Venice–Udine railway

The Venice–Udine railway is an Italian railway line connecting Venice, in Veneto, with Udine, in Friuli Venezia Giulia. It follows the same route as state highway 13 (SS 13, "Pontebbana").

Venice–Udine railway
Udine-stazionefront
Overview
Native nameFerrovia Venezia-Udine
OwnerRFI
Line number57, 62
LocaleVeneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Termini
Service
Route number14
Operator(s)Trenitalia
History
Opened1851–1860
Technical
Line length135 km (84 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3000 V DC
Operating speed150 km/h (93 mph)
Route map

km
266.341
Venezia Santa Lucia
4 m
Venezia Marittima
260.191
Venezia Porto Marghera
4 m
Venezia Marghera goods yard
257.907
0.000
Venezia Mestre
to Venezia Mestre goods yard, connecting
to former Padua–Malcontenta–Fusina tramway
0.967
Udine/Trieste junction
0.967
Udine/Trieste junction
Marzenego
Venezia Zelarino
3.939
Venezia Mestre Ospedale
(opened 2008[1])
4.818
Udine crossing
Venice Belt railway (old
route, 1940–1993)
5.784
Trivignano junction
from Venice Belt (old)
5.790
Marocco junction
from Venice Belt
(new route, opened 2008)
Dese
Marocco
7 m
9.273
Mogliano Veneto
8 m
Zero
Campocroce
9 m
13.925
Preganziol
13 m
16.396
San Trovaso
(opened 2007[2])
14 m
from Vicenza
from Belluno
20.908
Treviso Centrale
15 m
to Portogruaro
22.883
Treviso Fascio Motta
27.212
Lancenigo
27 m
34.734
Spresiano
55 m
from Montebelluna (1916–1984)
38.070
Bivio Piave
40.039
Susegana
(tramway to
Pieve di Soligo)
70 m
47.861
Conegliano
60 m
Monticano
to Ponte nelle Alpi
55.495
Pianzano
48 m
59.447
Orsago
39 m
from Vittorio Veneto
64.961
Sacile
27 m
to Pinzano
71.376
Fontanafredda
39 m
from Aviano
77.800
Pordenone
28 m
Noncello
Meduna
86.420
Cusano
31 m
Fiume
92.912
Casarsa
42 m
to Gemona
Cabina Ponte Tagliamento
(closed 1991)
from Gemona del Friuli (never opened)
103.674
Codroipo
45 m
to Precenicco (never opened)
Basagliapenta
115.203
Basiliano
73 m
to Gonars (1943–1945)
Pasian di Prato
to Bertiolo (never opened)
from Cervignano and
from Castions di Strada (never opened)
126.573
Udine
108 m
to Cividale
km
Source: Italian railway atlas[3]

The railway infrastructure is managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which classifies it as one of its primary lines.[4]

It has a maximum line speed of 150 km/h (93 mph).

History

Section Opened[5]
MestreMarghera 13 December 1842[note 1]
Marghera–end of bridge
over Venice lagoon
5 November 1843[note 1]
Bridge over Venice lagoon 13 January 1846[note 1]
MestreTreviso 15 August 1851
Treviso–Pordenone 1 May 1855
Pordenone–Casarsa 15 October 1855
Casarsa–Udine 21 July 1860

The section between Mestre and Udine was opened between 1851 and 1860.[5]

The electrification of the Mestre–Udine section at 3000 volts DC was officially inaugurated in October 1960.[6]

Standards

The line is a double-track line entirely electrified at 3000 volts DC. The major cities crossed, in addition to the two termini, are Treviso and Pordenone.

The line is signalled with the Sistema di Comando e Controllo (SCC), a form of centralized traffic control. Traffic is regulated by an operations centre manager at Venezia Mestre.

Rail traffic

Services are mainly operated by Trenitalia and consist of regional services, long-distance connections from Udine to Milan and Rome and from Venice to Vienna and Munich. In summary, the trains that operate on this line are:

  • regional
  • regional express
  • Intercity
  • Eurocity
  • Frecciarossa
  • Italo AV (since October 2019)

The main stations that have an interchange function with other lines are Venezia Mestre, Treviso Centrale, Conegliano, Sacile, Casarsa and Udine.

References

Notes

Footnotes

  1. Circolare compartimentale (in Italian). RFI (VE 4): 2. 2008.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  2. Circolare compartimentale (in Italian). RFI (VEVE 22): 2. 2007.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  3. Railway Atlas 2010, pp. 10, 11, 25, 26, 138.
  4. "Rete in esercizio" (PDF) (in Italian). RFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. Prospetto cronologico 1926.
  6. "Dalla Toscana al Veneto nuove linee a T.E.". Voci della Rotaia (in Italian). III (11): 3. November 1960.

Sources

  • RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 57 (Venezia Mestre–Sacile) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
  • RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 62 (Sacile–Udine) (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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