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The company operated the Palermo - Trapani Railway via Castelvetrano until August 1, 1907, when it was incorporated into the Italian State Railways (FS). Of the 1-20 group of locomotives, 16 units were registered as FS Class 385, while the three units in the 35-37 group were registered as FS Class 388.
Palermo Centrale railway station. Improvements on this line began 22 February 2008. A second track is planned for the Palermo-Trapani route, which currently is only a single track between the Orleans and Carini stations. With the new track in place, there will be an increase in the number of trains and a reduction in journey times.
The backbone is supplemented by the 125-km-long Palermo-Trapani, from which branches off the important branch (of 14 km) to Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport. The line enters the Trapani plain, cutting sharply through the tip of San Vito Lo Capo to reach Trapani from which it can continue to Marsala, Mazara del Vallo and Castelvetrano.
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 ...
1266 - Battle of Trapani; 1282 - Aragonese in power [1] 1284 - Naval siege of Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers [2] 1332 - Madonna dell' Annunziata church built near town [3] 1421 - Trapani Cathedral construction begins. [3] 1432 - Trapani besieged by forces of Louis III of Anjou [2] 1570 - Population: 16,286 [2] 1726 - Earthquake [4]
Palermo is a key intersection on the Sicilian road network, being the junction between the eastern A19 motorway to Trapani, the southeastern A29 to airport and Mazara del Vallo and the southwestern A19 to Catania and A20 to Messina. Palermo is one of the main cities on European route E90. The three main national roads starting from Palermo are ...
In 1885 the Sicula Network covered a total of 597 km. The network was gradually integrated with the sections from Palermo to Catania and, in 1895, those between Messina and Fiumetorto of the Palermo - Messina line. At the end of 1896 it had reached 1,093 km.
Opened in 1974, it is the second most important station in Palermo, after Palermo Centrale. It forms part of the Palermo–Trapani railway, and is also the junction station for a branch line to Palermo Giachery. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Train services are operated by Trenitalia.