Bari–Barletta railway

Bari–Barletta railway
Tre railway line by Bitonto
Overview
Type	commuter rail
Status	in use
Locale	Apulia, Italy
Termini	Bari Centrale Barletta
Stations	14
Line number	FR
Operation
Opened	1965
Operator(s)	Ferrotramviaria
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3,000 V DC, overhead lines
Route map

The Bari–Barletta railway is a regional railway line in Apulia, Italy, managed by the private company Ferrotramviaria.

History

The line was opened in 1965, substituting an old narrow gauge tramway line, operated with steam locomotives.^[1]

Since the 1990s the line has been refurbished, building partially a second rail track: in November 2004 from Bitonto to Ruvo, in April 2005 from Palese to Bitonto and in January 2006 from Fesca to Palese.^[2]

Since 22 December 2008 the section of the line within the city of Bari is shared with the metropolitan railway service.^[3] Since then, the line operation, known before as Ferrovia Bari Nord ("Bari northern railway"), has been called Ferrovie del Nord Barese ("Bari region northern railways").

References

1. Hans Jürgen Rosenberger, Gian Guido Turchi: Puglia: lavori da Nord a Sud-Est. In: I Treni Nr. 294, June 2007. Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie, p. 27.
2. Hans Jürgen Rosenberger, Gian Guido Turchi: Puglia: lavori da Nord a Sud-Est. In: I Treni Nr. 294, June 2007. Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie, p. 27.
3. Suburbana a Bari. In: I Treni Nr. 312, February 2009. Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie, p. 7.

External links

• Timetable