Turin–Milan railway

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Turin–Milan railway
heavy rail
ServicesS6
Operator(s)Trenitalia, Trenord
History
Opened1 July 1859 (1859-07-01)
Technical
Line length153 km (95 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 KV DC
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map

Legend
Left arrowfrom Genoa, Fossano and Chieri
Right arrowfrom Pinerolo – Torre Pellice
(0.000)
 Torino Lingotto
0.000
 Torino Porta Nuova
1.092
0.000
start of Turin-Novara
1.400
 Copertura Trincea tunnel
(2253 m)
Turin Passante
1.465
 Zappata 4-way junction
2.139
 Crocetta junction
to Bardonecchia
3.653
 4-track tunnel to the east
(4446 m)
3.943
 Torino Porta Susa
opened 2008
3.943
 Torino Porta Susa
1856–2009
Dora Riparia river
Torino Dora (under reconstruction)
to Ceres
to Ceres
(9+359)
 Torino Rebaudengo Fossata
future line to Ceres
8.099
Stura di Lanzo river
10.935
 Torino Stura
Turin-Milan autostrada
Turin north ring
12.347
link
Turin–Milan (HS)
14.062
14.014
Settimo Torinese junction
from Turin Passante
15.763
 Settimo
Torino-Settimo Torinese
interurban tramway (1884–1954)
to Pont Canavese
22.896
 Brandizzo
Malone torrent
Orco torrent
from Aosta
27.251
 Chivasso
184 m a.s.l.
to Asti
30.763
 Castelrosso
30.783
Castelrosso junction
(to Alessandria)
33.395
 Torrazza Piemonte
Dora Baltea river
38.391
 Saluggia
41.186
 Sant'Antonino di Saluggia
45.403
 Livorno Ferraris
link from Turin–Milan (HS)
49.796
 Bianzè
55.396
 Tronzano
A4/A26 - E25
57.933
 Santhià
to Biella and Arona
63.584
 San Germano Vercellese
68.483
 Olcenengo
from Casale Monferrato and Valenza
Vercelli–Trino (closed 1949), V–Aranco
(c. 1933) and V–Biella (c. 1933) interurbans
77.054
 Vercelli
128 m a.s.l.
Sesia river
79.348
 Sesia junction
to Pavia
Vercelli-Biandrate-Fara
interurban tramway
82.051
 Borgo Vercelli
A26
88.937
 Ponzana
Agogna torrent
from Biella
from Varallo, Domodossola,
Arona and Pino
 Novara FNM
(old)
to Seregno
98.940
 Novara / Novara Nord
151 m a.s.l.
Novara Boschetto
link to Turin–Milan (HS)
Novara–Vigevano–Ottobiano
interurban tramway
to Alessandria
108.464
 Trecate
Novara–Vigevano–Ottobiano
interurban tramway
113.982
Ticino river
Piedmont
Lombardy
120.421
 Magenta
123.688
Corbetta-Santo Stefano Ticino
(opened 1936)[1]
Milano–Castano Primo
interurban tramway
126.206
 Vittuone-Arluno
Turin–Milan (HS)
Turin-Milan Autostrada
131.037
Pregnana Milanese
(opened 2009)[2][3]
133.381
to Domodossola
134.571
16.348
 Rho
Milan western ring (A50) - E35-E62
"Varese" lines / "Novara" lines
Turin–Milan (HS)
12.618
 Rho Fiera
opened 2008
A52
A4 - E64
8.526
 Milano Certosa
Milano Villapizzone
opened 2002
Milan–Saronno railway
Milan–Asso railway
 Milano Bovisa FS
closed 1997
Milan–Saronno railway
to Milano Sempione and Mortara
 Farini marshalling yard
Milano Porta Garibaldi
Left arrowopened 1963 (surface)
Left arrowLeft arrowopened 1997 (underground)
Milan Passante
to Monza, Chiasso and Lecco
to Voghera, Venice, Bologna,
Bologna (HS) and belt railway
0.000
 Milano Centrale
Source: Italian railway atlas[4]
This diagram:

The Turin–Milan railway is a major Italian railway that links the cities of

Naples–Salerno high-speed line are opened, completing the high-speed network between Turin and Salerno
.

History

Construction and opening

The line was built by

Victor Emmanuel II, then king of Piedmont and Sardinia) and opened between Turin and Novara on 20 October 1856 and extended to the Ticino river—which formed the boundary between Piedmont and the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (then part of the Austrian Empire)—on 18 October 1858. The bridge over the river connecting to the existing railway from Milan at Magenta
was opened on 1 June 1859.

Three days later the French-Sardinian army led by

unification of Italy.[5]

The line formed part of the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia (Upper Italian Railways) from 1865 and the Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Railway Company) from 1885.

In the twentieth century

An intercity at Ponzana

Following the nationalisation of the railways, the line was incorporated into the state network and its operation was taken over by

Ferrovie dello Stato
between 1905 and 1906.

The line was severely damaged during the Second World War. In 1951, it was restored to operation, albeit temporarily, in some parts.

The main line from

anniversary of the unification of Italy.[8]

At the beginning of the 2000s, the management of the line passed to Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.

Features

The line is double-track, electrified at 3,000 volts DC and standard-gauge with a length of 153 kilometres (95 mi). Its infrastructure manager, RFI classifies it as a "fundamental line".[9]

The line has five junction stations, Settimo, Chivasso, Santhià, Vercelli and Novara. Lines branch off as follows: from Settimo to Pont Canavese; from Chivasso to Ivrea/Aosta, Asti and Alessandria; from Santhià to Arona and Biella; from Vercelli to Casale and Pavia; and from Novara to Biella, Alessandria/Arona, Domodossola and Varallo Sesia. The railway line is paralleled by the Turin–Milan high-speed railway, which crosses it several times during its journey, with connections at several points, including at: Torino Stura, Settimo, Bianzè, Novara and Rho Fiera. Trains can reach a top speed of 160 km/h on most of the line and between Magenta and Pregnana Milanese the speed limit is 180 km/h.[10]

Operations

The line is used by freight and passenger trains of various categories, which are operated by various companies.

Trenitalia operates the following services each day:

  • twenty pairs of fast regional trains between Turin and Milan;
  • regional trains on the Novara/Vercelli–Chivasso–Turin/Ivrea route;
  • a pair of InterCity services between Turin and Milan;
  • two pairs of InterCity Night services between Turin and Reggio Calabria.

In addition six TGV services a day are operated on the Milan–Turin–Paris route;

The Novara–Milan section is also used by

Turin metropolitan railway service
, operated by Trenitalia.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ferrovie dello Stato, Service order no. 25, 1936
  2. ^ RFI S.p.A. Departmental Circular MI 19/2009. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Impianti FS". I Treni (in Italian) (317): 6. July 2009.
  4. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1
    .
  5. ^ Kalla-Bishop, P. M. (1971). Italian Railways. Newton Abbott, Devon, England: David & Charles. p. 26.
  6. ^ Leppo, Ettore (June 1960). "Giugno T.E.". Voci della Rotaia (in Italian). III (6): 6.
  7. ^ Marello, Renzo (June 1961). "T.E. sulla Milano-Torino. 3000 Volt sulla Modane-Alessandria". Voci della Rotaia (in Italian). IV (6): 3.
  8. ^ Ballatore, Luigi (2002). Storia delle ferrovie in Piemonte (in German). Il Punto. pp. 55–61.
  9. ^ "La rete oggi in: Piemonte" (in Italian). www.rfi.it. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  10. ^ "RFI, Fascicolo Linea 22" (in Italian). RFI.

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