Ferrovia Circumetnea

The Circumetnea line around Mount Etna
Ferrovia Circumetnea
 km.0
elevation
(MASL)
 0.0 Catania Porto (closed 1993)
 Catania Gaito (closed 1993)
 Catania Corso Italia (closed 1999)
 3.0 Catania Borgo Metropolitana di Catania 53
 Galleria artificiale Borgo
 5.0 Cibali 100
 7.0 Nesima 132
 8.0 Lineri 165
 11.0 Misterbianco 213
 14.0
Piano Tavola
(Belpasso)
 254
 18.0 Valcorrente 263
 20.0 Giaconia 297
 22.0 Paternò 225
 25.0 Scalilli 335
Santa Maria di Licodia Sud
 29.0 Santa Maria di Licodia Centro 442
33.0 Biancavilla 508
 34.0 Biancavilla (Circumetnea)
38.0 Adrano 560
 39.0 Adrano Centrale 588
45.0 Passo Zingaro 688
 Galleria di Roccacalanna
55.0 Bronte │
under
construction
 835
63.0 Maletto 924
 68.0 Gurrida 870
 74.0 Randazzo (
former interchange
to Alcantara
)		 753
 79.0 Calderara 689
 82.0 Passopisciaro-Moio 653
 86.0 Solicchiata 670
 Rovittello
Castiglione di Sicilia (1926–1961)
 91.0 Cerro 628
94.0 Linguaglossa 554
 97.0 Terremorte 490
 101.0 Piedimonte Etneo 362
 104.0 Santa Venera 275
 108.0 Mascali Nunziata 176
 109.0 Cutula 132
 Villa di Giarre
 113.0 Giarre Ferrovie dello Stato 42
 Messina–Siracusa line
 113.5 Riposto-Villa Comunale 35
 114.0 Riposto 18

The Ferrovia Circumetnea (roughly translated as "Round-Etna Railway") is a narrow-gauge, 950 mm (3 ft 1 3⁄8 in), regional railway line in Sicily. It was constructed between 1889 and 1895.

As the name suggests, the 110-kilometre (68-mile) line follows a route which almost completely encircles the Mount Etna volcano. From its terminal in Catania the line starts off westward and loops around Mount Etna in a clockwise direction (as seen on the map), eventually reaching the other terminal at the seaside town of Riposto, approximately 28 kilometres (17 miles) northeast of Catania.

The original terminal was at Catania Porto, although Catania Central (the mainline station) was the last stop for the trains. However, in the 1990s the section from there to Catania Borgo (4 kilometres (2.5 miles) long) was converted to standard gauge and moved underground for most of its length for use as a new metro (Metropolitana di Catania). The original terminus, the Porto station, was also reinstated. The Circumetnea services, therefore, now terminate at Catania Borgo.

The Ferrovia Circumetnea (FCE) also operates the Metropolitana. The offices for both are at Catania Borgo.


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