Turin–Milan railway

Turin–Milan railway

The railway near Novara
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Italy
Termini Turin
Milan
Stations 18 station, 8 stops
Operation
Opened 1 July 1859 (1859-07-01)
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenitalia, Trenord
Technical
Line length 153 km (95 mi)
No. of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed 160 km/h (99 mph)
Legend
 0.00 Torino Porta Nuova
 to Pinerolo and Torre Pellice/Genoa
 to Bardonecchia and France
 6.00 Torino Porta Susa
 Dora Riparia river
 to Ceres (link closed in 2006)
 8.00 Torino Dora
 Stura di Lanzo river
 12.00 Torino Stura
 Milan-Turin Autostrada
 Turin–Milan high-speed line
 17.00 Settimo
 to Pont Canavese
 25.00 Brandizzo
 Orco river
 from Aosta
 29.00 Chivasso
 to Asti
 32.00 Castelrosso
 to Alessandria
 36.00 Torrazza Piemonte
 Dora Baltea river
 40.00 Saluggia
 43.00 Sant'Antonino di Saluggia
 47.00 Livorno Ferraris
 connection with Turin–Milan high-speed line
 51.00 Bianzè
 57.00 Tronzano
 Autostrada A4/A26—European route E25
 57.933 Santhià
 to Biella and Arona
 63.584 San Germano Vercellese
 68.483 Olcenengo
 from Casale Monferrato
 77.054 Vercelli
 Sesia river
 to Pavia
 82.051 Borgo Vercelli
 Autostrada A26
 88.937 Ponzana
from Biella
From Varallo, Domodossola, Arona and Luino / Saronno
Novara FNM (closed)
98.940 Novara / Novara Nordto Saronno
Turin–Milan high-speed
to Alessandria
108.464 Trecate
 Ticino River
 120.421 Magenta
 123.688 Corbetta–Santo Stefano Ticinosince 1936 [1]
 126.206 Vittuone–Arluno
 Turin–Milan high-speed line
 Milan-Turin Autostrada
 131.037 Pregnana Milanese
 133.381 from Domodossola, Luino and from Porto Ceresio
134.571
16.348
 Rho
Milan western ring road—European route E35–E62
Autostrada A4—E64
 Turin–Milan high-speed line
 12.618 Rho Fiera
 Autostrada A8
 8.526 Milano Certosa
 to Passante and Milano Porta Garibaldi
 Milan–Saronno railway
 Milan–Asso railway
 To Chiasso/Switzerland, Verona/Venice, Bologna and Genoa
 0.000 Milano Centrale

The Turin–Milan railway is a major Italian railway that links the cities of Turin and Milan. The railway is double track, standard gauge and fully electrified at 3 kV DC. It connects the cities of Settimo Torinese, Chivasso, Santhià, Vercelli, Novara, Magenta and Rho. Since February 2006 high-speed trains have operated over the Turin–Milan high-speed line between Turin and Novara. The remainder of the high-speed line between Novara and Milan is expected to be opened in December 2009, when the Bologna–Florence high-speed line and the remaining sections of the Rome–Naples high-speed railway line and the Naples–Salerno high-speed line are also expected to open, completing the high-speed network between Turin and Salerno.

History

Construction and opening

The line was built by Thomas Brassey under contract to the Società Vittorio Emanuele ("Victor Emmanuel Company", named in honour of 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.

Battle of Magenta

Three days later the French-Sardinian army led by Napoleon III defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Magenta with the help of supplies brought by the new railway. This was a major step in the unification of Italy.[2]

Ownership changes

It was part of the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia (Upper Italian Railways) from 1865, the Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Railway Company) from 1885 and Ferrovie dello Stato from 1905.

References

  1. ↑ Ordine di Servizio n. 25 - 1936
  2. ↑ Kalla-Bishop, P. M. (1971). Italian Railways. Newton Abbott, Devon, England: David & Charles. p. 26.

See also

External links

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