On April 27th, the EPSF (Public Railway Safety Establishment) approved the preliminary safety file concerning the infrastructure of the cross-border section, in application of Decree 2006-1279 on the safety of railway traffic and the interoperability of the railway system.

For TELT it’s a recognition of several years of studies that are the basis of the dossier presented in July 2017. The procedure was jointly instructed by EPSF for France and by the National Agency for Safety of Railways for Italy.

Thanks to this approval, construction works can begin on the French side with the Saint-Julien-Montdenis covered trench and the Avrieux shafts, whose works are being assigned. Click here, it/80 and fr/11 for the tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.telt-sas.com/en/home-en/. 19/18.