Milan–Venice railway

Milan–Venice railway
Rezzato station

The Milan–Venice railway line is one of the most important railway lines in Italy. It connects the major city of Milan, in Lombardy, with the Adriatic Sea at Venice, in Veneto. The line is state-owned and operated by the state rail infrastructure company, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana that classifies it as a trunk line.[1] The line is electrified at 3,000 volts DC.

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History

Legend
Unknown BSicon "vKBHFa"
0.000 Milano Centrale
Unknown BSicon "vSTR"
(From the left: "Genoa" and "Bologna" lines)
Unknown BSicon "vSTR-ABZgl" Transverse track
To Turin and Chiasso)
Unknown BSicon "vSTR-ABZg+l" Transverse track
Ring line (from Milano Certosa and Greco Pirelli)
Unknown BSicon "vBHF-SBHF"
3.798 Milano Lambrate
Transverse track Unknown BSicon "vABZgr-STR"
(To Genoa and Bologna)
Unknown BSicon "vSTR-ABZgl" Unknown BSicon "ABZ3lg" Track turning from right
Transverse track Unknown BSicon "vKRZo" Track turning right Straight track
Ring line (to Milano San Cristoforo)
Unknown BSicon "vSTR" Straight track
(From the left: "Venice DD", "Venice LL", "Goods" lines)
Unknown BSicon "vSTR" Non-passenger station/depot on track
Milano Lambrate Scalo goods yard
Transverse track Unknown BSicon "vKRZo" Track turning from right Straight track
(Passante line from Milano Certosa and Milano Bovisa)
Unknown BSicon "vSTR-ABZg+l" Track turning right Straight track
6.240 Lambro junction (staggered junction)
Transverse track Unknown BSicon "ABZlr" Unknown BSicon "vKRZo" Transverse track Track turning right
Ring line (from Milano Rogoredo)
Unknown BSicon "AKRZu" Unknown BSicon "vAKRZu"
Milan ring road east
Non-passenger station/depot on track Unknown BSicon "vSTR"
0.000 Milano Smistamento marshalling yard
Straight track Unknown BSicon "vSTR-SHST"
9.907 Segrate
Track turning left Unknown BSicon "vABZg+r-STR"
Unknown BSicon "vBHF-SBHF"
12.407 Pioltello-Limito
Unknown BSicon "vSTR-SHST"
16.200 Vignate
Unknown BSicon "vDST"
18.750 Melzo goods yard
Unknown BSicon "vSTR-SHST"
19.600 Melzo
Track turning from left Unknown BSicon "vSTRrf"
(From the left: "Venice DD", "Venice LL" lines)
Straight track Unknown BSicon "SHST"
22.610 Pozzuolo Martesana * 14-06-2009
Straight track Unknown BSicon "SHST"
24.585 Trecella
Straight track Unknown BSicon "SBHF"
27.152 Cassano d'Adda
Bridge over water Bridge over water
Adda River
Unknown BSicon "xABZlf" Unknown BSicon "vSTRlg"
Unknown BSicon "exLUECKE" Unknown BSicon "vSTR"
(Milan–Verona high-speed line, under construction)
Unknown BSicon "vDST"
29.200 Adda Junction P.M.[2]
Unknown BSicon "vSTR-ABZgl" Track turning from right
30.020
Unknown BSicon "vSTR-eABZgl" Unknown BSicon "eABZlg"
31.680 Bergamo junction † 21-06-09
Unknown BSicon "vSTRe" Straight track
Unknown BSicon "exSTRrg" Unknown BSicon "exSTRq" Unknown BSicon "eKRZ" Unknown BSicon "xABZdl" Station on transverse track
32.932 Treviglio Ovest (To Bergamo)
Unknown BSicon "exSTR" Junction from left Track turning right
(Left: disused line connecting Cremona with Treviglio Ovest)
Unknown BSicon "exSTR" Unknown BSicon "S+BHF"
(33.063) 33.143 Treviglio
Unknown BSicon "eABZ3rf" Transverse track Junction to right
(To Cremona)
Station on track
37.146 Vidalengo
Stop on track
