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(Redirected from Benevento–Cancello railway) Railway line in Italy

Cancello–Benevento railway
Overview
Statusin use
OwnerRete Ferroviaria Italiana
LocaleCampania, Italy
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Trenitalia
History
Opened9 March 1891
Technical
Line length103 km (64 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Cancello–Sarno), otherwise 1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC (Cancello–Codola)
Route map

Legend
km elev
from Rome / EAV from Benevento
Cancello
to Naples / to Torre Annunziata
4.182 (0.022) Bivio Nola
(1.804) Nola Interporto
SFSM Naples–Baiano
12.256 Nola
18.984 Palma-San Gennaro
27.625 Sarno
SFSM Naples–Sarno
to Salerno high-speed line
31.950 Lavorate since 1937
from Nocera
35.402 Codola
36.740 Lanzara-Fimiani since 1936
37.916 Castel San Giorgio-Roccapiemonte
40.293 Valle di Mercato San Severino
from Salerno
43.664 Mercato San Severino
48.118 Montoro-Forino
52.766 Borgo
57.260 Montoro Superiore
61.962 Solofra
Turci (2425 m)
65.534 Serino
67.490 San Michele di Serino
from Rocchetta Sant'Antonio
73.706
0.000
 Avellino
3.536 Montefredane since 1948
8.000 Prata-Pratola
14.542 Altavilla Irpina
18.818 Chianche-Ceppaloni
22.384 Montorsi since 1940
27.324 Benevento Porta Rufina
28.650 Benevento Arco Traiano since 1994
from Foggia / from Bosco Redole
29.786 Benevento
to Naples / EAV to Cancello
km
Source: Italian railway atlas
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The Cancello–Benevento railway is a railway line in Campania, Italy.

History

The line was opened in several sections as it follows:

  • Cancello–Nola on 3 June 1846
  • Nola–Sarno on 17 January 1856
  • Sarno–Mercato San Severino on 17 February 1861
  • Mercato San Severino–Montoro on 1 August 1869
  • Montoro–Avellino on 31 March 1879
  • Avellino–Prata on 2 September 1886
  • Prata–Benevento on 9 March 1891

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. Ordine di Servizio n. 97 del 1937
  2. Ordine di Servizio n. 125 del 1936
  3. Ordine di Servizio n. 125 del 1948
  4. Ordine di Servizio n. 53 del 1940
  5. Nuova fermata. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 150 (July-August 1994), p. 4.
  6. Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 78, 88, 151, 153, 154.
  7. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

Sources

  • RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 128 (Cancello–Benevento) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
  • 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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