€776 Million Contract Awarded for T1 Section of Rome’s Metro Line C

Webuild on Jan. 14 announced a new project that confirms its global leadership in metro systems and sustainable mobility: the awarding of section T1 of Rome Metro’s Line C. It comes just days after the Group received contracts for the extension of Riyadh Metro’s Red Line and Line 10 in Naples. Leading the Metro C Consortium with Vianini Lavori, it will build the strategic link between the Clodio/Mazzini and Farnesina stations in the northern quadrant of the Italian capital. Of the total value of the contract at €776 million, €268 million of it will be Webuild’s share.

The assigning of the contract follows the public opening in December of Line C’s Colosseo/Fori Imperiali and Porta Metronia stations. The two so-called archaeo-stations, which add 3 kilometers to the line and an interchange with Line B, are the latest examples of how the Consortium was able to overcome major engineering challenges to safeguarding the city’s heritage. In fact, the construction sites were an opportunity for cultural enhancement, with more than 625,000 cubic meters of archaeological excavations managed along the stretch of Line C from Monte Compatri/Pantano in the east to Clodio/Mazzini.

The ability to combine advanced engineering with measures to preserve millennia-old artifacts is the hallmark of Webuild and the Metro C consortium’s work in Rome. Section T1, for which the Consortium will handle both design and construction, will be built in an integrated manner with section T2. The latter, currently in the phase of executive design, includes the first crossing under the Tiber River.

The awarding of the T1 section to the consortium will facilitate the continuation of mechanized excavation from Farnesina to Piazza Venezia, avoiding a fragmentation of the works. Meanwhile, work at the Venezia station is progressing as part of the second macro phase of its construction.

Line C will eventually extend for 29 kilometers with 31 stations, from the eastern terminus at Monte Compatri/Pantano to Farnesina. To date, 24 stations have been completed from the eastern terminus to Colosseo/Fori Imperiali in the historic center.

The work on the line strengthens the Group’s global track record in the sector, with more than 890 kilometers of metro lines built. The Group is leading projects such as Line 15 and 16 of the Grand Paris Express in France, Lines 2 and 4 in Lima, Peru, and Sydney Metro in Australia. In Italy, after completing Milan’s M4, Webuild is working in Naples on the finalization of the Capodichino station, confirming its global role in driving the transition toward increasingly sustainable and technologically advanced urban mobility.

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