42.117 MorengoBariano
Bridge over water
Serio River
Station on track
46.052 Romano
Stop on track
53.018 Calcio
Bridge over water
Oglio River
Station on track
59.778 Chiari
Junction from left Transverse track
(From Lecco)
Station on track Unknown BSicon "eKBHFl" Unknown BSicon "ABZ3rg"
65.827 Rovato (RFI) / Rovato Borgo (FN)
Junction from left Unknown BSicon "eABZ3rg" Track turning right
(From Iseo)
Unknown BSicon "exSTRq" Unknown BSicon "eKRZo" Unknown BSicon "exSTRrf"
(To Cremona, disused)
Station on track
65.827 Ospitaletto-Travagliato
Unknown BSicon "AKRZu"
Autostrada A4
Bridge over water
Mella River
Track turning from left Junction to right
79.797 Mella junction (From the left: "Goods", "Passenger" lines)
Non-passenger station/depot on track Straight track
80.471 Brescia goods yard
Track turning left Unknown BSicon "ABZdg" Transverse track
(From Edolo)
Station on track
82.842 Brescia
Transverse track Unknown BSicon "ABZgr+xr"
Ronchi junction (To Parma and Cremona)
Unknown BSicon "KMW"
84.000 (Boundary of Milan and Verona provinces)
Non-passenger station/depot on track Unknown BSicon "exKBHFa"
91.416 Rezzato (RFI) / Rezzato FRV
Unknown BSicon "eABZgl+l" Unknown BSicon "exABZgr+r"
Straight track Unknown BSicon "exSTRlf" Unknown BSicon "exSTRq"
(To Vobarno, disused)
Stop on track
99.950 Ponte San Marco-Calcinato
Station on track
106.388 Lonato
Station on track
110.738 Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione
Unknown BSicon "exSTRrg" Unknown BSicon "eABZrf" Unknown BSicon "exKBHFa" Pier
Desenzano Porto (Lake Garda)
Unknown BSicon "exSTRlf" Unknown BSicon "eKRZo" Unknown BSicon "exSTRrf"
(To Desenzano Porto, disused)
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
San Martino della Battaglia (disused)
Straight track
Bridge over water
Mincio River
Unknown BSicon "exSTRlg" Straight track
(From Mantua)
Unknown BSicon "exABZgl+l" Unknown BSicon "exSTRq" Unknown BSicon "eKRZo" Unknown BSicon "exKBHFr" Pier
Peschiera Darsena (Lake Garda)
Unknown BSicon "exSTR" Unknown BSicon "exKBHFa" Station on track
124.940 Peschiera FMP / Peschiera del Garda (RFI)
Unknown BSicon "exSTR" Unknown BSicon "exABZgl+l" Unknown BSicon "eABZgr+r"
Unknown BSicon "exSTRlf" Unknown BSicon "exSTRrf" Straight track
Straight track
Station on track
129.663 Castelnuovo del Garda
Non-passenger station/depot on track
136.583 SommacampagnaSona
Unknown BSicon "eBHF"
Lugagnano (disused)
Unknown BSicon "AKRZu"
Autostrada A22
Non-passenger head station Straight track
Quadrante Europa
Junction to left Junction from right
144.236 Fenilone junction (from Quadrante Europa)
Junction from left Unknown BSicon "ABZdf" Track turning from right
144.236 Fenilone junction (to St Lucia and St Massimo junctions)
Straight track Straight track Straight track Track turning from left
(Brenner railway)
Track turning from left Flat crossing with all 4 side branchings Unknown BSicon "KRZo" Unknown BSicon "ABZdl" Track turning right
(From the left: connections, overpass, San Massimo junction/P.C.[3])
Junction to right Straight track Straight track Straight track
Santa Lucia Junction/P.C. (To Mantua and Modena)
Track turning right Straight track Straight track Straight track
(To Rovigo and Bologna)
Junction to left Unknown BSicon "ABZdg" Track turning right
(From Santa Lucia and San Massimo junctions)
