Livorno–Rome railway

The Livorno–Rome railway (also called the ferrovia Tirrenica—"Tyrrhenian Railway") is one of the trunk lines of the Italian railway network. It connects Italy’s northwest with its south, running along the Tyrrhenian coast between the Italian regions of Tuscany and Lazio, through the provinces of Livorno, Grosseto, Viterbo and Rome. The line is double track and is fully electrified at 3,000 V DC. Passenger traffic is managed by Trenitalia.

Livorno–Rome railway
Overview
Native nameFerrovia Tirrenica
StatusOperational
OwnerRFI
LocaleItaly
TerminiLivorno Centrale
Roma Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Trenitalia
History
Opened1859 to 1867
Technical
Line length312 km (194 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification3000 V DC
Route map
km
elev
from Pisa
27.766
 Livorno Centrale
14 m
 Ardenza
closed in 2003[1]
11 m
21.055
 Antignano
23 m
14.425
 Quercianella-Sonnino
19 m
7.651
 Castiglioncello
18 m
4.722
 Rosignano
9 m
from Collesalvetti
0.000
287.519
 Vada
9 m
from Volterra
Cecina river
281.592
 Cecina
12 m
 Bibbona
opened in 2003[1]
9 m
273.718
 Bolgheri
9 m
265.128
 Castagneto Carducci-Donoratico
20 m
257.353
 San Vincenzo
9 m
Piazzalone turnout
to Piombino
Baratti turnout
246.752
 Campiglia Marittima
7 m
238.149
 Vignale Riotorto
8 m
229.555
 Follonica
10 m
FS-FMF junction
FMF line to Massa Marittima, closed in 1944
222.683
 Scarlino
12 m
214.659
 Gavorrano
74 m
206.600
 Giuncarico
23 m
mining railway to Ribolla
from Siena
199.410
 Montepescali
15 m
187.644
 Grosseto
11 m
to Cana
Ombrone river
from Cana
 Rispescia
11 m
173.141
 Alberese
(bus only)
164.347
 Talamone
7 m
Albegna river
156.421
 Albinia
3 m
149.923
 Orbetello-Monte Argentario
3 m
SNFT line to Porto Santo Stefano
closed 1944
145.233
 Ansedonia
opened in 1950[2]
8 m
137.645
 Capalbio
7 m
131.057
 Chiarone
(bus only)
Tuscany
Lazio
Fiora river
115.941
 Montalto di Castro
19 m
Marta river
100.575
 Tarquinia
16 m
from Civitavecchia Marittima
new track opened in 2000
old track closed in 2000
from Orte, closed 1961
80.678
Civitavecchia-Viale della Vittoria
Civitavecchia
10 m
71.779
 Santa Marinella
15 m
63.600
Borgata XXVIII Ottobre
(opened 1939[3], closed 1947[4])
62.312
 Santa Severa
14 m
58.xxx
 Furbara
9 m
54.287
 Marina di Cerveteri
50.297
Ladispoli-Cerveteri
opened 1939[5]
12 m
from Ladispoli, closed 1938
47.944
 Palo Laziale
11 m
40.975
 Torre in Pietra-Palidoro
12 m
34.175
31.070
 Maccarese-Fregene
10 m
freight line to Roma via Ponte Galeria
Autostrada A12 - E80
26.774
Macchia Grande tunnel (1.395 m)
25.379
Grande Raccordo Anulare
17.041
 Roma Aurelia
16.357
Via Aurelia, E80 (4.134 m)
12.223
from Viterbo
from Vatican City
11.542
 Roma San Pietro
38 m
11.137
Gianicolo-Pamphili tunnel (2.391 m)
8.746
from Fiumicino via Ponte Galeria
8.221
 Roma Trastevere
17 m
Tiber river
Rome–Lido railway
Line B (Metro)
6.692
 Roma Ostiense
18 m
3.082
 Roma Tuscolana
40 m
to Naples (via Formia), Velletri, Albano,
Frascati and Naples (via Cassino)
to Florence and Florence (HS)
from Naples (via Formia), Velletri, Albano,
Frascati and Naples (via Cassino)
from Florence, Florence (HS),
Pescara and Naples (HS)
0.000
 Roma Termini
58 m

Original route via Ponte Galeria
from Livorno
34.175
 Maccarese-Fregene
10 m
to Rome (via Roma Aurelia)
Autostrada A12 - E80
from Fiumicino
22.220
 Ponte Galeria
8 m
16.650
 Muratella
opened in 1988[6]
14.433
 Magliana
14 m
11.475
 Villa Bonelli
opened in 1996[7]
to Viterbo and from
Maccarese (via Roma Aurelia)
to Roma Termini
km
Source: Italian railway atlas[8]

History

The southernmost section of the line between Rome and Civitavecchia was opened on 24 April 1859 by the Società Pio Central (Italian for Central Pius Company).[9] In 1862 work started on a line south from Livorno, which initially ran east to Collesalvetti before turning south and joining the path of the current Pisa–Rome line at Vada (now 27 km south of Livorno). This route is now known as the Maremmana railway. The line continued south from Vada and was opened to Nunziatella, near Capalbio, on the border with the Papal States on the Chiarone river in 1864. In 1865 the Leopolda railway was taken over by the owner of the Rome–Civitavecchia railway, now called the Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane (Roman Railways). It opened the connecting section between Civitavecchia and Capalbio in 1867.[10] In 1910 a direct line was opened along the coast from Vada to the new central station at Livorno. A new route was opened between Rome and Maccarese-Fregene via Aurelia on 25 May 1990.

Section opened[11][12]
Rome-Civitavecchia (via Ponte Galeria) 24 April 1859
Livorno-Follonica (via Collesalvetti) 20 October 1863
Follonica-Orbetello 15 June 1864
Orbetello-Nunziatella 3 August 1864
Nunziatella-Civitavecchia 27 June 1867
Pisa-Collesalvetti 1 April 1874
Livorno-Vada (via costiera) 3 July 1910[13]
Roma-Maccarese (via Aurelia) 25 May 1990

References

Footnotes
  1. "Impianti FS". I Treni (in Italian). Salò: Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. XXIV (248): 5–6. May 2003. ISSN 0392-4602.
  2. Service order no. 36 of 1950
  3. Azienda autonoma delle Ferrovie dello Stato, Service order no. 103, 1939
  4. Ferrovie dello Stato, Service order no. 28, 1947
  5. Service order no. 70 of 1939
  6. "Notizie flash". I Treni Oggi (in Italian). Salò: Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. IX (83): 6. June 1988. ISSN 0392-4602.
  7. "Fermata silenziosa". I Treni (in Italian). XVII (173): 8. July–August 1996.
  8. Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 50–1, 56, 62, 68–9, 146–7, 149.
  9. Kalla-Bishop 1971, p. 28
  10. Kalla-Bishop 1971, p. 44
  11. Prospetto cronologico 1926.
  12. Alessandro Tuzza. "Bibliografia Ferroviaria Italiana" (in Italian). Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  13. S. Ceccarini (June–July 2010). "La Stazione di Livorno Centrale: 3 luglio 1910 - 3 luglio 2010". Il Pentagono (in Italian) (6): 8–11.

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See also
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