Naples–Salerno high-speed railway
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The Naples–Salerno high-speed railway line (also known in Italian as the Linea a Monte del Vesuvio, meaning the "line up Mount Vesuvius") is a link in the Italian high-speed rail network opened in June 2008.[1][2] The 29-kilometre-long (18 mi) line is one of the new high-speed lines being built to strengthen rail transport system in Italy and in particular freight and passenger transport in Campania. The line is part of Corridor 1 of the European Union's Trans-European high-speed rail network, which connects Berlin and Palermo.
Route and features
The infrastructure of the new line was completed in April 2008 with its electrification, which operates at 3 kV
The new line starts at Roma Est junction, which allows trains from the
The Italian government announced in an economic statement in July 2004 that a future high-capacity line would be built from the end of the line at San Valentino Torio to Battipaglia to create a four-track line through Salerno to Battipaglia as part of a project to build a high-capacity trunk line to Reggio Calabria.[3]
The new line has allowed high-speed trains to avoid Naples since the opening of the section from Roma Est junction to the new Napoli Afragola station in June 2017. From June 2008, most Trenitalia Eurostar Italia, Intercity and Intercity Plus trains between Naples and Salerno were routed over the new line, allowing an increase in commuter trains on the old coast line under a project to develop a Campania "regional metro".
Proposed new Vesuvio Est interchange station
The Region of Campania and
References
- ^ a b "New Napoli–Salerno line completed". Today's Railways Europe. No. 147. March 2008. p. 9.
- ^ "Linea Monte Vesuvio opens". Today's Railways Europe. No. 151. July 2008. p. 52.
- ^ "Realizzazione dell'alta velocità ferroviaria nel nodo di Napoli (Parliamentary question from Tino Iannuzzi on high-speed rail in the Naples hub)" (PDF) (in Italian). 23 November 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ a b "International competition for Vesuvio Est station". Today's Railways Europe. No. 155. November 2008. p. 50.
- ^ a b "Agreement between Ferrovie dello Stato and Campania Region" (in Italian). Campania Region. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ "Announcement of the competition for the design of new "Vesuvio Est" interchange station" (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2008.