Lecco–Brescia railway

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Lecco–Bergamo railway
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Overview
Type heavy rail
Statusin use
Locale Lombardy, Italy
Termini Lecco railway station
Bergamo railway station
Stations9
Services R7
Operation
Opened1863
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenord
Technical
Line length33 km (21 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3 kV DC
overhead line
Route number186

Two railways form the link between Lecco and Brescia.

Lecco Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Lecco is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como. The Bergamo Alps rise to the north and east, cut through by the Valsassina of which Lecco marks the southern end.

Brescia Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometres from the lakes Garda and Iseo. With a population of more than 200,000, it is the second largest city in the region and the fourth of northwest Italy. The urban area of Brescia extends beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 672,822, while over 1.5 million people live in its metropolitan area. The city is the administrative capital of the Province of Brescia, one of the largest in Italy, with over 1,200,000 inhabitants.

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Lecco–Bergamo railway

The Lecco–Bergamo railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy.

Lombardy Region of Italy

Lombardy is one of the twenty administrative regions of Italy, in the northwest of the country, with an area of 23,844 square kilometres (9,206 sq mi). About 10 million people, forming one-sixth of Italy's population, live in Lombardy and about a fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in the region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest regions in Europe. Milan, Lombardy's capital, is the second-largest city and the largest metropolitan area in Italy.

Italy European country

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands. Italy is located in Southern Europe, and it is sometimes considered as part of Western Europe. The country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian Sea (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the fourth-most populous member state of the European Union.

The railway from Lecco to Bergamo opened on 4 November 1863. [1]

Bergamo Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Bergamo is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Milan, and approximately 30 km (19 mi) from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como and Iseo, and 70 km (43 mi) from Garda and Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps begin immediately north of the city.

Bergamo–Brescia railway

Bergamo–Brescia railway
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Overview
Type heavy rail
Statusin use
Locale Lombardy, Italy
Termini Bergamo railway station
Brescia railway station
Stations12
Services R1
Operation
Opened1854
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenord
Technical
Line length49 km (30 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3 kV DC
overhead line
Route number186
Route map
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32.933 Lecco
214 m
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29.713 Lecco Maggianico
207 m
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27.515 Vercurago-San Girolamo
209 m
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26.046 Calolziocorte-Olginate
210 m
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17.956 Cisano-Caprino Bergamasco
262 m
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14.766 Pontida station
297 m
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11.572 Ambivere-Mapello
271 m
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7.742 Ponte San Pietro station
240 m
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Bergamo
248 m
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26.041 Seriate station
249 m
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29.515 Albano Sant’Alessandro station
241 m
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33.106 Montello-Gorlago
229 m
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36.875 Chiuduno station
215 m
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39.115 Grumello del Monte station
203 m
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43.472 Palazzolo sull’Oglio station
185 m
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47.772 Cologne station
since 1909 [2]
176 m
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51.507 Coccaglio station
161 m
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53.594
65.827
Rovato station
161 m
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connection to the FN
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71.653 Ospitaletto-Travagliato
148 m
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79.797Bivio Mella
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80.471 Brescia Scalo
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82.842 Brescia
139 m
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The Bergamo–Brescia railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy.

The railway from Bergamo to Brescia was opened between 1854 and 1857 as a part of the original connection between Milan and Venice. [3]

Milan Italian city

Milan is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,395,274 while its metropolitan city has a population of 3,257,535. Its continuously built-up urban area has a population estimated to be about 5,270,000 over 1,891 square kilometres. The wider Milan metropolitan area, known as Greater Milan, is a polycentric metropolitan region that extends over central Lombardy and eastern Piedmont and which counts an estimated total population of 7.5 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and the 54th largest in the world. Milan served as capital of the Western Roman Empire from 286 to 402 and the Duchy of Milan during the medieval period and early modern age.

Venice Comune in Veneto, Italy

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers. In 2018, 260,897 people resided in the Comune di Venezia, of whom around 55,000 live in the historical city of Venice. Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million.

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References

  1. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926
  2. Gianni Donni, Antonio Fappani, La viabilità, in Andrea Barretta, Corte Franca. Borgonato, Colombaro, Nigoline, Timoline, Brescia, 1998, La Rosa. P. 95–102
  3. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

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