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The Sicilian railroad network, which was largely created in the 70 years between the Unification of Italy and the first decade of Mussolini's government, underwent little change since then until after World War II when, especially with the so-called Scalfaro decree, the disposal of some lines that were deemed too costly in terms of the ratio of revenue to yield began despite the fact that they ...
Sicily had at one time an extensive narrow gauge railway network. The design work was begun under at the time of the provisional management of the Southern Railways, continued by the Rete Sicula (Sicilian Railways) and built by Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian State Railways), [1] which spread over the territory of five provinces: Palermo, Trapani, Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Enna; today the FS ...
An ETR 500 train running on the Florence–Rome high-speed line near Arezzo, the first high-speed railway opened in Europe [3] Across the EU, passenger rail transport saw a 50% increase between 2021 and 2022, with the 2022 passenger-kilometers figure being slightly under that of 2019 (i.e. before the COVID-19 pandemic ). [ 4 ]
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).
An EU43 of Rail Traction Company (RTC) on the Brenner Pass line The Florence–Rome high-speed railway An Intercity train at Bologna Centrale railway station Malpensa Express The Marseille-Vintimille railway line in Ventimiglia, near the French border. Companies certified to run railways in Italy are From 2000. Ferrovie dello Stato S.p. A ...
The Ferrovia Circumetnea (roughly translated as "Round-Etna Railway") is a narrow-gauge, 950 mm (3 ft 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in), regional railway line in Sicily. It was constructed between 1895 and 1898. As the name suggests, the 110-kilometre (68-mile) line follows a route which almost completely encircles the Mount Etna volcano.
In 1885 the entire Sicilian network extended for a total of 597 km. The newly established company continued its construction programme slowly. In 1895, the Palermo - Messina railway was finally completed and, at the end of 1896, the network of Sicilian railways had reached 1,093 km. From 1901 to 1905 the engineer Riccardo Bianchi was the ...
Map of Italian high-speed and higher speed rail network. 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.