Milan–Genoa railway
The bridge over the Po river at Bressana Bottarone
Overview
Statusin use
OwnerRFI
Line number32, 72, 73
LocaleItaly
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Trenitalia
History
Opened1862 (1862)
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Route map
0.000
 Milano Centrale
to Domodossola and Turin
(high-speed and traditional)
(to Chiasso and Lecco)
Belt line / from Milano Greco Pirelli
3.779
 Milano Lambrate
"Bologna" line (L) / Cintura ("belt") line (R)
to Venice and Verona HSL
from Venice
Passante (Pioltello branch)
Passante (Rogoredo branch)
Southern belt line
9.567
0.000
Milano Rogoredo
To Bologna
Milan western ring road - E35
8.208
 Locate Triulzi
Lambro Meridionale
10.835
 Pieve Emanuele
since 2013 [1]
13.207
 Villamaggiore
20.865
 Certosa di Pavia
Naviglio Pavese
from Mantua
28.603
 Pavia
Ticino
Tangenziale Ovest di Pavia
30.000
23.462
Chainage change
Gravellone junction
(To Vercelli – Alessandria)
from Cava Carbonara (until 1916)[2]
19.245
 San Martino Siccomario-Cava Manara
Po
12.584
 Bressana – Bottarone
To Stradella
7.370
 Lungavilla
Autostrada A21 Turin–Brescia
0.000/38.358
From Piacenza / Varzi Closed 1966
38.118
 Voghera
30.663
 Pontecurone
21.915/0.000
 Tortona
To Alessandria and Novi Ligure
 Carbonara Scrivia
10.306
 Villalvernia
15.847
 Cassano Spinola
Stazzano – Serravalle
Autostrada A7 Milan–Genoa
From Turin
24.511
 Arquata Scrivia
125.752
 Rigoroso
128.437
 Pietrabissara
133.205
 Isola del Cantone
137.017
Ronco Scrivia
140.688
 Borgo Fornari
142.270
 Busalla
Giovi Tunnel
13.248
 Mignanego
148.288
 Piano orizzontale dei Giovi
Campomorone viaduct
152.690
 Genova Pontedecimo
154.136
 Genova San Biagio
opened 11.12.2005
156.752
 Genova Bolzaneto
From Acqui Terme
Autostrada A10 - Ponte Morandi
 To Ventimiglia
 Genova Sampierdarena
 Granarolo Tunnel
0.980
 Genova Via di Francia
Genova Piazza Principe
Genova Brignole
To La Spezia and Pisa
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The Genoa–Milan railway is a major Italian rail line, connecting the cities of Genoa and Milan. It is 157 km (98 mi) long and fully electrified at 3,000 V DC. Passenger traffic is managed by Trenitalia.

History

Unlike the Turin-Genoa line, the Milan-Genoa line was not built as a single project. Instead it developed from the joining of different lines by a shortcut. The first part of the line from Milan to Genoa is the section from Milano Rogoredo to Pavia, which was opened on 10 May 1862 as a branch off the line from Milano Centrale to Piacenza, opened on 14 November 1861. Earlier, on 25 January 1858, the Alessandria-Tortona-Voghera-Casteggio line opened to the public along with the connection between Tortona and Novi Ligure, providing good connections to the by now completed Turin-Genoa line. On 14 November 1867 the opening to traffic of the rail link from Pavia to Voghera completed the link between Milan and Genoa.

The section between Genoa and Novi Ligure over the Giovi Pass used by both the Turin-Genoa and the Milan-Genoa lines, however, was extremely difficult and therefore a new link between Arquata Scrivia and Tortona was built which was opened on 1 October 1916, completing the current form of the line, except for improvements made in Genoa and the deviation opened in 2007 between Milan Rogoredo and Locate Triulzi replacing the 1862 route.

Track Opened[4] Note
Arquata Scrivia-Busalla 10 February 1853 Part of the Turin–Genoa line
Busalla–Genoa 18 December 1853 Part of the Turin–Genoa line
Voghera-Tortona 25 January 1858 Part of the Alessandria–Piacenza
Milan–Pavia 10 May 1862
Pavia–Voghera 15 November 1867 Part of the Voghera–Pavia–Cremona–Brescia line
Tortona–Arquata Scrivia 1 October 1916 Replacing the original line via Novi

High speed line

The Tortona–Genoa high-speed railway (also known as the "third Giovi pass") project has been under development to bypass the mountainous and more congested southern section of the line since 1991. As of August 2023, this line is forecast to open in 2026.[5]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Impianti FS. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 361 (July–August 2013), p. 8.
  2. ↑ Ferrovie dello Stato, Ordine di Servizio n. 173, 1916
  3. ↑ Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 21, 32–33, 45, 131, 133, 143.
  4. ↑ Prospetto cronologico 1926.
  5. ↑ "Terzo Valico - Nodo di Genova". www.fsitaliane.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2023.

Sources

  • RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 32 (Milano - Tortona) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.}
  • RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 72 (Arquata Scrivia - Genova) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
  • RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 73 (Tortona - Arquata Scrivia) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
  • Tuzza, Alessandro, ed. (1927). "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" (in Italian). Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato/Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  • Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.}
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