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11/03/2026
The giant 235-meter-long machine was delivered to the Herrenknecht factory in Germany, from where it will be transferred to the construction site in Chiomonte, Susa Valley.
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19/01/2026
Based on the project approved by the States in 2015, the current cost is €11.1 billion.
Avrieux
14/11/2025
Update on the work on the Mont Cenis base tunnel between Italy and France and the above-ground works.
12/11/2025
This station will connect the existing historic line with the new international line.
Local events
10/11/2025
Presentation of the Health Impact Assessment 2025 report.
27/10/2025
Managers, researchers and public decision-makers attended a special conference in Rome on Monday 27 October to mark TELT’s 10th anniversary.
Professional field
04/08/2025
The EU grants the Lyon-Turin line the strategic priority project status, including also national sections in the co-financing.
27/06/2025
The 14th International Railway Industry Exhibition focuses on digital transformation and sustainability.
26/06/2025
It’s urgent to preserve a unified transport investment strategy.
23/06/2025
Focus on the Mont Cenis base tunnel works in France and in Italy and on above-ground works.
15/05/2025
A European meeting in Modane on the future of rail transport and the management of infrastructure crises.
The Lyon-Turin public promoter in Stockholm together with main tunnelling players.
16/04/2025
The new contracts with a total value of EUR 64 million concern project management support services designed to assist TELT through to the commissioning of the line.
Sites
10/04/2025
Let’s take stock of how the excavation materials between Chiomonte, Salbertrand and Susa are processed
01/04/2025
The new TBM has been started by the French and Italian Ministers of transports Philippe Tabarot and Matteo Salvini.
12/03/2025
GreenVengers team from La Sapienza wins the hackathon organised by TELT in which students from 37 universities and 13 countries took part.
24/02/2025
The public promoter prepares its future role as manager of the railway infrastructure between France and Italy.
23/02/2025
A symbol will accompany the company’s logo throughout 2025.
07/01/2025
The year ended with 12 good news for the single construction site of the cross-border section, which recorded a volume of works executed of around EUR 1 billion in the period 2024.
12/12/2024
Work is progressing on the railway viaduct over the Arvan, the Chiomonte junction on the A32 and the new San Didero car and truck terminal.
29/11/2024
Third place for SMP4 – Saint-Martin-la-Porte recognised as Project of the Year in the €50-500 million category
22/11/2024
A Hackathon in collaboration with TELT devoted to tackling climate change in the Susa and Maurienne Valleys.
27/09/2024
The public promoter of the Lyon-Turin was present for the first time at the world’s leading event for railway transport.
30/07/2024
TELT and its partner companies met in Paris to jointly plan the sustainability of construction sites.
17/07/2024
This is the third largest European investment among the 134 selected transport infrastructure projects.
Saint-Julien-Montdenis
14/05/2024
A ministerial delegation was also present during the visit of the base tunnel works in Saint-Julien-Montdenis.
05/04/2024
Applications opened during the Connecting Europe Days 2024 in Brussels.
29/02/2024
Together with its twin TBM it will cross the border between France and Italy.
14/02/2024
Excavations reached a total of 35.5 km, of which 13 of base tunnel.
07/02/2024
The contract for the management of excavated materials in Italy was awarded to five companies from Piedmont and one from Switzerland.
21/12/2023
The gripper tunneling machine was delivered on Thursday 21 December at the Herrenknecht factory in Germany.
Chiomonte
18/12/2023
The companies of the UXT consortium, led by Itinera, signed the Sustainability and Security Pacts with TELT.
06/10/2023
On 6 October, the group of companies together with TELT were present at the test of the machine at the Herrenknecht factory in Germany.
31/08/2023
The contract worth EUR 1 billion was awarded to the binational group of companies composed by Itinera (agent), Spie Batignolles and Ghella.
31/07/2023
The Italian government’s decision was announced today by Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini
07/07/2023
The binational public promoter with the companies on the construction site witnessed the trials of the machine that will excavate the next 9 km beneath Mont Cenis.
26/06/2023
The tender concerns railway equipment and maintenance work.
22/06/2023
€ 44.5 million for upgrading the line between Bussoleno and Avigliana.
16/05/2023
HK, the European TBM leader who builds the TBMs for the Lyon-Turin project was among the companies present in Athens.
20/04/2023
More than 230 professionals representing 86 companies attended the Brussels event.