Non-passenger station/depot on track Station on track
147.480 Verona Porta Nuova
Track turning left Junction from right
Bridge over water
Adige River
Station on track
150.857 Verona Porta Vescovo
Station on track
156.864 San Martino Buon Albergo
Unknown BSicon "AKRZu"
Autostrada A4
Stop on track
163.225 Caldiero
Station on track
171.571 San Bonifacio
Unknown BSicon "exSTRq" Unknown BSicon "eABZlg"
(From Lonigo Città, disused)
Stop on track
177.305 Lonigo
Station on track
182.952 Montebello
Unknown BSicon "AKRZu"
Autostrada A4
Station on track
191.471 Altavilla-Tavernelle
Straight track Unused waterway turning from left Unused transverse waterway
(FTV tramway to Montecchio and le Valli, disused)
Station on track Unknown BSicon "uexBHF"
199.138 Vicenza (RFI) / Vicenza FTV
Unused transverse waterway Unknown BSicon "emKRZu" Unused waterway turning right
(FTV tramway to Noventa and Montagnana, disused)
Junction to left Transverse track
(To Schio and Treviso)
Unknown BSicon "KMW"
200.857 (Boundary of Verona and Venice provinces)
Unknown BSicon "AKRZu"
Autostrada A31
Stop on track
207.191 Lerino
Unknown BSicon "exSTRq" Unknown BSicon "eABZlg"
(From Ostiglia, disused)
Station on track
214.068 Grisignano di Zocco
Unknown BSicon "eABZlf" Unknown BSicon "exSTRq"
(To Treviso, disused)
Unknown BSicon "AKRZu"
Autostrada A4
Stop on track
219.928 Mestrino
Track turning from left Junction to right
0.000/227.446 Montà points (former Montà junctions) (to Padova Campo Marte)
Non-passenger station/depot on transverse track Unknown BSicon "ABZdr" Unknown BSicon "KRZu" Track turning from right
2.190 Padova Campo Marte
Track turning left Unknown BSicon "ABZdg" Unknown BSicon "ABZ3lf" Transverse track
(From the left: from Bologna; from Bassano del Grappa and Calalzo)
Station on track
229.408 Padua
Unknown BSicon "vSTRa"
(From the left: old line; high-speed line)
Track turning from left Unknown BSicon "vABZgr-STR"
0.000/230.618 (to Padova Interporto goods railway)
Non-passenger end station Unknown BSicon "vSTR"
3.794 Padova Interporto
Unknown BSicon "veHST-STR"
Padova San Lazzaro (planned)
Unknown BSicon "vAKRZu"
Autostrada A4
Unknown BSicon "vHST-STR"
234.843 Ponte di Brenta
Unknown BSicon "vWBRÜCKE"
Brenta River
Unknown BSicon "veHST-STR"
Busa di Vigonza (disused)
Unknown BSicon "vHST-STR"
240.790 Vigonza–Pianiga
Unknown BSicon "vBHF-STR"
244.897 Dolo
Unknown BSicon "vHST-STR"
248.726 Mira–Mirano
Unknown BSicon "veABZgl-eKRZ" Unknown BSicon "exSTRq"
252.040 Mirano junction (Mestre rail bypass, disused)
Track turning from left Unknown BSicon "vKRZu" Transverse track
Maerne overpass (from Trento)
Transverse track Junction from right Unknown BSicon "vSTR"
254.389 Cabin B (from Adria)
Straight track Unknown BSicon "vSTR-eABZg+l" Unknown BSicon "exSTRq"
256.490 Quadrivio Catene (old line to Trento)
Track turning left Unknown BSicon "vABZg+r-STR"
256.500 Mestre Storica junctions
Unknown BSicon "vSTRe"
Junction both to and from left Transverse track
(To Udine and Trieste)
Station on track
0+000/257.907 Venezia Mestre
Non-passenger terminus from left Junction to right
2.232 Venezia Marghera goods yard
Stop on track
260.191 Venezia Porto Marghera
Small bridge over water
Venetian Lagoon
Non-passenger terminus from left Junction to right
Venezia Marittima
End station
266.341 Venezia Santa Lucia

