D6130
Established Member
It may be to avoid soaring fuel costs for the diesel locos....although they'll still have to cart large quantities of fuel down to Calabria for the Reggio-Taranto InterCity locos; not to mention the local light shunting fleet and diesel railcars.I thought they were proposing EMUs from 2027? Why go to this effort before then?
The ferries have four tracks - each of which can accommodate four coaches. The daytime trains have eight coaches - four to/from Palermo and four to/from Siracusa - which are presently coupled/uncoupled at Villa San Giovanni. AFAIK, the night trains also have a similar consist. However another ferry - and possibly a second - is now under construction and will probably have a higher capacity.