03/04/2023
The funds will support the work for the completion of the Mont Cenis base tunnel.
17/03/2023
An international meeting on 20 April in Brussels to start the last phase of this major project.
03/02/2023
SNCF has awarded the tender for the above-ground works between the Lyon-Turin base tunnel and the historic line.
26/01/2023
Two days of exchanging ideas with the Czech national railway infrastructure operator, that is working on the development of a new cross-border connection between Dresden and Prague.
News
12/01/2023
The public promoter of the Lyon-Turin plans its future role as manager of the railway infrastructure.
13/12/2022
The IGC adopted the proposal to transport excavated materials to the other side of the border in the Lyon-Turin ‘single construction site’.
08/12/2022
At Saint-Julien-Montdenis, work began on the French entrance of the Mont Cenis base tunnel.
17/11/2022
TELT presented Smartland, the project that visualises the routes and the contact points of zero-emission transport networks on a series of maps.
10/11/2022
The Lyon-Turin as a case study in the field of infrastructure under construction in Italy.
Excavation has started for the ventilation shafts of the Mont Cenis base tunnel.
09/11/2022
First project in the partnership with LINKS: EUR five million for innovative research projects in the field of transport infrastructure.
27/10/2022
The exhibition on the evolution of railway infrastructure, new development trajectories and perspectives kicks off on Friday 28 October.
24/10/2022
From 2023 to completion, more than 1,000 workers will be needed in various jobs in the italian Lyon-Turin construction sites.
19/10/2022
Several speakers discussed legal issues from a binational perspective.
17/10/2022
For the 2022 Science Festival, TELT organised workshops with about a hundred students near the construction sites in Maurienne.
11/10/2022
During the three-day event dedicated to the development of the TEN-T network, the company presented the progress of the Lyon-Turin project.
08/09/2022
The new Lyon-Turin railway line as a leading player at the world’s main tunnelling event.
14/07/2022
The request of the Consorzio irriguo di Chiomonte to help tackle the drought has been accepted.
12/07/2022
The new railway station connects and facilitates the interchange of different modes of transport in the heart of the valley.
23/06/2022
TELT will participate in a three-day event of exchange and debate about the future of TEN-T networks, from 28 to 30 June in Lyon.
22/06/2022
TELT, one of the promoters of these challenges, represents the construction sector, which is undergoing a crucial development.
28/04/2022
With the 10.5 km base tunnel completed on time and on budget TELT presents Mission-S, the programme to improve safety at work.
08/04/2022
The CIM 4.0 competence centre has created for Webuild the first autonomously-guided robot to safely explore the deepest area of the gallery.
09/03/2022
On the occasion of the French semester of EU presidency, TELT proposes a series of activities linked with the Lyon-Turin related themes.
02/03/2022
The Lyon-Turin Promoter has been admitted to join the founders of the Italian section of the global network for a sustainable economy.
01/03/2022
Above ground and underground works are in progress in France and Italy.
01/02/2022
The pursuit of excellence in the realisation of the Lyon-Turin line told by TELT’s Benchmarking head.
29/12/2022
From the past to the future, via the construction sites and the technological challenges: these are the themes of the fifth edition of the Lyon-Turin video magazine.
26/11/2021
Mission-S: TELT and companies sign pact for accident prevention and workers’ health
03/11/2021
General Director Mario Virano spoke at the “Shaping the Future of Mobility” Forum.
21/09/2021
TRAIFIORI DEL FRÉJUS, designed by Turin-based artist Richi Ferrero with Carmelo Giammello, reinterprets progress in a contemporary key.
15/09/2021
The second seminar in the European Year of Rail will take place from 10 a.m. on 17 September, with live streaming from the Accademia Albertina in Turin.
08/09/2021
In this episode interviews with Gaël Giraud, Giuseppe Russo, Mario Rosario Bruno, Myriam Abel, Mario Virano, Patrick Martin, Dominique Riquet and David Avino.
07/07/2021
Led by EIFFAGE Génie Civil, VINCI Construction Grands Projets, IMPLENIA Suisse the consortiums will carry out the excavation of 80% of the base tunnel of the Lyon-Turin railway line.
02/07/2021
The Association de la Presse Etrangère de Paris, the Associazione della Stampa Estera in Italia and TELT organise a live streaming event on 7 July 2021, at 12.30 p.m.
