Novara–Varallo railway

Novara–Varallo railway

The trip on the historic train, near Borgosesia
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Piedmont, Italy
Termini Novara
Varallo Sesia
Stations 3 station
7 stops
Operation
Opened April 12, 1886 (1886-04-12)
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenitalia
Technical
Line length 54 km (34 mi)
No. of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
from Milan and Alessandria
 65.028 Novarasince 1854 151 m
0.000
65.368
 to Biella and Turin
Turin–Milan high-speed railway
 Milan-Turin Autostrada
 3.275 Vignalesince 1855 160 m
to Domodossola and Arona
 Agogna stream
 San Bernardino† 2003 178 m
 16.077 Briona 197 m
 18.204 Fara 208 m
 21.332 Sizzano 225 m
 24.141 Ghemme 241 m
 Genoa-Gravellona Toce Autostrada
from Arona
 29.004 Romagnano Sesia 266 m
to Santhià
 Sesia river
 31.207 Prato Sesia 278 m
 32.216 Grignasco 322 m
to Coggiola
 Bettole Valduggia† 2003 343 m
 41.812 Borgosesia 359 m
 Vanzone-Isolella 386 m
 47.736 Quarona 405 m
 Roccapietra† 2003 424 m
 54.095 Varallo Sesia 452 m

The Novara–Varallo railway is a railway line in Piedmont, Italy. It was opened from 1883 to 1886.[1]

The line is served only by historic trains, in the service of tourism, operated by Fondazione FS and Trenitalia, on specific dates.[2] Regular passenger service was suspended from 15 September 2014, by decision of the Piedmont Region.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926".
  2. ↑ "La Novara-Varallo riapre ma sulla linea: viaggeranno soltanto i treni dei turisti". La Stampa.
  3. ↑ "Addio alla linea Novara-Varallo". La Stampa.

External links

Media related to Varallo–Novara railway at Wikimedia Commons

Bibliography

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