Freight train drifts at Portomaggiore

Rail traffic between the stations of Montesanto and Argenta, on the Ferrara – Ravenna line will remain suspended tomorrow.

The stop is necessary to allow the restoration of the railway infrastructure after the svio, arrived at 5.50 this morning, a freight train consisting of empty flat cars, in transit in the Portomaggiore station. The causes of the spill are being studied

There are already more than 70 RFI technicians and contractors working on the site, engaged in the removal of platform wagons and in the preparatory activities for regular recovery of rail traffic. A replacement bus service has been set up by the railway companies between Ferrara and Argenta, while rail traffic between Argenta and Ravenna remains regular.

For the temporary unavailability of the Portomaggiore station, changes are also made to the service on the line Bologna – Portomaggiore (FER), where the use of replacement buses will continue in the Consandolo section – Portomaggiore

• Monday 2 July 2018 – 12 noon UPDATE

A replacement bus service between Ferrara and Argenta is activated by the railway undertaking. 19659009] Regular rail traffic between Argenta and Ravenna

• Monday 2 July 2018 – UPDATE 09.00

Railway traffic suspended from 5:50 this morning on the Ferrara-Ravenna line, between Montesanto and Argenta, due to a derailment of a freight train consisting of empty flat wagons, pbading through the Portomaggiore station.

There are no injuries. Causes of the accident are under study

Alternative services have been activated with buses between Montesanto, Portomaggiore and Argenta. On the other hand, the traffic between Ferrara and Montesanto and between Argenta and Ravenna continues

TRANSPORTATION OF A GOOD TRAIN IN PORTOMAGGIORE: REPUBLICATIONS ON TRAP TRAFFIC TRAINS TPER

The pbadage of one Freight train consisting of empty flat wagons, in transit at the Portomaggiore station involved, in the morning, inconvenience for rail traffic on the FER-Bologna-Portomaggiore line.

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Specifically, train 90267 from 6.16 Portomaggiore to Bologna and trains 90300, 90301 and 90302 from the Budrio-Bologna line were canceled altogether. Train 90303 was limited to the Roveri-Bologna Centrale section. The temporary unavailability of the Portomaggiore station involves the regular operation of trains between Bologna and Consandolo and a shuttle service between Consandolo and Portomaggiore.

The incident this morning also involves the services of the Ferrara-Ravenna line, with the suspension of rail service between Montesanto and Argenta and the substitution of buses between Montesanto, Portomaggiore and Argenta. Traffic between Ferrara and Montesanto and between Argenta and Ravenna continues instead. There are delays for trains 1771 and 1770 from Bergamo-Pesaro (Freccia Orobica) due to the alternative route between Ferrara and Ravenna.