Trains, stop on the Rome – Florence line for a weekend

Difficult weekend for those traveling by train. In fact, at the stroke of midnight, it will be there the stop of traffic between Rome and Florence until 3pm on Sunday 12 April.The blockit is due to the works that Italian railway network will carry out for the activation of the sistema Ertms (European Rail Traffic Management System), with consequent suspension of traffic andhigh speed both of conventional line per 39 ore.

In particular, the activities will affect the route Orvieto-Settebagnicompleting the installation of the Ertms system on the entire route OF Rome-Florence. The total investment is approx 147 million eurosalso financed with fund Pnrr. “The introduction of the ERTMS will allow an improvement in the reliability, regularity of circulation and quality of service, as part of the broader innovation plan of the national railway network”, reads the press release from company of the Fs group which defines the intervention as a “strategic step for the technological upgrading of the railway network“.

From 2pm today, April 11th, meanwhile, and until 5am on Sunday, theinterruption of the Orte-Rome Tiburtina section (Conventional Rome-Florence), always to allow the activation interventions of the sistema Ertms. During the works the lines Rome-Florence HS and conventional they will therefore not be able to be crossed by trains and a strong one is expected reduction of connections with alternative travel solutions along the Tyrrhenian line. Traffic will gradually resume from the afternoon of April 12with possible lengthening of the travel timesand it will return to normal from next Tuesday.

Disruptions on the conventional line

This morning, however, always on conventional Rome-Florence line gods have been registered inconvenience con slowdowns of up to 70 minutes due to a technical problem on the line near Placesbut from 11 am railway traffic has gradually recovered.