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The construction of the line turned out to be more complex than expected: during the construction of the downstream section (Genoa-Trensasco), where the track had to face steep climbs, a 1.2 km-long cable car was installed in order to easily transport the building materials coming from Valbisagno, overcoming a difference in height of 450 m.
The Genoa-La Spezia line was electrified in two phases: Genoa–Sestri Levante was electrified with the three-phase system (3,700 V at 16.7 Hz) in May 1925 and converted to the 3,000 V DC system in February 1948. [10] Sestri Levante–La Spezia was electrified with three-phase system in April 1926 [11] and then converted to 3,000 V DC in April ...
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One of the AMT's urban buses The Principe–Granarolo rack railway Train on the Genova–Casella railway. The AMT Genova, formally known as the Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti and formerly as the Azienda Municipalizzata Trasporti, is a joint stock company that holds the concession for public transport in the Italian city of Genoa.
Some 1,000 much-needed passenger and 7,000 new freight cars were also ordered. An ETR 500 train running on the Florence–Rome high-speed line near Arezzo, the first high-speed railway opened in Europe. [23] The actual High-speed rail in Italy consists of two lines connecting most of the country's major cities.
Since 2012, a new and Italy's first private train operator, NTV (branded as Italo), run high-speed services in competition with Trenitalia. Even nowadays, Italy is the only country in Europe with a private high-speed train operator.
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Opened in 1868, it forms part of the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway, and is situated between La Spezia and Genoa. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia.