Battipaglia–Metaponto railway






















































Battipaglia–Metaponto railway
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Italy
Termini
Battipaglia railway station
Metaponto railway station
Operation
Opened In stages between 1863 (1863) and 1880 (1880)
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenitalia
Technical
Line length 198 km (123 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification Electrified at 3000 V DC



Route map



















































































































































































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from Salerno






Battipaglia













to Reggio Calabria






Eboli






Campagna-Serre-Persano






Tuoro-Serradarce






Ceglie Messapica






Sicignano degli Alburni













to Lagonegro






Buccino-San Gregorio Magno






Ponte San Cono






Romagnano-Vietri-Salvitelle






Balvano-Ricigliano






Bella Muro






Baragiano-Ruoti






Franciosa






Picerno






Tito






Potenza Centrale













to Foggia






Vaglio Basilicata






Brindisi di Montagna






Trivigno






Albano di Lucania






Campomaggiore-Pietrapertosa






Calciano






Grassano-Garaguso-Tricarico






Salandra-Grottole













from Matera






Ferrandina-Pomarico-Miglionico






Pisticci






Bernalda













from Reggio Calabria






Metaponto






to Taranto



The Battipaglia–Metaponto railway is an Italian 198-kilometre (123-mile) long railway line, that connects Rome, Naples and Battipaglia with Potenza, Metaponto and Taranto. It's a commonly-used trans-apennine linkage.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Upgrades


  • 3 Usage


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History


The line was opened in stages between 1863 and 1880.[1]























































Date Section
14 June 1863 Battipaglia - Eboli
1 December 1874 Eboli- Contursi
15 June 1875 Metaponto - Pisticci
30 September 1875 Contursi–Romagnano
15 November 1875 Pisticci–Ferrandina
10 April 1876 Ferrandina–Grassano
3 June 1877 Romagnano–Balvano
1 August 1877 Grassano–Calciano
6 November 1877 Balvano–Baragiano
15 January 1880 Baragiano–Picerno
1 September 1880 Picerno–Potenza
27 December 1880 Potenza–Calciano

In 1944 the deadliest accident in Italian railway history, the 8017 convoy Battipaglia-Potenza, happened on this line with over 500 victims.



Upgrades


Between 1986 and 1993 the railway was closed to allow for major works to upgrade the line, during which it was electrified. Electric trains however didn't start using the line until 31 March 1994.[2] In 1995 a service was launched using Eurostar ETR 450.



Usage


The line is used by the following service(s):



  • Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Potenza - Taranto

  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Naples - Salerno - Potenza - Metaponto - Taranto



See also


  • List of railway lines in Italy


References





  1. ^ Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ I treni, n. 167, January 1996.



  • This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as of September 2014.


External links


Media related to Salerno–Potenza railway at Wikimedia Commons










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