Pavia–Alessandria railway

Pavia–Alessandria railway
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	in use
Locale	Lombardy and Piedmont, Italy
Termini	Pavia Alessandria
Operation
Opened	1862
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Trenord
Technical
Line length	63 km (39 mi)
Number of tracks	1 (Pavia–Torreberetti) 2 (Torreberetti–Alessandria)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC (Torreberetti–Alessandria)
Operating speed	135 km/h (84 mph)
Route map from Milan / from Mantua 43.059 Pavia 76 m Ticino to Genoa and to Stradella from Cava Manara (until 1916)[1] 35.560 Cava-Carbonara 82 m to Vercelli 33.424 Sairano 31.992 Sairano-Zinasco 84 m 29.291 Zinasco Nuovo 82 m 26.067 Pieve Albignola 85 m 21.614 Sannazzaro 86 m 18.073 Ferrera Lomellina 89 m 12.715 Lomello 91 m 7.583 Mede 94 m Castellarountil 2003 [2] 91 m from Novara 0.000 18.618 Torreberetti 94 m Po from Chivasso 12.392 Valenza 112 m Valenza (2330 m) 6.572 Valmadonna 117 m 0.000 88.522 from Turin Tanaro 90.075 Alessandria 96 m to Cavallermaggiore and to Savona / to Ovada to Genoa and to Piacenza

The Pavia–Alessandria railway is a railway line in Italy.

History

The line was opened in 1862. Between Torreberetti and Alessandria it uses the Novara–Alessandria railway, opened in 1854.^[3]

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

1. Ferrovie dello Stato, Ordine di Servizio n. 173, 1916
2. Impianti FS. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 257 (March 2004), p. 6.
3. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

Bibliography

• RFI - Fascicolo linea 13

External links

Media related to Pavia–Alessandria railway at Wikimedia Commons