Turin–Milan high-speed railway

Legend 0.00 Torino Porta Nuova 1.092 0.000 to Pinerolo and Torre Pellice/Genoa 1.465 to Bardonecchia and France 4.233 Torino Porta Susa Dora Riparia River to Ceres (link closed in 2006) 6.204 Torino Dora Stura di Lanzo River 10.898 Torino Stura Milan-Turin Autostrada 12.090 0.000 Old Turin–Milan line to Pont Canavese Malone River Orco Torrent Ferrovia Aosta - Chivasso 21.585 Western entrance to Rondissone Tunnel 23.273 Eastern entrance to Rondissone Tunnel Dora Baltea River 31.798 PM[1] Cigliano (0.000) Vercellese west interconnection Old Turin–Milan line (6.120) Bianzè Old Turin–Milan line 38.647 PM Alice Castello Autostrada A4/A26 - European route E25 Santhià–Biella San Paolo line Elvo Torrent Santhià–Arona line Cervo Torrent Sesia River 68.206 PC[2] Recetto Autostrada A26 Biella San Paolo–Novara line Lines between Novara and Varallo, Domodossola, Arona and Luino 84.686 (0.000) Novara west interconnection Saronno–Novara line (3.675) Novara Boschetto Old Turin–Milan line (3.675) Novara Nord To Saronno Ticino River 102.731 PC Marcallo Old Turin–Milan line Autostrada A4 122.043 PM Rho Fiera Old Turin–Milan line and line from Domodossola 122.495 Rho Fiera Milano 126.589 8.526 Milano Certosa To Passante and Milano Porta Garibaldi Milan–Saronno railway Milan–Asso railway To Chiasso and Switzerland, Verona, Venice, Bologna and Genoa 0.000 Milano Centrale

The Turin–Milan high-speed railway line is a link in the Italian high-speed rail network. It is part of Corridor 5 of the European Union's Trans-European high-speed rail network, which connects Lisbon and Kiev. The section between Turin and Novara opened on 10 February 2006, while the remainder opened on 5 December 2009.

The route is 125 kilometres long (98 kilometres in Piedmont and 27 kilometres in Lombardy) and crosses the territory of 41 municipalities. The estimated cost of the works is €2,580 million (€20.6 million per kilometre). The flatness of the countryside has allowed 80% (approximately 100 km) of the track to be built at ground level, with a small amount of line built in cuttings, approximately 15% (about 20 kilometres) on viaducts, and about 5% (nearly 5 kilometres) in cut-and-cover tunnel. Among the most important structures is the 3.8 kilometre-long Santhià Viaduct and the 600 metre-long Pregnana Milanese Tunnel.^[3] Most of the line closely follows the south side of the Milan-Turin Autostrada.

The 85 kilometre section between Turin and Novara was inaugurated on 10 February for the 2006 Olympics in Turin.^[4] The 40 kilometres section between Novara and Milan was officially opened on 5 December 2009.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Posto di movimento", that is a passing loop, allowing slower trains to be overtaken.
2. ^ "Posti di comunicazione", that is a crossover.
3. ^ "Torino-Milano: il tracciato" (in Italian). Ferrovie dello Stato. http://www.rfi.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c502d770cb64c110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD. Retrieved 27 February 2009. 
4. ^ Milano–Novara progress. Today's Railways Europe. February 2008. p. 50. 
5. ^ Milano–Novara and Bologna–Firenze HSLs open. Today's Railways Europe. February 2010. p. 12.