Udine–Trieste railway

Udine–Trieste railway
Udine–Trieste railway
	The Gorizia railway bridge in 2006, part of the Udine-Trieste railway
Overview
Line number	64
Termini	Udine; Trieste Centrale;
Service
Type	heavy rail
Operator(s)	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
History
Opened	1860
Technical
Line length	82.683 km (51.377 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC, overhead line
Operating speed	180 km/h (110 mph)
Route map
	Italy
	Austria-Hungary
	border
	(1866–1919)
	to Nova Gorica
	(to Aidussina until 1947)
	Rubbia-San Michele
	(closed 1990)
	Gradisca-San Martino
	(closed 2002)
	53.677
	116.266
	San Polo junction
	(closed 2016)
	131.315
	13.687
	Santa Croce di Trieste
	(closed 2002)
	Grignano passing loop
	(station closed 2010)
	Linea delle Rive
	(dock railway, closed 1981)
	Source: Italian railway atlas[2]

The Udine–Trieste railway is an Italian state railway line that connects Udine and Trieste running through the central and eastern part of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

The whole line is double track and electrified at 3000 Volts DC. The only station that serves as an interchange with other lines is Monfalcone, which is near the junction with the Venice–Trieste railway: the Monfalcone–Trieste section is shared with this line.

The railway infrastructure is managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which classifies it as one of its primary lines,[3] while both regional and long-distance passenger traffic is managed by Trenitalia. The railway is used by the freight trains of various railway companies.

History

Section	Opened[4]
Trieste–Galleria junction	28 July 1857[note 1]
Galleria junction–Cormons	1 October 1860
Cormons–Udine	3 October 1860

The line dates back to the times of the Austrian Empire, because its government wanted to connect its capital of Vienna with the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.

The Vienna–Trieste (Südbahn) and Venice–Trieste (Ferdinandsbahn) lines were completed in 1857.

The Udine–Trieste railway, opened in 1860, ran from Aurisina (later called Nabresina) near Trieste to Udine. The western section of the Venice–Udine railway between Udine and Casarsa, including the bridge over the Tagliamento, was opened at the same time.[4]

In 1866, after Lombardy had been annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia, Veneto was also annexed to the Kingdom of Italy following the Austro-Prussian War. The line thus became an international railway and Cormons station became a border station. The whole line became Italian In 1918.

Duplication between Mossa and Rubbia was completed on 13 March 1988[5] and the next section between Rubbia and Sagrado on 8 April 1990.[6]

References

Notes

Part of the Austrian Southern Railway.

Footnotes

Ordine di Servizio (in Italian). FS (129). 1950.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 11, 27, 139.
"Rete in esercizio" (PDF) (in Italian). RFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
Prospetto cronologico 1926.
"Notizia flash". I Treni Oggi (in Italian) (82): 6. May 1988.
"Impianti FS". I Treni Oggi (in Italian). Salò: Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. XI (106): 8. July–August 1990. ISSN 0392-4602.

Sources

RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 64 (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 18 August 2018.
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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[5] Part of the Austrian Southern Railway.

[1] Ordine di Servizio (in Italian). FS (129). 1950.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[FOOTNOTERailway_Atlas201711,_27,_139-2] Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 11, 27, 139.

[3] "Rete in esercizio" (PDF) (in Italian). RFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[FOOTNOTEProspetto_cronologico1926-4] Prospetto cronologico 1926.

[6] "Notizia flash". I Treni Oggi (in Italian) (82): 6. May 1988.

[7] "Impianti FS". I Treni Oggi (in Italian). Salò: Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. XI (106): 8. July–August 1990. ISSN 0392-4602.