Sardinia does not have a single kilometer of electrified railway.
75% confidence
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The MEP did not mention that an electrification project for the Cagliari-Oristano line (95 km) was underway, with works at 65% completion as of June 30, 2025, according to the Corte dei Conti. The line may have been completed or nearing completion by the time of the speech in June 2026.
The claim refers to the RFI national railway network. Sardinia does have electrified urban light-rail infrastructure (Metrocagliari tram system, opened in 2008), but this is generally not classified under 'rete ferroviaria' (railway network) in Italian infrastructure discourse.
No source published after June 2025 was found that could confirm the definitive status of the Cagliari-Oristano electrification as of the session date (June 17, 2026).
Sources
PrimaryRFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana)The page describes the Cagliari-Oristano electrification as 'una prima fase funzionale del più ampio piano di elettrificazione dell'intera Infrastruttura Ferroviaria Nazionale presente in Sardegna' (a first functional phase of the broader electrification plan for the entire National Railway Infrastructure present in Sardinia), confirming that no electrified railway existed on the island before this project.
PrimaryCorte dei ContiAs of June 30, 2025, the state of progress of the Cagliari-Oristano electrification works had reached 65% ('lo stato di avanzamento dei lavori raggiunge, al 30 giugno 2025, il 65 per cento'), meaning the line was not yet operational and no electrified kilometers existed on the Sardinian railway network at that date.
SecondaryANSAHeadline: 'Anche la Sardegna avrà la rete ferroviaria elettrificata' (Sardinia will also have an electrified railway network). The article uses the future tense, indicating that as of April 2023 Sardinia had no electrified railway and that a tender had been issued by RFI for the first electrification works on the island.
SecondarySalcef GroupThe project involves 'electrification of 95 km of railway line, including 50 km of double track between Cagliari and San Gavino and 45 km of single track between San Gavino and Oristano' — this is the first and only electrification project on the island's railway network.