Naples–Salerno railway

Legend
from Formia
0.00 Napoli Piazza Garibaldi/Napoli Centrale
To Rome via Cassino and Benevento
1.00 Napoli Gianturco
Rome–Naples and Naples–Salerno high-speed lines
1.50 Napoli Galileo Ferraris (under construction)
Autostrada A3 - European route E45
 Naples–Sorrento line
 4.270 Napoli San Giovanni–Barra
 5.839 Pietrarsa–San Giorgio a Cremanosince 1916 [1]
 7.642 Portici–Ercolano
 11.115 Torre del Greco
 16.290 Santa Maria la Bruna
 19.951 Torre Annunziata Città
Torre Annunziata Marittima /from Cancello (closed)
21.475 Torre Annunziata Centrale
 to Gragnano
 Autostrada A3 - European route E45
 Naples–Sorrento line
 25.00 Pompei Scavi
 26.00 Pompei
 28.00 Scafati
 32.00 Angri
 36.00 Pagani
 37.00 Nocera Inferiore
 to Mercato San Severino
Naples–Salerno high-speed line
40.00 Nocera Superiore
Autostrada A3 - European route E45
46.00 Cava de' Tirreni
50.00 Vietri sul Mare–Amalfi
51.992 Salerno Duomo–Via Vernieri
from Mercato San Severino
 54.00 Salerno
 to Reggio Calabria

The Naples–Salerno railway line is a major railway line in the Italian rail network, forming a link in the main trunk line to southern Italy. The first nine kilometres from Naples to Portici was the first railway in Italy, opened on 3 October 1839. It was extended to Torre Annunziata Centrale on 2 August 1842, Nocera Inferiore on 19 May 1844.[2] The line was extended to Cava de' Tirreni on 31 July 1858, Vietri sul Mare on 1 August 1860 and Salerno on 20 May 1866.[3]

Passenger traffic is denser between Angri and Salerno, as the towns between Naples and Scafati are also served by the intensive commuter services on the Circumvesuviana. High-speed and long distant trains between Naples/Rome and Salerno operate over the Naples–Salerno high-speed line, which opened in May 2008.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ordine di Servizio Nr. 203 - 1916
  2. ↑ Kalla-Bishop, P. M. (1971). Italian Railways. Newton Abbott, Devon, England: David & Charles. pp. 15–16.
  3. ↑ "Chronological overview of the opening of railway lines from 1839 to 31 December 1926" (in Italian). Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "New Napoli–Salerno line completed" (147). Today's Railways Europe. March 2008: 9.
  5. ↑ "Linea Monte Vesuvio opens" (151). Today's Railways Europe. July 2008: 52.

References

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