Work on Rome's Divino Amore station will begin in 2028, with other construction sites nearing completion.

Construction of Rome’s new Divino Amore station could begin in 2028. Several ongoing redevelopment projects at stops along the capital’s ring road will also be completed in the same year. This is what emerged from the report. Maria Sangiovanni, Head of the Rome Station Investments area of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) of the Ferrovie dello Stato group, during the Capitoline Mobility Commission chaired by John Zannola of the Democratic Party. Regarding the Divino Amore station, funded with 20 million euros, the services conference is nearing completion, and “once concluded,” Sangiovanni said, “we will proceed to finalize the design for the procurement process. If everything goes according to plan, we will be able to launch the procurement process by the end of the year. Next year, we will be able to move on to the executive design, and construction will begin in 2028.” The station will be built in an area in Falcognana, along Via Ardeatina. A pedestrian underpass, a parking lot, a roundabout, and a new external road system are planned on the access side of the station.

That same year, RFI plans to complete the renovation of the seven shelters at Ostiense station: “By the summer,” Sangiovanni said, “we’ll complete the first two most compromised shelters. We already have plans for all the others. We’ve scheduled two per year; we’ll probably demolish and rebuild shelter seven. We don’t have the funding yet; 2026 is covered, shelter three is completed, and shelter two is covered. Funding for the others needs to arrive to continue, with two in 2027 and two in 2028.” Work on Trastevere station, meanwhile, is expected to be completed by the end of this year: “It’s a very challenging job, but we’re moving forward according to schedule,” Sangiovanni said. At Torricola station, construction continues: “We’ve completed the first phase of the work and are finishing the new parking lot,” Sangiovanni said. “We’re currently working with the City Council and the park authority to discuss a second phase, to make the station a mobility hub. The rationale is to facilitate commuter traffic coming to Rome from outside, but also to encourage tourists from the city center to travel to the Appia Antica park.” RFI plans to begin construction at the Magliana station in 2027 and launch tenders for the Settebagni and Fiera di Roma stations. “Within the year, if the expected funding arrives, we can put the redevelopment projects for the Settebagni and Fiera di Roma stations out to tender,” Sangiovanni said. In Magliana, however, “the services conference has concluded, but funding for the work is lacking,” Sangiovanni emphasized. “This is a long-awaited and extremely important project for the community. We’ve found savings and have managed to begin the detailed design phase. Not all of the work will impact railway operations, so if the funding arrives in 2026, we can start work next year as well.”

Work has finally been completed at three of the stations that benefited from Jubilee funds: Termini, San Pietro, and Fiumicino. At Rome’s Termini station, further renovations will be carried out on the shelters, following the major Jubilee renovation that also included Piazza dei Cinquecento. At Tuscolana station, elevator installation is underway. “We expect to begin in 2027 with a couple of shelters per year at Termini, but we have a funding problem for the renovation. We don’t have it yet, but if it arrives, we can proceed,” said Sangiovanni. “At Tuscolana station, we are moving forward with the installation of elevators. We have a financial problem, we are still waiting for funding from the 2025 budget law, but we are moving forward with the project and are at an advanced stage,” he added. “The primary goal of our interventions,” he concluded, “is to improve accessibility for people with reduced mobility and the attractiveness of train stations by increasing the usability of their spaces.”

Net of all the interventions, the Transport Councillor of Rome, Eugenio Patane, He called for a fleet expansion to improve service frequency. “If there isn’t an adequate service contract that increases trains and commercial capacity, stations will be left with one train every two hours, as happened in Vigna Clara, despite the excellent redevelopment project carried out by RFI,” he said. “The Lazio Region and Trenitalia must make every effort to increase the service contract; it’s not a local issue, but a regional and national one.”

Work on Rome’s Divino Amore station will begin in 2028, with other construction sites nearing completion.

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