(Telestock) – Construction sites along the Italian railway network continue according to schedule. And according to the data provided by RFI – we read on FS News.it, FS Group information portal – also on the days from 12th to 15th August, week in which work on the High Speed line began, approximately nine out of ten long-distance trains, including High Speed and Intercity trains, arrived on time. The data take into account the longer travel times of High Speed trains on the sections affected by the construction work and already reported during the ticket purchase phase. As for regional traffic, in the last four days, 92% of the trains arrived on time or within 5 minutes.
Also of interest are the data relating to passengers: Yesterday, on the day of Ferragosto, approximately 625 thousand people travelled on Italian trains (of which over 511 thousand on regional trains), compared to approximately 850 thousand on 14 August (over 700 thousand on regional trains).
Numbers that show a significant decrease both compared to the first weeks of August and compared to other periods of the year, where the number of travellers is higher due to the traffic volumes of commuters travelling for study or work.
During the month of August, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has scheduled a series of extraordinary maintenance activities concerning the railway infrastructure, civil works, safety and signalling systems and electric traction systems. Construction sites are also active for the construction of new infrastructures, largely connected to the PNRR and for the redevelopment of stations.