The line was designed by the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia to connect its two joint capitals and built by a company named the Imperiale Regia Privilege Strada ferrata Ferdinandea Lombardo-Veneta dell'Imperatore in honour of Ferdinand I of Austria. It was built in sections: the first section to be completed was between Padua and Marghera, opened on 13 December 1842, and was the third railway opened in Italy. On 13 January 1846 a 2 mi (3.2 km) long bridge over the Venetian Lagoon between Mestre and Venice was opened, with 222 arches supported on 80,000 larch piles.[4] It was followed by the opening of the Padua–Vicenza section on 11 January 1846 and the Milan–Treviglio section on 15 February 1846.[5]

The First Italian War of Independence slowed construction of other sections: the Vicenza–Verona Porta Vescovo stretch was inaugurated on 3 July 1849; it was extended across the Adige river to Verona Porta Nuova on 14 December 1852. An extension followed to Brescia and Bergamo via Coccaglio on 22 April 1854. The line was completed with the opening of the section between Bergamo to Treviglio on 12 October 1857, following the inauguration of the bridge over the Oglio at Palazzolo.[5] The original route via Treviglio, Bergamo and Brescia was 285 km long. The direct between Rovato and Treviglio, bypassing Bergamo was opened on 5 March 1878, and the line took its current form.[6]

In 1852 the original operating company was taken over by the state, but it was privatised in 1856, being sold to the Rothschild banking family of France for 156.25 million gold francs to form the Societé IR Privilégiée des Chemins de Fer Lombards-Vénitiens et de l'Italie Centrale, with a concession to complete the Milan–Venice line and to extend it to Trieste (the Venice–Trieste line) and to build branches to Lake Maggiore (the beginning of the Milan-Domodossola line), Como (the Milan–Chiasso line), Pavia (the beginning of the Milan–Genoa line), Piacenza (the beginning of the Milan–Bologna line) and to Mantua and Borgoforte (the beginning of the Verona–Mantua–Modena line). The Rothschild's rail interests were collectively referred to as the Südbahn.[7] With the transfer of Veneto to Italy as a result of the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866, the Milan–Venice railway became part of the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia (Upper Italian Railways). In 1885 it became part of the Rete Adriatica (Adriatic Network) and in 1905 it was absorbed into Ferrovie dello Stato on its foundation.

Electrification at 3000 volts DC was completed in 1956.[8]

The current line

The railway is 267 kilometres (166 mi) long double track and fully electrified. The most important cities passed are Brescia, Verona, Vicenza, Padua and Mestre: these are also the key interchange points with other public transport services. The line has four tracks between Milan Lambrate and Treviglio and between Padua and Venezia Mestre, including high-speed lines on those sections. The high speed pair of lines is referred to as DD (derived from "direttissima"—literally most direct—an Italian word for high-speed railway) and the other pair is referred to as the Linea Lenta (meaning "slow line", abbreviated LL). Work has commenced on the construction of a high-speed line between Treviglio and Brescia and planning for its extension from Brescia to Padua is under way.

The line is served by Trenitalia regional trains between Milan and Verona and between Verona and Venice. The section from Pioltello to the Milan Cintura (belt) line is also served by trains of the S5 (and, in the future, S6) line of the Milan Suburban Railway Network. The Padua–Venice section is also used by the lines of the Metropolitan Regional Rail System of the Veneto region. Long distance passenger traffic is served by Trenitalia Eurostar and Cisalpino trains. The railway is also used by freight trains operated by several railway companies.

Notes

  1. ^ "Rete FS in Esercizio (FS operating network)" (in Italian) (PDF). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. http://www.rfi.it/cms-file/allegati/rfi/rete_esercizio.pdf. Retrieved 30 March 2009. 
  2. ^ "Posto di movimento"—that is, a crossover allowing trains to change tracks.
  3. ^ "Posti di comunicazione", that is a turnout to a connecting line.
  4. ^ Kalla-Bishop 1971, p. 20
  5. ^ a b "Chronological overview of the opening of railway lines from 1839 to 31 December 1926" (in Italian). Trenidicarta.it. http://www.trenidicarta.it/aperture.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
  6. ^ Ganzerla 2004
  7. ^ Kalla-Bishop 1971, pp. 20–1
  8. ^ Kalla-Bishop 1971, p. 116

References

  • Kalla-Bishop, P. M. (1971), Italian Railways, Newton Abbott, Devon, England: David & Charles, pp. 208 
  • Ganzerla, Giancarlo (2004) (in Italian), Binari sul Garda—Dalla Ferdinandea al tram: tra cronaca e storia, Brescia: Grafo, pp. 334, ISBN 8873856330 

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