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Table 1 Main infrastructures constituting the Brenner corridor

From: Options for reducing external costs from freight transport along the Brenner corridor

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTH TYROL

Infrastructure

Length

Management

Infrastructural features

Limits set

Ongoing projects

Brenner Railway

120 km

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) [Italian Railway Network]

Structure: double track;

Gauge: 1435 mm;

Power supply: electricity (3000 V);

Stations: 15 (4 main; 6 intermediate; 5 local);

Maximum slope: 25‰

Varies according to train classification

New High-Capacity/High-Speed Helsinki-La Valletta Palermo Railway, Brenner Base Tunnel

A22 Motorway

116 km

Autostrada del Brennero S.p.A.

Structure: dual carriageway, 2 lanes in each direction

Maximum slope: 45.9‰

Tollbooths: 24

Safety Centres: 6

Service Centres: 6

Service Areas: 22

Variable Message Signs: 105

Light vehicles:

130 km/h (Modena-Bolzano);

110 km/h (Bolzano-Brenner)

Heavy vehicles:

80 km/h

60 km/h (between 54 km and 85 km)

BrennerLEC (2015–2021)

C-ROADS Italy (2017–2020)

URSA MAJOR II (2014–2018)

SS12 state road

120 km

Autonomous Province of Bolzano

Structure: single carriageway, 1 lane in each direction

Maximum slope: 45.9‰

Connections with the A22 motorway: 9

Traffic detection stations: 11

Light vehicles:

90 km/h (variable)

Heavy vehicles:

80–50 km/h Brenner-Vipiteno (maximum limit of 20 t southbound)

80–50 km/h Bressanone Varna-Bressanone Albes: maximum limit of 7.5 t

Risk mitigation works

Ring roads and Bressanone, Varna, Bronzolo, Laives, and Pineta di Laives tunnels