Padua–Bologna railway
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The Padua–Bologna railway is an important railway line in Italy that joins the city of Padua to Bologna, passing through Rovigo and Ferrara. The infrastructure is managed by RFI, which classifies it as a primary line.[2]
History
Section | Opened[3] |
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Bologna–Ferrara | 26 January 1862 |
Ferrara– Pontelagoscuro
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15 April 1862 |
Padua–Rovigo | 11 June 1866 |
Rovigo–Pontelagoscuro | 1 December 1866 |
The railway was designed as a continuation of the
.The first section from
Pontelagoscuro
was reached on 15 April of the same year.
The Padua–Rovigo section, which at that time was in the
Società per le Ferrovie dell'Alta Italia (SFAI) until the establishment of the Rete Adriatica in 1885. The line has been part of the FS network since 1905, while management was transferred to RFI in 2001. On 22 December 1985, a rail crash occurred at Coronella (a village in Poggio Renatico
), which caused 10 deaths and injuries to another 11. The line has been completely doubled and electrified since 2006 with the completion of the doubling of the Pontelagoscuro–Occhiobello section.
Track standards
The line is equipped with double track, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) 3000 V DC.
References
Note
- ^ Change of chainage due to deviation
Footnotes
- ^ Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 25, 36–7, 48, 138, 144.
- ^ "Rete in esercizio" (PDF) (in Italian). RFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ a b Prospetto cronologico 1926.
Sources
- RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 58 (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
- RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 86 (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
- Tuzza, Alessandro, ed. (1927). "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" (in Italian). Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato/Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.}