Chronology of works

2022

10.5 Km of France-side base tunnel completed

April

TELT assigns the project management of the international stations in Italy and France

April
2021

Contracts assigned for France-side base tunnel

July

Work continues on 7 construction sites between Italy and France

May

Construction site of the new car and truck terminal in San Didero begins

April

Tender for the project management of the Chiomonte junction and the car and truck terminal

March

Third phase of land acquisition in Chiomonte

February
2020

Chiomonte construction site, phase 2 of enlargement completed

November

A new René-Cassin railway bridge

November

10 km of the base tunnel already dug

October

Consolidation of the embankments along the Arc River

August

Contracting of the base tunnel ventilation shafts

July

Launch of work to widen the Chiomonte site

June

Remodelling the Lyon-Turin activities in light of the Coronavirus emergency

April

Work has started in Salbertrand

April

Assign the work for the niches to Chiomonte

January
2019

Completed the first 9 km of the base tunnel

September

Cut-and-cover trench, work in progress in Saint-Julien-Montdenis

July

Work started on the new station for Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

January
2018

Chiomonte: site maintenance in progress

July

Chiomonte: the dismantling of the tracks in the tunnel continues

April

Record advance for Federica. She is now beyond the first 3 km mark

April
2017

SMP4: extraordinary maintenance under way for the Federica TBM

December

Chiomonte: completed the large chamber for water tanks

October

SMP4: the coal-bearing fault has been crossed

May

Completed the Chiomonte exploratory tunnel

July

Gea reaches the French border

February
2016

The assembly chamber for the Federica TBM now completed at SMP4

August

France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls inaugurates the Federica TBM

July

Gea reaches the 5 km of the exploratory tunnel of Chiomonte

June

La Praz: work begins on extending the decline

March
2015

Chiomonte: the fault has been crossed

December

Inauguration of the segment factory at the SMP4 site

December

Analysis of the 3,700 m excavated at Chiomonte

July