Udine–Trieste railway

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.

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 km elev from Venice from Cervignano 0.000 Udine 108 m to Tarvisio (RFI) / to Cividale (FUC) 1.672 Udine Parco 2.975 Udine belt railway 5.182 Pradamano (1950–2002) Torre 8.675 Buttrio 13.146 Manzano 66 m Natisone 15.335 San Giovanni al Natisone 63 m Iudrio Italy Austria-Hungary border (1866–1919) 20.785 Cormons 54 m to Redipuglia (not finished) 25.652 Capriva 28.000 Mossa 30.6 Lucinico-Calvario † 1975 Soča 32.862 Gorizia Centrale 72 m to Nova Gorica (to Aidussina until 1947) Savogna d'Isonzo-Val Vipacco to Bertiolo (not finished) 38.8 Rubbia-San Michele (closed 1990) 53 m A34 43.6 Gradisca-San Martino (closed 2002) 46.000 Sagrado from Cormons (not finished) 48.190 Redipuglia 19 m A4 - E70 51.235 Ronchi dei Legionari Nord 53.677 116.266 San Polo junction (closed 2016) to Venice 117.746 Monfalcone 23 m new link to Monfalcone Porto A4 - E70 122.039 San Giovanni tunnel 125.2 Duino-Timavo 85 m 127.730 Sistiana-Visogliano A4 - E70 130.463 Bivio d'Aurisina 135 m to Villa Opicina 131.315 13.687 Galleria junction 11.021 Santa Croce di Trieste (closed 2002) 8.265 Grignano passing loop (station closed 2010) 81 m 7.033 Miramare 2.269 Barcola exchange group Trieste belt railway 1.424 Gretta exchange group Barcola marshaling yard Trieste Centrale goods yard 0.000 Trieste Centrale 5 m Linea delle Rive (dock railway, closed 1981) Source: Italian railway atlas

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, 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
Trieste–Galleria junction	28 July 1857
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.

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 and the next section between Rubbia and Sagrado on 8 April 1990.

References

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.