Battipaglia–Metaponto railway

Battipaglia–Metaponto railway
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	in use
Locale	Italy
Termini	Battipaglia railway station Metaponto railway station
Operation
Opened	In stages between 1863 and 1880
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
Technical
Line length	198 km (123 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Electrified at 3000 V DC
Route map from Salerno Battipaglia to Reggio Calabria Eboli Campagna-Serre-Persano Tuoro-Serradarce Ceglie Messapica Sicignano degli Alburni to Lagonegro Buccino-San Gregorio Magno Ponte San Cono Romagnano-Vietri-Salvitelle Balvano-Ricigliano Bella Muro Baragiano-Ruoti Franciosa Picerno Tito Potenza Centrale to Foggia Vaglio Basilicata Brindisi di Montagna Trivigno Albano di Lucania Campomaggiore-Pietrapertosa Calciano Grassano-Garaguso-Tricarico Salandra-Grottole from Matera Ferrandina-Pomarico-Miglionico Pisticci Bernalda from Reggio Calabria Metaponto to Taranto

The Battipaglia–Metaponto railway is an Italian 198-kilometre (123-mile) long railway line, that connects Rome, Naples and Battipaglia with Potenza, Metaponto and Taranto. The route operates through the regions of Campania and Basilicata.

History

The line was opened in stages between 1863 and 1880.^[1]

Date	Section
14 June 1863	Battipaglia - Eboli
1 December 1874	Eboli- Contursi
15 June 1875	Metaponto - Pisticci
30 September 1875	Contursi–Romagnano
15 November 1875	Pisticci–Ferrandina
10 April 1876	Ferrandina–Grassano
3 June 1877	Romagnano–Balvano
1 August 1877	Grassano–Calciano
6 November 1877	Balvano–Baragiano
15 January 1880	Baragiano–Picerno
1 September 1880	Picerno–Potenza
27 December 1880	Potenza–Calciano

Upgrades

Between 1986 and 1993 the railway was closed to allow for major works to upgrade the line, during which it was electrified. Electric trains however didn't start using the line until 31 March 1994.^[2] In 1995 a service was launched using Eurostar ETR 450.

Usage

The line is used by the following service(s):

• Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Potenza - Taranto
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Naples - Salerno - Potenza - Metaponto - Taranto

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

1. Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
2. I treni, n. 167, January 1996.

• This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as of September 2014.

External links

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