Cancello–Benevento railway

The Cancello–Benevento railway is a railway line in Campania, 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+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC (Cancello–Codola)
Route map

km
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
31.950
Lavorate
since 1937 [1]
35.402
Codola
36.740
Lanzara-Fimiani
since 1936 [2]
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 [3]
8.000
Prata-Pratola
14.542
Altavilla Irpina
18.818
Chianche-Ceppaloni
22.384
Montorsi
since 1940 [4]
27.324
Benevento Porta Rufina
28.650
Benevento Arco Traiano
since 1994 [5]
from Foggia / from Bosco Redole
29.786
Benevento
to Naples / EAV to Cancello
km
Source: Italian railway atlas[6]

History

The line was opened in several sections as it follows:[7]

  • 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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