Faenza–Lavezzola railway

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Faenza–Lavezzola railway
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Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Termini Faenza
Lavezzola
Operation
Opened 1921 (1921)
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenitalia
Technical
Line length 39 km (24 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification no
Route map
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from Florence / from Bologna
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17.052 Faenza 34 m
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to Rimini
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8.137
7.621
Granarolo Faentino 17 m
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to Ravenna
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4.189 Cotignola 17 m
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from Ravenna
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0.000
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Lugo 14 m
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to Castelbolognese
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5.442 Sant'Agata sul Santerno 21 m
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SAF from Fontanelice
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FS-SAF junction
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8.182 Massalombarda 13 m
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SV to Budrio
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13.062San Patrizio10 m
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15.423 Conselice 7 m
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from Rimini
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22.196Lavezzola6 m
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to Ferrara

The Faenza–Lavezzola railway is a railway line in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative region of Northeast Italy comprising the historical regions of Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of 22,446 km2 (8,666 sq mi), and about 4.4 million inhabitants.

Italy republic in Southern Europe

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates San Marino and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in Southern Europe.

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The first section of the line, between Lavezzola and Lugo, was opened in 1888–89. It was completed in 1921 with the section from Lugo to Faenza. [1]

Faenza Comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Faenza is an Italian city and comune, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated 50 kilometres southeast of Bologna.

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References

  1. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 Archived June 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine .

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