Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway

Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	in use
Locale	Italy
Termini	Bari Taranto
Operation
Opened	1900
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Ferrovie del Sud Est
Technical
Line length	113 km (70 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map from Ancona and from Taranto Bari Centro to Lecce Bari Sud Est Bari Mungivacca to Putignano via Casamassima Triggiano Capurso Noicattaro Rutigliano Conversano Castellana Grotte Grotte di Castellana Putignano to Bari via Casamassima Noci Alberobello Locorotondo from Lecce Martina Franca Martina Franca-Colonne Grassi San Paolo Crispiano Statte Taranto Galese from Brindisi Taranto to Reggio Calabria

The Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway is an Italian 113-kilometre long railway line, that connects Bari with Putignano, Martina Franca and further to Taranto.

The line was opened in three stages between 1900 and 1931. On 12 August 1900 the section from Bari to Putignano opened, the line was further extended on 14 December 1903 to Locorotondo. On 24 December 1925 the line opened between Locorotondo and Martina Franca and finally from Martina Franca to Taranto on 22 April 1931.

Usage

The line is used by the following service(s):^[1]

• Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Conversano - Putignano - Martina Franca
• Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Casamassima - Putignano (between Bari Centrale and Bari Mungivacca)
• Local services (Treno regionale) Martina Franca - Taranto

Electrification

The railway is being electrified, largely with funds from the European Union,^[2] with most works completed in 2014. The FSE has launched a tender for 4 trains.

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

1. FSE train timetables
2. 115 million EUR of regional funds to improve railway connections in Puglia

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at July 2014.

External links

Media related to Bari-Martina Franca-Taranto railway at Wikimedia Commons