The new intermodal terminal of Milano Smistamento is The assembly of the first three electric cranes has been completed portal of the six ordered in 2024 by Terminal AlpTransit (TerAlp), a company of FS Logistix (FS group) and owned by Hupac, to the Austrian Kuenz with an order worth about 31 million euros in the 120 million euro investment to strengthen Italy's role in European logistics corridors ( of 2 August 2024). At the same time, the activities of construction of underground services and technological systems functional to Module 1, as well as the works of railway superstructure that will progressively define the operating of the terminal.

The new terminal will be built on an area of about 240,000 square meters and will be equipped with the latest technologies generation. The infrastructure will consist of 15 tracks at least 740 meters long - ten dedicated to and five support - organized into two modules, each equipped with three electric gantry cranes. At full capacity, it will be able to handle up to 44 trains per day, with a capacity potential of around 395,000 UTIs per year, contributing significantly to the modal shift from road to rail and sustainable development of freight transport between Italy and Europe.

On the occasion of the completion of the installation of the first Tre Gru, the CEO and General Manager of the Group Ferrovie dello Stato, Stefano Antonio Donnarumma, highlighted that with the new intermodal terminal of Milano Smistamento is strengthened "the FS group's commitment to major logistics and - he added - we are accelerating a choice strategic move, moving more and more goods from road to rail. An industrial investment that combines competitiveness and sustainability, strengthening the axis with Switzerland and the North Europe and making a concrete contribution to the decarbonisation of transport. We are not just building an infrastructure, but a key node of a low-emission logistics network, integrated with the territory and capable of generating economic, environmental and social value".

"Milano Smistamento - explained Sabrina De Filippis, CEO of FS Logistix - is an investment integration of transport and to support the growth in international flows. It fits into a vision that we are implementing through targeted interventions along the the main logistics corridors of the continent. It is a Example the acquisition of the Mainhub terminal in Antwerp ( of 2 September 2025, ed.), which allows us to oversee a strategic hub and to expand capacity and connections at the international competition".

"The new platform of the Milan Sorting terminal - added Bernhard Kunz, president of TerAlp - will offer an important opportunity to connect even more the Italian market and its ports, through the lowland railway and the Alpine corridor, to the main markets of Northern Europe, up to Benelux, Germany and Europe oriental. The resulting increase in capacity will also provide an additional incentive for the transfer of volumes of goods from road to rail".