley of the River Sieve.
Firenze - Tunnel of Vaglia
The 12 municipalities crossed
In the province of Bologna: Bologna, S. Lazzaro, Pianoro,
Loiano, Monghidoro,
In the province of Florence: Firenzuola, Borgo S.
Lorenzo, Scarperia, S.Piero a Sieve, Vaglia, Sesto Fiorentino,
Florence
Works are also envisaged for environmental mitigation and
site set-up in the territories of Monterenzio, Campi Bisenzio
and Calenzano, municipalities not directly involved in the
territories traversed by the new lines.
Bologna - North mouth of Raticosa’s tunnel
Technical characteristics
Journey time
Length
78.5 km
Now:
59’
Tunnels
73,9 km
Future:
30’
Cuttings and embankments
3.6 km
Viaducts and bridges
1.1 km
Speed
300 km/h 100 km/h *
Maximum gradient:
18 per thousand
Minimum curve radius
5.450 m 460 m *
Power supply
25kV a.c. 50Hz
Cover photo
Interconnections
1.8 km
Firenze - Tunnel of Vaglia
* Florence Castello area only
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10/2005 - 1.000
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Firenze - Tunnel of Firenzuola
The new line will extend for approx. 78.5 km, connecting the new underground stations of Bologna
and Florence. It will start in the vicinity of the interconnection of San Ruffillo with the existing line
and ends at the station of Castello, where there will be the interconnection with the current overland
rail systems leading to the station of Firenze S.M. Novella.
The route comprises a series of 9 tunnels of lengths varying from 528 m to 16.752 km, interspersed
with short open-air sections on bridges, viaducts, cuttings and embankments.
Above-ground sections are in general very short, with the exception of the crossing of the Mugello
basin. In this section, of approx. 5 km, the line crosses the valley of the River Sieve, the rail line of
Faentina and the state road Traversa del Mugello. Here there is one of the communication posts
envisaged for the routing of trains on adjacent tracks, in the event of necessity. The other
communication post, on the Bologna side, is envisaged at the point of 20,5 km. Another feature of
the line is the Manoeuvre Station of S. Pellegrino for emergency manoeuvres, parking and
maintenance of trains.
The structural integration with the existing rail line will be via the interconnection of San Ruffillo.
This will allow freight trains to be routed to the Bologna-San Donato freight exchange centre and
towards the railway connections for Milan, Verona-Brenner, Padua-Tarvisio-Villa Opicina and
Ancona-Bari-Brindisi.
Estratto dalle Carte n. 561-562/I° ed. 2003
Map Terms
Line in tunnel
Line in viaduct
Line in cutting or embankment
BOLOGNA
FLORENCE
Urban crossing
Stations
Km 0
Km 10
Km 20
Km 30
Km 40
Km 50
Km 60
Km 70
Km 78,5