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Today railways in Italy continue to experience the difficulties and incongruities inherited from past times. Modern high-speed lines, trains and locomotives ( E402 ) are paired by others, especially in southern Italy, in which the transportation speed is very slow. [ 28 ]
Italy has 2,507 people and 12.46 km 2 per kilometre of rail track, giving Italy the world's 13th-largest rail network. [4] Lines are divided into 3 categories: fundamental lines (fondamentali), which have high traffic and good infrastructure quality, comprise all the main lines between major cities throughout the country. Fundamental lines are ...
Tourist train in transit on the Ceva–Ormea railway in Italy Bernina railway line between Poschiavo, Switzerland, and Tirano, Italy Tourist train on the Cosenza-Camigliatello–San Giovanni in Fiore railway in Italy. In Italy the heritage railway institute is recognized and protected by law no. 128 of 9 August 2017, which has as its objective ...
Travellers who often make use of the railway during their stay in Italy might use Rail Passes, such as the European Inter-Rail or Italy's national and regional passes. These rail passes allow travellers the freedom to use regional trains during the validity period, but all high-speed and intercity trains require a 10-euro reservation fee.
The Vatican City State Railway branches off from the Rome to Viterbo railway line at the Roma San Pietro railway station and crosses Gelsomino valley via a 143.12-metre (469 ft 7 in) long masonry viaduct of eight 15.30-metre (50 ft 2 in) arches (bearing the fasces and the Savoy coat of arms), which crosses Viale Vaticano (which it interrupts ...
As it rolls across Italy's central regions, a vintage diesel locomotive towing carriages from the 1930s and 1950s crosses the forests of the Majella National park and the Abruzzo highlands, giving ...
The Battipaglia-Reggio Calabria railway, which, due to the difficult terrain of the regions crossed, required long viaducts and tunnels, like the lines in Liguria, was built between 1883 and 1895 as a single-track line, operated with steam traction, after the east coast north–south railway via Metaponto and the Ionian Railway (ferrovia Jonica, Reggio–Catanzaro–Crotone–Taranto).
History of rail transport in Italy (3 C, 13 P) I. Rail infrastructure in Italy (11 C, 1 P) M. Railway museums in Italy (4 P) P. Passenger rail transport in Italy (13 ...