Reactivation of the Foggia-Benevento Railway Line After Landslide Disruption

Today, the railway circulation on the Foggia-Benevento line, suspended since last March 12 due to a landslide caused by bad weather, which caused a disruption for about 250 meters in the Ariano Irpino–Montecalvo section, will be reactivated. The Frecciarossa services traveling between Rome, Bari, and Lecce (and vice versa) will be reactivated, with the sole exception of the Frecciargento 8348 departing from Bari Centrale at 6.10 am and arriving in Rome at 10.03 am, which will be reactivated on April 9 and which, only for today, will be guaranteed with buses from Bari, Barletta, and Foggia and by train from Benevento. Today's reactivation will also involve all the Intercity Day trains on the Rome-Bari route (and vice versa) and the Naples–Bari route, with the exception of the Intercity 716 departing from Bari at 7.05 am and arriving in Naples at 11.15 am, which will be reactivated from April 9 and which, only for today will be guaranteed with buses for the entire route. On Friday, April 12, the Intercity Day 705 Rome–Taranto and the Intercity Night 789 Rome–Lecce will also be restored. From the first hours of the emergency, the technicians of the Italian railway network have been activated to restore the safety conditions of the railway infrastructure. A significant organizational effort that involved the participation of over 70 workers with specialized equipment and that allowed the reopening ahead of the initial forecast of April 14. To ensure the territorial continuity of the railway services, to and from Puglia, Trenitalia has also activated over 2,300 replacement buses and has deployed about 2,000 onboard assistance and station staff in Lecce, Bari, Foggia, Benevento, Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Milan, to provide information to customers on replacement buses and alternative routes.