Other submissions
22/06/2021
A cartographic project by TELT and Demos Helsinki for the Mediterranean Corridor of the TEN-T.
19/06/2021
Nearly 700 participants in the webinar opened by EU coordinator Iveta Radičová: “CO2 reduction? We can do it!”
31/05/2021
Construction sites operating with stringent health and safety measures, video conferencing and smartworking allowed the company to continue operating safely.
26/05/2021
The Committee analysed 30,000 documents and conducted 158 hours of negotiations.
31/03/2021
The aim is to raise awareness of the benefits of using and implementing clean modes of transport
16/03/2021
The video magazine reveals that the range of support for the Lyon-Turin is between 61% and 95% in the two countries.
25/02/2021
The President of TELT, Mr. Hubert du MESNIL and the Director General, Mr. Mario VIRANO were reappointed.
The opportunities offered by this geothermal energy have been explored in a study undertaken by TELT together with the Polytechnic of Turin.
23/02/2021
TELT is participating to “Safety and health at work is everyone’s concern” campaign as part of the Sustainable Development Strategy.
18/12/2020
The Italian-French company has decided to arrange a guided tour that can be experienced online.
There are about 600 companies on the white list, qualified to become suppliers of the public promoter in line with the binational procedure.
TELT has already foreseen the reuse of about 60% of the excavated materials which will become tunnel lining segments or railway embankments.
17/12/2020
The Coronavirus has imposed a reshaping of the activities in Italy and France for both TELT workers and for the construction sites.
27/11/2020
Double membership in employers’ associations in Italy and France for the public promoter of the Lyon-Turin line.
18/11/2020
The video magazine produced by the public promoter to offer a close look at the issues concerning the construction of the Lyon-Turin railway line.
22/10/2020
The key participants’ messages at ‘The Green Deal train’ conference held on 15 October in Novara.
08/10/2020
At Saint-Martin-la-Porte, in a stretch of the mountain particularly difficult, two fronts are advancing with caution using traditional methods.
10/07/2020
The contract concerns the construction of four vertical shafts to be excavated from the foot of the Villarodin-Bourget / Modane access tunnel.
18/06/2020
The European Court of Auditors published a report on 16 June 2020 examining the effectiveness of the European bodies managing expenditure on transport infrastructure.
04/05/2020
Construction sites in reduced mode, tenders in progress for €3 billion continue with smart working.
08/10/2019
The document illustrates what the public body has done and is doing to ensure that the Mont Cenis base tunnel is built according to principles of sustainable development.
La Praz
24/09/2019
The excavation of the first 9 km of the Turin-Lyon base tunnel has ended: the “Federica” boring machine has now broken down the last section of rock and has completed the first phase of the great European infrastructure.
20/09/2019
The survey, conducted through telephone and online interviews, involved a sample of 2,000 people between France and Italy.
27/07/2019
The purpose of the monitoring is to acquire the knowledge of the natural context to guide the design choices towards less impactful solutions.
Biodiversity
The article describe the compensation program implemented in the approach to environmental compensation in the two countries.
After excavating close to 300 metres, the TBM encountered a significant geological accident which required adaptation work to be carried out.
The exploratory works already carried out have shown the presence of sulphates within the excavated material.
24/07/2019
Opportunities include a reduction in the use of soil and an increase of the excavation with mechanized means.
France and Italy established the “Common Operating Rules” for protecting the health and safety of workers.
TELT possesses a collection of original documents concerning the original Fréjus Rail Tunnel.
Papers and presentations
Via the T.A.W. project, it has been possible, to reach the depths of a mountain and create a new art space.
The paper begins with a description of the procedures followed for the Channel and Brenner links, which are similar to the future Montcenis base tunnel.
28/05/2019
The deadline to apply for the tender related to the construction of the Lyon-Turin base tunnel in France expired today.
04/05/2019
Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin takes part with its the main partners to WTC 2019 in Naples with keynotes, lessons, posters and a dedicated stand.
20/06/2017
During the CFO Summit held in Milan, TELT received the 2017 Business International Finance Award for its excellence in the field of financial processes.
07/04/2017
This unique project, with its extraordinary history and innovative features, has been proposed as the subject of an international case study.
The excavation and support methods adopted are described, together with the rock mass conditions and the observed ground behaviour.
24/03/2017
The Mont Cenis Base Tunnel: a general overview.
