Venice–Trieste railway

The Venice–Trieste railway is a railway line in Italy.

Venice–Trieste railway
Gaggio station on the Venice–Trieste railway in 2008
Overview
Statusin use
OwnerRFI
LocaleItaly
TerminiVenice
Trieste
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Trenitalia
History
Opened1897 (1897)
Technical
Line length153 km (95 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Route map

km
266.341
Venezia Santa Lucia
4 m
Venezia Marittima
Ponte della Libertà
Venetian Lagoon
260.191
Venezia Porto Marghera
4 m
257.907
0.000
Venezia Mestre
to Adria (ST), Milan, Trento
0.697
Quadrivio Gazzera
3.903
Venezia Carpenedo
6.476
former Carpenedo 4-way junction
(Linea dei Bivi—"line of the junctions")
10.715
Gaggio Porta Est
(opened 2008)
Gaggio
closed 2008
15.782
Quarto d'Altino
3 m
23.957
Meolo
27.790
Fossalta di Piave
4 m
32.786
San Donà di Piave-Jesolo
3 m
40.686
Ceggia
45.955
San Stino di Livenza
4 m
52.830
Lison
3 m
from Treviso
59.342
Portogruaro-Caorle
5 m
65.30
Fossalta di Portogruaro
72.340
73.289
Latisana-Lignano-Bibione
6 m
Precenicco–Gemona del Friuli railway
(never opened)
79.???
Precenicco-Bagni
1909–1915
80.597
Palazzolo dello Stella
4 m
84.644
Muzzana del Turgnano
6 m
90.962
San Giorgio di Nogaro
6 m
to Porto Nogaro
to Palmanova
96.603
Torviscosa
3 m
0000Italy
Austria-Hungary
border (1866–1919)
Cervignano yard
from Udine
101.338
Cervignano-Aquileia-Grado
6 m
to Pontile per Grado
Cervignano Porto
closed military
railways to
Viscone and
Villa Vicentina
102000
Scodovacca yard
(closed)
103000
Scodovacca
(closed)
105.590
Villa Vicentina
(closed 2006)[1]
Cervignano–Villa Vicentina railway
(closed)
Fiume Isonzo
Aquileia-Turriaco military railways
110.150
Pieris-Turriaco
(closed 2002)
Begliano
112.820
Trieste Airport
link to Monfalcone industrial area
114.080
Ronchi dei Legionari Sud
9 m
link to Monfalcone construction site
(disused)
116.280
San Polo junction
117.746
Monfalcone
23 m
old connection to Monfalcone Porto
(disused)
new connection to Monfalcone Porto
122.039
San Giovanni tunnel
125.200
Duino-Timavo
(closed)
85 m
127.730
Sistiana-Visogliano
130.463
Bivio d'Aurisina
135 m
131.315
13.687
external exchange tunnel
11.021
Santa Croce di Trieste
(closed 2002)
8.265
Grignano crossing loops
(closed 2002)
7.033
Miramare
2.269
Barcola exchange group
Trieste belt railway
1.424
Gretta exchange group
Barcola marshaling yard
Trieste Centrale marshaling yard
0.000
Trieste Centrale
5 m
Linea delle Rive (dock railway)
km
Source: Italian railway atlas[2]

History

The section between Venice and San Giorgio di Nogaro was opened as a local railway from the private company Società Veneta in several sections between 1885 and 1888. Later it was decided to prolonge this line through the international border to Austria-Hungary; in 1894 the Austrian section between Cervignano and Monfalcone was opened by the Friauler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, the border section between San Giorgio and Cervignano followed three years later.[3]

After the First World War all the line came to Italy, and it became a principal railway, managed by the state company Ferrovie dello Stato.

See also

References

  1. "Impianti FS". I Treni (in Italian). Salò: Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. XXVII (286): 6. October 2006. ISSN 0392-4602.
  2. Atlante ferroviario s'Italia e Slovenia [Italian and Slovenian railway atlas)] (1 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2010. pp. 25–27, 138–39. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.
  3. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

Bibliography

  • RFI - Fascicolo Linea 52 (Venezia Santa Lucia–Latisana)
  • RFI - Fascicolo Linea 63 (Latisana–Trieste Centrale)

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