The €660m contract, which was awarded in December last year, covers the first 6.5km and seven stations of Phase 1A of Lot 1. The consortium includes Eteria Consorzio Stabile, Costruire, ICM and MN Metropolitana di Napoli.
The signing ceremony was attended by Campania region president Roberto Fico; Naples mayor Gaetano Manfredi; Webuild chief executive Pietro Salini; EAV president Umberto De Gregorio; and Naples infrastructure councillor Edoardo Cosenza.
Line 10 will improve rail transport in north-east Naples through a 14km route with 12 stations, enabling travel between the city centre and the Naples-Afragola station in about 20 minutes. The line will serve more than 650,000 residents in a densely populated area.
Construction will be carried out in phases. The contract signed yesterday covers the construction of Phase 1A of Lot 1 and also grants the consortium the exclusive right to execute further works – currently awaiting funding – for the future extension of the line toward the city centre and the Naples-Afragola station, bringing the total value of the Lot 1 to more than €1.7bn.
In the first phase, three of the stations – Di Vittorio, Casoria Centro, and Afragola Centro – will be fully built and four – Casavatore San Pietro, Casoria Casavatore, Casoria Afragola, and Afragola Garibaldi –will be partially initiated. Completion of Lot 1 will involve the construction of an additional 7.3km of line connecting the city centre to the Naples-Afragola high-speed station, with five new stations and the completion of the four initiated under Phase 1A.
Line 10 will connect with the existing metro network. During the first construction phase the main interchange will be Di Vittorio station, where the new line will connect to Lines 1 and 11, improving access to the city centre and Capodichino airport. Once fully operational, the route will also provide additional connections at the Piazza Garibaldi transport hub in Naples with Lines 1 and 2, the Circumvesuviana rail network, and national and regional rail services, as well as a direct link to the Naples-Afragola high-speed rail station. An interconnection with the regional lines at the Casoria-Afragola station is also planned, via the existing railway station.
The project will also support the redevelopment of public spaces along the route and the creation of green areas, enhancing neighbourhoods previously not served by metro infrastructure – including districts of significant cultural and tourist value, such as Piazza Carlo III in Naples, currently undergoing major restoration of the historic Real Albergo dei Poveri.
Webuild is involved in 21 projects in southern Italy, including four lots of the Naples-Bari high-speed/high-capacity railway and Lot 1A of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria high-speed/high-capacity railway.
“With today’s signing, Webuild renews its deep bond with Naples, a city that – with its Art Stations and numerous others works we are helping build – is demonstrating how major infrastructure projects can become engines of urban regeneration and beauty, creating employment for the local area,” said Pietro Salini. “The new Line 10, in addition to being an engineering work that shortens the distance between the city centre, the hinterland, and the high-speed rail network, represents a fundamental piece for the sustainable modernisation of a city that, strengthened by its own history, aims to once again bring innovation to urban transport.”
