Padua–Bologna railway

Padua–Bologna railway
Padua–Bologna railway
	Stanghella station
Overview
Native name	Ferrovia Padova-Bologna
Status	Operational
Owner	RFI
Line number	58, 86
Locale	Italy
Termini	Padua; Bologna;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	1862–6
Technical
Line length	123 km (76 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Padova-Torreglia/Villa di Teolo tramway
	(1911–1952)
	Terme Euganee-
	Abano-Montegrotto
	Sant'Elena-Este
	Este-Sant'Elena tramway
	53.680
	53.334
	Veneto
	Emilia-Romagna
	FER line to Suzzara
	to Rimini and FER line to Codigoro
	former Agucchi junction / former Battiferro
	junction (former link to Bologna Ravone)
	Venezia junction
	from Milan (HS) (opened 2017)
	Lame underpass (from Porretta,
	Vignola, Milan and Verona)
	surface
	underground
	to Florence (old) and Ancona
	to Florence (HS)
	Source: Italian railway atlas
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The Padua–Bologna railway is an important railway line in Italy that joins the city of Padua to Bologna, passing through Rovigo and Ferrara. The infrastructure is managed by RFI, which classifies it as a primary line.^[2]

History

Section	Opened^[3]
Bologna–Ferrara	26 January 1862
Ferrara–Pontelagoscuro	15 April 1862
Padua–Rovigo	11 June 1866
Rovigo–Pontelagoscuro	1 December 1866

The railway was designed as a continuation of the Porrettana Railway towards the Po Valley and Venice.

The first section from Ferrara to Bologna was opened in January 1862, while Pontelagoscuro was reached on 15 April of the same year.

The Padua–Rovigo section, which at that time was in the Veneto region and part of the Austrian Empire, was opened on 11 June 1866, a few days before the opening of hostilities in the Third War of Independence. The missing section, from Pontelagoscuro to Rovigo, was built as a matter of urgency during the war. Civil operations started on 1 December 1866,^[3] when the war had ended and the Veneto had become part of the Kingdom of Italy. The whole line was managed by the Società per le Ferrovie dell'Alta Italia (SFAI) until the establishment of the Rete Adriatica in 1885. The line has been part of the FS network since 1905, while management was transferred to RFI in 2001. On 22 December 1985, a rail crash occurred at Coronella (a village in Poggio Renatico), which caused 10 deaths and injuries to another 11. The line has been completely doubled and electrified since 2006 with the completion of the doubling of the Pontelagoscuro–Occhiobello section.

Track standards

The line is equipped with double track, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and electrified at 3000 V DC.

References

Note

^ Change of chainage due to deviation

Footnotes

^ Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 25, 36–7, 48, 138, 144.
^ "Rete in esercizio" (PDF) (in Italian). RFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b Prospetto cronologico 1926.

Sources

RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 58 (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 86 (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.}

[1] Change of chainage due to deviation

[FOOTNOTERailway_Atlas201725,_36–7,_48,_138,_144-2] Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 25, 36–7, 48, 138, 144.

[3] "Rete in esercizio" (PDF) (in Italian). RFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[FOOTNOTEProspetto_cronologico1926-4] Prospetto cronologico 1926.

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