Cumana railway

The Cumana railway (Italian: Ferrovia Cumana, sometimes also known as Line 7[1]) is a commuter railway in Campania, southern Italy, connecting Naples by two separate routes with Torregaveta, near Cuma in the town of Bacoli (about 15 km west of Naples). It passes through Pozzuoli and the volcanic Campi Flegrei area. The line was built and run by the Società per le Ferrovie Napoletane (the Neapolitan Railway Company), founded in 1883, and is now operated by the Ente Autonomo Volturno (EAV) company.

Cumana railway
Overview
Statusin use
LocaleCampania, Italy
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Operator(s)EAV
History
Opened1 July 1889 (1889-07-01)
Technical
Line length19.81 km (12.31 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Route map

Overview

The line was opened on 1 July 1889 by the Società per le Ferrovie Napoletane;[2] the route follows the coast for about 20 km from the main terminal in the populous downtown area of Montesanto to Torregaveta via the stations of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Fuorigrotta, Mostra, Bagnoli, Pozzuoli, Arco Felice, Baia and Fusaro.

In 1927 the railway, because of the increasing commuter traffic, was electrified with a 1,2 kV DC overhead line.

In 1940 the section in the neighbourhood of Fuorigrotta was reconstructed and put underground, with the new stations of Fuorigrotta and Mostra built in rational architecture style. In the same year the SFN give the line to the SEPSA, a branch of the EAV.

In 1962 the electrification was elevated from 1,2 to 3 kV, and the new ET 100 EMUs were put into service.

The increasing traffic has made it necessary to double the track, beginning in 1975. The doubling of the Montesanto-Bagnoli (8.5 km) and Arco Felice-Torregaveta (5.9 km) sections have been completed and work on the remaining section (Bagnoli-Arco Felice (5.7 km)) is well under way.

Route
Stazioni e fermate
 Montesanto
Corso Vittorio Emanuele
Depot
Fuorigrotta
 Mostra
Zoo-Edenlandia
connection to RFI
Agnano
 Bagnoli
 Dazio
 Gerolomini
 Cappuccini
 Pozzuoli
 Pozzuoli Cantieri
 Arco Felice
 Lucrino
 Fusaro
Torregaveta

Service

Trains travel every 20 minutes.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Mappa della rete metropolitana Napoli" [Map of the Naples metro network]. Napoli Unplugged. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. Francesco Capezza: Napoli: avanti con la SEPSA. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 95 (July–August 1989), p. 14.
  3. Timetable Archived 12 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography
  • Antonio Bertagnin: SEPSA in rinnovamento. In: ″TuttoTreno″ Nr. 150 (February 2002), p. 14–17.
  • Kalla-Bishop, P.M. (April 1966). "Through Neapolitan Suburbs: The Cumana Railway". Railway Magazine. pp. 223–226.

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