Cancello–Benevento railway
Overview
Statusin use
OwnerRete Ferroviaria Italiana
LocaleCampania, Italy
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Trenitalia
History
Opened9 March 1891
Technical
Line length103 km (64 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Cancello–Sarno), otherwise 1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC (Cancello–Codola)
Route map
km
elev
from Rome / EAV from Benevento
 Cancello
to Naples / to Torre Annunziata
4.182 (0.022)
 Bivio Nola
(1.804)
 Nola Interporto
SFSM Naples–Baiano
12.256
 Nola
18.984
 Palma-San Gennaro
27.625
 Sarno
SFSM Naples–Sarno
to Salerno
31.950
 Lavorate
since 1937 [1]
from Nocera
35.402
 Codola
36.740
 Lanzara-Fimiani
since 1936 [2]
37.916
 Castel San Giorgio-Roccapiemonte
40.293
 Valle di Mercato San Severino
from Salerno
43.664
 Mercato San Severino
48.118
 Montoro-Forino
52.766
 Borgo
57.260
 Montoro Superiore
61.962
 Solofra
Turci (2425 m)
65.534
 Serino
67.490
 San Michele di Serino
from Rocchetta Sant'Antonio
73.706
0.000
 Avellino
3.536
 Montefredane
since 1948 [3]
8.000
 Prata-Pratola
14.542
 Altavilla Irpina
18.818
 Chianche-Ceppaloni
22.384
 Montorsi
since 1940 [4]
27.324
 Benevento Porta Rufina
28.650
 Benevento Arco Traiano
since 1994 [5]
from Foggia / from Bosco Redole
29.786
 Benevento
to Naples / EAV to Cancello
km
Source: Italian railway atlas[6]

The Cancello–Benevento railway is a railway line in Campania, Italy.

History

The line was opened in several sections as it follows:[7]

  • Cancello–Nola on 3 June 1846
  • Nola–Sarno on 17 January 1856
  • Sarno–Mercato San Severino on 17 February 1861
  • Mercato San Severino–Montoro on 1 August 1869
  • Montoro–Avellino on 31 March 1879
  • Avellino–Prata on 2 September 1886
  • Prata–Benevento on 9 March 1891

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ordine di Servizio n. 97 del 1937
  2. ↑ Ordine di Servizio n. 125 del 1936
  3. ↑ Ordine di Servizio n. 125 del 1948
  4. ↑ Ordine di Servizio n. 53 del 1940
  5. ↑ Nuova fermata. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 150 (July-August 1994), p. 4.
  6. ↑ Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 78, 88, 151, 153, 154.
  7. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

Sources

  • RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 128 (Cancello–Benevento) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
  • 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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