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On 23 December 2009, preparatory work began, with the diversion of the Tyrrhenian railway at Cannitello on the Italian mainland side of the strait. [17] In February 2013, the project was shut down by Mario Monti, the new Italian premier, for lack of funds. [5] In September 2016, the project was reconsidered by the government of Matteo Renzi. [18]
Sicily's rail network, which has included only standard-gauge lines since 1986, is operated entirely by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana; an exception is the 111-km narrow-gauge Catania-Randazzo-Linguaglossa-Riposto line, [1] which is operated by Ferrovia Circumetnea. As of 2018, the FS network in operation covers a length of 1369 km. [2]
Villa San Giovanni railway station (Italian: Stazione di Villa San Giovanni) is the main railway station serving the town and comune of Villa San Giovanni, in the region of Calabria, southern Italy. It opened in 1884, and it forms part of the Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana ...
Messina Marittima railway station (Italian: Stazione di Messina Marittima) is an interchange station for train and ferry services into and out of the city and comune of Messina, on the island of Sicily, Italy. Opened in 1889 and was rebuilt between 1937 and 1939. It forms part of the Palermo–Messina and Messina–Syracuse railways.
The Strait of Messina (Italian: Stretto di Messina; Sicilian: Strittu di Missina) is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of Sicily (Punta del Faro) and the western tip of Calabria (Punta Pezzo) in Southern Italy. It connects the Tyrrhenian Sea to the north with the Ionian Sea to the south, within the central Mediterranean.
This is the list of the railway stations in Sicily owned by: Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a branch of the Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato ; [ 1 ] Ferrovia Circumetnea (FCE).
For long-distance transport Siracusa is the southern terminal of InterCity and Express trains to Rome, Turin, Milan and Venice, linking it also with Genoa, Naples, Bologna, Florence, Pisa and other cities. There are around 10 trains a day to Catania and Messina, several trains heading south towards Gela and one or two to Rome and beyond.
RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, Italian Rail Network), a state owned infrastructure manager which administers most of the Italian rail infrastructure. The Italian railway system has a length of 19,394 km (12,051 mi), of which 18,071 km (11,229 mi) standard gauge. The active lines are 16,723 km (10,391 mi), [2] of which 7,505 km (4,663 mi) are ...