Transport in Italy
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[edit] Railways
- See also: List of railway companies# Italy, List of tram and light-rail transit systems# Italy, List of town tramway systems in Italy, List of trolleybus systems in Italy, Narrow gauge railway#Italy, and High-speed rail in Italy
- total: 19,394 km, also on Sardinia and Sicily.
- standard gauge: 18,071 km 1.435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 km electrified)
- narrow gauge: 112 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,211 km 0.950-m gauge (153 km electrified) (1998)
Trenitalia SpA is the passenger and freight transport company of Ferrovie dello Stato.
Italian Railroad Stations (history)
(Lines)
- Turin-Milan (under construction, 2006)
- Milan-Verona-Venice (under development)
- Milan-Bologna-Florence-Rome-Naples (under construction and operating, 2006)
- Napoli-Sicily Bridge-Palermo (under development)
- Milan-Genoa (under development)
- Milan-Lyon(France) (Alps tunnel under development, 2012)
Cities with rapid transit underground railway systems:
- Rome 2 lines + 1 under construction (8 lines of commuter rails - FR Lines -; 3 lines of suburban rails -)
- Naples 2 line + 1 under construction (5 lines of commuter rails)
- Milan 3 lines + 2 under construction (8 lines of commuter rails - S Lines -; 5 lines of regional rail - FNM lines - )
- Genoa 1 line
- Catania 1 line
- Turin 1 line
- Brescia 1 line under construction
- Bologna 1 line under develop
[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries
[edit] Stations
- See also: List of railway stations#Italy
Big Stations program (Station renovations), €400 million program, from ending 2005
- Milan Stazione Centrale
- Bari Centrale
- Bologna Centrale
- Florence SMN
- Genoa Brignole and Piazza Principe
- Naples Centrale
- Palermo Centrale
- Rome Termini Station
- Turin Porta Nuova
- Venice Mestre and Santa Lucia
- Verona Porta Nuova
[edit] Highways
- total: 654,676 km (including 6,957 km of expressways) (1998 est.)
All highways in Italy are paved.
[edit] Waterways
- 2,400 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value
City with almost all transport by boat: Venice (public transport by waterbus)
[edit] Pipelines
- crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km
[edit] Ports and harbours
- Ancona, Arbatax, Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Civitavecchia, Gela, Genoa, Gioia Tauro, La Spezia, Livorno, Messina, Milazzo, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres, Ravenna, Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice.
[edit] Merchant marine
- total: 427 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 6,971,578 GRT/9,635,770 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
- ships by type: bulk carrier 41, cargo ship 45, chemical tanker 73, combination ore/oil 2, container ship 20, Liquified Gas Carrier 38, livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger ship 6, petroleum tanker 87, roll-on/roll-off ship 58, short-sea passenger 26, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 16 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports
133 (2006)
[edit] Hubs
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
- total: 97
- over 3,047 m: 5: Malpensa International Airport (Milan/Varese), Linate Airport (Milan), Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport (Rome), ...
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 33
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
- 914 to 1,523 m: 31
- under 914 m: 12 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
- total: 38
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
- 914 to 1,523 m: 19
- under 914 m: 18 (1999 est.)
[edit] Heliports
5
