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Railroads of the State will invest in order to improve the railway connections of the port of Trieste
Encounter between the representatives of the local institutions and the managing director Moretti
February 29, 2012
The group Italian . The city council member to Infrastructures and mobility of the Region has announced today Friuli Venice Julia, Riccardo Riccardi, to conclusion of an encounter to Trieste with the managing director of the railway group, Mauro Moretti, in the course of which - it has specified the city council member - the main issues opened on the rail shipment in the region are faced: the connections of the port of Trieste, the traffic fleeting and in particular local public transport, the investments on the net, the interconnections with the industrial zones.
"In front of the too many problems that are happening with the fleeting services and goods - Riccardi has said - I have placed to Moretti basic problems: if Railroads of the State, that it is a company that is on the market, but that it is of state property, have or less interest to continue to being present in Friuli Venice Julia". "And some answers - it has added - today have arrived".
To the reunion the other representatives of the local institutions of Trieste have participated also: mayor Roberto Cosolini, the president of the Province. Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat, and also the president of the Harbour Authority, Marina Monassi. Al center of the talks has been in fact the issue of the railway connections of access to the marine port of call of Trieste, in particular the "node" of Marzio Field, in order to improve the possibility of formation of the trains "Rola" that they afford to transport the trucks on train and to transfer therefore meaningful quotas traffic from the road to the track. On this aspect - Riccardi has confirmed - the possible solutions are characterized, through the completion of some segments of the net of railroads and the engagement to invest by the Railroads of the State.
Riccardi also has faced the problem of the services for the pendular ones: "we cannot tolerate beyond - it has emphasized the city council member to the managing director of Railroads of the State - the continuous delays and the continuous abolitions of trains. In order to improve the quality of the service he is fundamental to invest in I renew of the rotabile park: the Region is making its part, equally must make Trenitalia".
Riccardi has explained that the presence of Moretti to Trieste has afforded also to examine the issue of the connections between the railroads to the service of the industrial zones, realized with regional investments, and the main net of RFI (Italian Railway Net): on this - he has concluded the city council member - he is agreed to proceed to a total rationalization of the matter, in agreement with the Region.
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