Pisa–Rome railway
Overview
Native nameFerrovia Tirrenica
StatusOperational
OwnerRFI
LocaleItaly
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Trenitalia
History
Opened1859 to 1867
Technical
Line length312 km (194 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification3000 V DC
Operating speed200kmh (124mph)
Route map

km
27.766
Livorno Centrale
14 m
Ardenza
closed in 2003[1]
11 m
21.055
Antignano
23 m
14.425
Quercianella-Sonnino
19 m
7.651
Castiglioncello
18 m
4.722
Rosignano
9 m
from Collesalvetti
0.000
287.519
Vada
9 m
Cecina river
281.592
Cecina
12 m
Bibbona
opened in 2003[1]
9 m
273.718
Bolgheri
9 m
265.128
Castagneto Carducci-Donoratico
20 m
257.353
San Vincenzo
9 m
Piazzalone turnout
to Piombino
Baratti turnout
246.752
Campiglia Marittima
7 m
238.149
Vignale Riotorto
8 m
229.555
Follonica
10 m
FS-FMF junction
FMF line to Massa Marittima, closed in 1944
222.683
Scarlino
12 m
214.659
Gavorrano
74 m
206.600
Giuncarico
23 m
mining railway to Ribolla
199.410
Montepescali
15 m
187.644
Grosseto
11 m
to Cana
Ombrone river
from Cana
Rispescia
11 m
173.141
Alberese
(bus only)
164.347
Talamone
7 m
Albegna river
156.421
Albinia
3 m
149.923
Orbetello-Monte Argentario
3 m
SNFT line to Porto Santo Stefano
closed 1944
145.233
Ansedonia
opened in 1950[2]
8 m
137.645
Capalbio
7 m
131.057
Chiarone
(bus only)
Fiora river
115.941
Montalto di Castro
19 m
100.575
Tarquinia
16 m
from Civitavecchia Marittima
new track opened in 2000
old track closed in 2000
from Orte, closed 1961
80.678
Left arrowLeft arrowCivitavecchia-Viale della Vittoria
Left arrowCivitavecchia
10 m
71.779
Santa Marinella
15 m
63.600
Borgata XXVIII Ottobre
(opened 1939[3], closed 1947[4])
62.312
Santa Severa
14 m
58.xxx
Furbara
9 m
54.287
Marina di Cerveteri
50.297
Ladispoli-Cerveteri
opened 1939[5]
12 m
from Ladispoli, closed 1938
47.944
Palo Laziale
11 m
40.975
Torre in Pietra-Palidoro
12 m
34.175
31.070
Maccarese-Fregene
10 m
freight line to Roma via Ponte Galeria
26.774
Macchia Grande tunnel (1.395 m)
25.379
17.041
Roma Aurelia
16.357
Via Aurelia, E80 (4.134 m)
12.223
from Viterbo
11.542
Roma San Pietro
38 m
11.137
Gianicolo-Pamphili tunnel (2.391 m)
8.746
8.221
Roma Trastevere
17 m
Tiber river
6.692
Roma Ostiense
18 m
3.082
Roma Tuscolana
40 m
0.000
Roma Termini
58 m

Original route via Ponte Galeria


from Livorno
34.175
Maccarese-Fregene
10 m
to Rome (via Roma Aurelia)
Autostrada A12 - E80
22.220
Ponte Galeria
8 m
16.650
Muratella
opened in 1988[6]
14.433
Magliana
14 m
11.475
Villa Bonelli
opened in 1996[7]
to Viterbo and from
Maccarese (via Roma Aurelia)
to Roma Termini
km
Source: Italian railway atlas[8]

The Pisa–Rome railway (also called the ferrovia Tirrenica—"Tyrrhenian Railway") is one of the trunk lines of the Italian railway network. It connects Italy’s northwest with its south, running along the Tyrrhenian coast between the Italian regions of Tuscany and Lazio, through the provinces of Livorno, Grosseto, Viterbo and Rome. The line is double track and is fully electrified at 3,000 V DC. Passenger traffic is managed by Trenitalia.

An international branch line connects from the Pisa–Rome railway at Roma San Pietro railway station to Vatican City: the 300-metre Vatican railway.

History

The southernmost section of the line between Rome and Civitavecchia was opened on 24 April 1859 by the Società Pio Central (Italian for Central Pius Company).[9] In 1862 work started on a line south from Livorno, which initially ran east to Collesalvetti before turning south and joining the path of the current Pisa–Rome line at Vada (now 27 km south of Livorno). This route is now known as the Maremmana railway. The line continued south from Vada and was opened to Nunziatella, near Capalbio, on the border with the Papal States on the Chiarone river in 1864. In 1865 the Leopolda railway was taken over by the owner of the Rome–Civitavecchia railway, now called the Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane (Roman Railways). It opened the connecting section between Civitavecchia and Capalbio in 1867.[10] In 1910 a direct line was opened along the coast from Vada to the new central station at Livorno. A new route was opened between Rome and Maccarese-Fregene via Aurelia on 25 May 1990.

Section opened[11][12]
RomeCivitavecchia (via Ponte Galeria) 24 April 1859
LivornoFollonica (via Collesalvetti) 20 October 1863
Follonica–Orbetello 15 June 1864
Orbetello–Nunziatella 3 August 1864
Nunziatella–Civitavecchia 27 June 1867
Pisa–Collesalvetti 1 April 1874
Livorno–Vada (via costiera) 3 July 1910[13]
Roma–Maccarese (via Aurelia) 25 May 1990

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Impianti FS". I Treni (in Italian). Salò: Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. XXIV (248): 5–6. May 2003. ISSN 0392-4602.
  2. Service order no. 36 of 1950
  3. Azienda autonoma delle Ferrovie dello Stato, Service order no. 103, 1939
  4. Ferrovie dello Stato, Service order no. 28, 1947
  5. Service order no. 70 of 1939
  6. "Notizie flash". I Treni Oggi (in Italian). Salò: Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. IX (83): 6. June 1988. ISSN 0392-4602.
  7. "Fermata silenziosa". I Treni (in Italian). XVII (173): 8. July–August 1996.
  8. Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 50–1, 56, 62, 68–9, 146–7, 149.
  9. Kalla-Bishop 1971, p. 28
  10. Kalla-Bishop 1971, p. 44
  11. Prospetto cronologico 1926.
  12. Alessandro Tuzza. "Bibliografia Ferroviaria Italiana" (in Italian). Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  13. S. Ceccarini (June–July 2010). "La Stazione di Livorno Centrale: 3 luglio 1910 - 3 luglio 2010". Il Pentagono (in Italian) (6): 8–11.

Sources

See also

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