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The Florence tramway network (Italian: Rete tranviaria di Firenze) is an important part of the public transport network of Florence, Italy. It consists of two operational light rail lines. Florence, like many other Italian cities, closed down its old tramway network at the end of the 1950s, but has come back to trams in recent years to find a ...
Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction Type Date (From) Date (To) Notes Genoa (Genova) Horse 1878 ? Steam ? ? Electric 1893 1966 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in). Metro line opened 13 June 1990 uses former tramway tunnel. Imperia Electric 1926 1947 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Sanremo Electric 1913 1948 Savona Electric 1912 1948
The Florence–Rome railway is part of the traditional main north–south trunk line of the Italian railway network. The line is referred to by Ferrovie dello Stato (the State Railways) as the Linea Lenta (meaning "slow line", abbreviated LL ) to distinguish it from the parallel high-speed line.
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length [3] of 24,567 km (15,265 mi) of which active lines are 16,832 km (10,459 mi). [2] The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. Italy is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC
The Metropolitan City of Florence (Italian: città metropolitana di Firenze) is an administrative division called metropolitan city in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Florence. It replaced the province of Florence. It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/ ...
Metropolitan cities of Italy before the 2016 Sardinian provincial reform. The 14 metropolitan cities of Italy (Italian: città metropolitane d'Italia) are administrative divisions of Italy, operative since 2015, which are a special type of province. The metropolitan city, as defined by law, includes a large core city and the surrounding suburbs ...
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The Florence–Rome high-speed railway line is a link in the Italian high-speed rail network.It is known as the ferrovia direttissima Firenze-Roma in Italian—meaning "most direct Florence–Rome railway" (abbreviated DD); this name reflects the naming of the Rome–Formia–Naples Direttissima opened in 1927 and the Bologna–Florence Direttissima opened in 1934.