Pavia–Alessandria railway

Pavia–Alessandria railway
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Lombardy and Piedmont, Italy
Termini Pavia
Alessandria
Operation
Opened 1862 (1862)
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenord
Technical
Line length 63 km (39 mi)
Number of tracks 1 (Pavia–Torreberetti)
2 (Torreberetti–Alessandria)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 3 kV DC (Torreberetti–Alessandria)
Operating speed 135 km/h (84 mph)
Route map
 from Milan / from Mantua
 43.059 Pavia 76 m
 Ticino
 to Genoa and to Stradella
 from Cava Manara (until 1916)[1]
 35.560 Cava-Carbonara 82 m
 to Vercelli
 33.424 Sairano
 31.992 Sairano-Zinasco 84 m
 29.291 Zinasco Nuovo 82 m
 26.067 Pieve Albignola 85 m
 21.614 Sannazzaro 86 m
 18.073 Ferrera Lomellina 89 m
 12.715 Lomello 91 m
 7.583 Mede 94 m
 Castellarountil 2003 [2] 91 m
 from Novara
0.000
18.618
 Torreberetti 94 m
 Po
 from Chivasso
 12.392 Valenza 112 m
 Valenza (2330 m)
 6.572 Valmadonna 117 m
0.000
88.522
 from Turin
 Tanaro
 90.075 Alessandria 96 m
 to Cavallermaggiore and to Savona / to Ovada
 to Genoa and to Piacenza

The Pavia–Alessandria railway is a railway line in Italy.

History

The line was opened in 1862. Between Torreberetti and Alessandria it uses the Novara–Alessandria railway, opened in 1854.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ferrovie dello Stato, Ordine di Servizio n. 173, 1916
  2. ↑ Impianti FS. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 257 (March 2004), p. 6.
  3. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

Bibliography

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