Santhià–Arona railway

Santhià–Arona railway
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status no traffic
Termini Santhià railway station
Arona railway station
Stations 8 station
Operation
Opened 18 May 1906 (1906-05-18)
Owner Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operator(s) Trenitalia
Technical
Line length 65 km (40 mi)
No. of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Legend
 from Turin
 0.000 Santhiàsince 1856 181 m
to Milan and Biella
 5.128 Carisio† 2003 178 m
 Elvo stream
Turin–Milan HSL
 Milan-Turin Autostrada
 Cervo stream
 13.854 Buronzo 179 m
from Biella
22.121 Rovasenda since 1939 / Rovasenda Alta 225 m
to Novara
 31.230 Gattinara 263 m
from Varallo
 34.393 Romagnano Sesiasince 1883 266 m
to Novara
 44.897 Cureggio 296 m
 Agogna stream
from Novara
 48.395 Borgomanerosince 1864 311 m
to Domodossola
 51+279 start Gattico tunnel (3308 m)
 Genoa-Gravellona Toce Autostrada
 54+587 end Gattico tunnel
 57.588 Comignago 261 m
from Novara
Dormelletto Paesesince 1935
from Milan
26.724 Aronasince 1905 393 m
to Domodossola

The Santhià–Arona railway is a railway line in Piedmont, Italy. It was inaugurated from 1905 to 1906.[1] The service on the railway was suspended from 17 June 2012, by decision of the Piedmont Region.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926
  2. ↑ Silvia Adorno, Chiusure in Piemonte, in "I Treni" n. 351 (settembre 2012), pp. 14-19

External links

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Bibliography

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