Luino–Oleggio railway

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Luino–Oleggio railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy.

Luino–Oleggio railway
Overview
Statusin use
OwnerRete Ferroviaria Italiana
LocaleLombardy and Piedmont, Italy
Termini
Service
Operator(s)TiLo, Trenitalia, Trenord
History
Opened4 December 1882
Technical
Line length51 km (32 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Route map

km.000
50.715
Luino
204 m
43.876
Porto Valtravaglia
216 m
42.092
Caldè
213 m
Laveno (2,935 m)
36.148
Laveno-Mombello
206 m
Mombello (1,136 m)
32.140
Leggiuno-Monvalle
223 m
25.835
Ispra
210 m
21.303
Taino-Angera
212 m
15.140
Sesto Calende
203 m
13.068
Castelletto Ticino
213 m
9.057
Porto Varallo Pombia
220 m
Varallo Pombia (2,718 m)
5.914
Pombia
219 m
0.000
Oleggio
235 m
[1]

The railway line was opened on 4 December 1882,[2] in order to provide a second access to the Gotthard railway.

The Novara–Laveno segment was closed to passenger traffic from 12 December 2013. A replacement bus now only serves the section between Sesto Calende and Laveno.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia] (in Italian). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2010. pp. 122–23, 127, 130, 132–33. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.
  2. ^ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

See also edit

External links edit

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