Novara–Alessandria railway

Novara–Alessandria railway
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Lombardy and Piedmont, Italy
Termini Novara
Alessandria
Operation
Opened 1854 (1854)
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenitalia, Trenord
Technical
Line length 67 km (42 mi)
No. of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3 kV DC
Operating speed 135 km/h (84 mph)
Route map
 from Arona, from Domodossola and from Varallo
 from Biella and from Turin
 65.028 Novara 151 m
 to Milan
 52.996 Garbagna 131 m
 48.616 Borgo Lavezzaro 118 m
 46.138 Albonese 116 m
 from Vercelli / from Milan
 40.793 Mortara 108 m
 to Asti / to Pavia
 36.074 Olevano 104 m
 28.940 Valle Lomellina 100 m
 24.449 Sartirana 99 m
 from Pavia
 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 Novara–Alessandria railway is a railway line in Italy.

History

The line was opened in 1854, as a part of the connection between the railway nodes of Alessandria and Novara and the harbor town of Arona, Piedmont on the Maggiore Lake.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

Bibliography

External links

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