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Ban Italian-French of concession of a service of railway freeway between Italy and France
the activity will not be granted in exclusive right
August 11, 2017
The contest ban is published Italian-French for the allocation of the concession for the financing, the organization and the operation of a service of railway freeway Franco-Italian through the historical tunnel of Moncenisio (Fréjus) that, in the immediately following period its mass in service, will connect the platforms (terminal and installations) of Aiton (Chambery) in France and the terminal of Orbassano (Turin) in Italy.
The ministers of the Transports of the two nations, the Italian Graziano Delrio and the French Elisabeth Borne, have manifested satisfaction for the launch of the contest that constitutes an ulterior stage of the cooperation between France and Italy, started at the beginning of years 2000. It is also - they have evidenced - a confirmation of the will of the States to favor the modal transfer in the alpine arc, to be profitable perennial and to upgrade the service of transport of heavy vehicles on railway means.
The Alpine Railway Freeway is begun in 2003 in the form of an experimentation as a result of the incident happened under the gallery of Monte Bianco. Currently this service is managed by Alpine Railway Freeway (SULTRINESS) between the terminal of Aiton and that Italian of Orbassano and consists in the transport of not accompanied towings and/or combinations of vehicles with average of five every day complete spins for five days to the week. Currently the society does not benefit of an exclusive right for the effettuazione of the service of ferroutage through the tunnel and so it will be also for the concessionaire.
The ban previews that the duration of the concession will be estimated on the base of the begun investments and an esteem of the investments to realize to realize for the duration of the concession (ten years) that it is previewed to confer the concessionaire and that the duration of the concession contract will be fixed in the course of the procedure.
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