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)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V CC from Novara to Vignale
Operating speed 90–120 km/h (56–75 mph)
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
 Grignasco tunnel
 Bettole Valduggia† 2003 343 m
 41.812 Borgosesia 359 m
 Borgosesia tunnel
 Vanzone-Isolella 386 m
 47.736 Quarona 405 m
 Roccapietra† 2003 424 m
 tunnel
 54.095 Varallo Sesia 452 m

The Novara–Varallo railway is a regional railway line of Piedmont in Italy, that connect Varallo to Novara railway node, crossing the countries of Valsesia. From 2015 is used only as a tourist railway[1] and for freight service in the tract Novara-Romagnano Sesia.[2]

The tourist service is performed by historic trains of Fondazione FS, operated by Trenitalia, on specific dates. Regular passenger service was suspended from 15 September 2014, by decision of the Piedmont Region.[3]

History

The railway was opened from 1883 to 1886.[4]

Tract Inauguration [4]
Novara–Vignale 14 June 1855[5]
Vignale–Romagnano Sesia 22 February 1883
Romagnano Sesia–Grignasco 6 November 1884
Grignasco–Borgosesia 6 November 1885
Borgosesia–Varallo 12 April 1886

See also

References

  1. ↑ "La Novara-Varallo riapre ma sulla linea: viaggeranno soltanto i treni dei turisti". La Stampa.
  2. ↑ "La Novara-Varallo salvata dai treni merci, ma i passeggeri restano a terra". La Stampa.
  3. ↑ "Addio alla linea Novara-Varallo". La Stampa.
  4. 1 2 "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926".
  5. ↑ Part of Arona–Novara railway.

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