Venice–Trieste railway

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Venice–Trieste railway

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Gaggio station on the Venice–Trieste railway in 2008
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status in use
Locale Italy
Termini Venice
Trieste
Operation
Opened 1897 (1897)
Owner RFI
Operator(s) Trenitalia
Technical
Line length 153 km (95 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3 kV DC
Route map
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266.341 Venezia Santa Lucia 4 m
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(1.328)Venezia Marittima
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(0.000)
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left: Ponte Nuovo; right: Ponte Vecchio
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Venetian Lagoon
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260.191Venezia Porto Marghera
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from Venezia Marghera Scalo
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257.907
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Venezia Mestre 4 m
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to Adria, to Milan, to Trento and to Udine
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3.904Venezia Carpenedo4 m
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10.715Gaggio Porta Est4 m
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10.715Gaggio4 m
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15.782 Quarto d'Altino 3 m
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Sile
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23.957 Meolo 4 m
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27.790 Fossalta di Piave 4 m
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Piave
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32.786 San Donà di Piave-Jesolo 3 m
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40.686 Ceggia 3 m
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Livenza
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45.955 Santo Stino di Livenza 4 m
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52.830Lison3 m
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from Treviso
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59.342 Portogruaro-Caorle 5 m
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to Casarsa
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Fossalta di Portogruaro 6 m
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Tagliamento
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73.289 Latisana-Lignano-Bibione 6 m
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80.597 Palazzolo dello Stella 4 m
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84.644 Muzzana del Turgnano 6 m
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90.962 San Giorgio di Nogaro 6 m
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to Udine
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96.603 Torviscosa 3 m
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to Cervignano Smistamento
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from Cervignano Smistamento / from Udine
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101.338 Cervignano-Aquileia-Grado 6 m
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to Grado
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Villa Vicentina until 2006 [1] 8 m
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Isonzo
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Pieris-Turriaco until 2002 [2] 9 m
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114.080 Ronchi dei Legionari Sud9 m
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to Udine
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116.280Bivio San Polofrom Udine
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117.746 Monfalcone 23 m
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Duino-Timavo 85 m
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127.730 Sistiana-Visogliano111 m
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130.463Bivio d'Aurisina 135 m
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to Villa Opicina
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131.315
13.687
Bivio Aur. Scambio Estremo Galleriafrom Villa Opicina
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Santa Croce di Trieste110 m
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Grignanountil 2010 [3] 81 m
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7.033 Miramare
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2.269Trieste C. Gruppo Scambi Barcolato Trieste Campo Marzio
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1.424Trieste C. Gruppo Scambi Grettafrom Trieste Campo Marzio
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0.000 Trieste Centrale 3 m
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to Trieste Campo Marzio

The Venice–Trieste railway is a railway line in Italy.

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History

The section between Venice and San Giorgio di Nogaro was opened as a local railway from the private company Società Veneta in several sections between 1885 and 1888. Later it was decided to prolonge this line through the international border to Austria-Hungary; in 1894 the Austrian section between Cervignano and Monfalcone was opened by the Friauler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, the border section between San Giorgio and Cervignano followed three years later. [4]

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.

San Giorgio di Nogaro Comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

San Giorgio di Nogaro is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 50 kilometres northwest of Trieste and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Udine. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,417 and an area of 25.8 square kilometres (10.0 sq mi).

Società Veneta

The Società Veneta (SV) was an Italian public transport company running trains and tramways. Its initial full name was the Società Veneta per le imprese e costruzioni pubbliche, though from 1898 to 1977 it was known as the Società Veneta per la costruzione e l'esercizio di ferrovie secondarie italiane.

After the First World War all the line came to Italy, and it became a principal railway, managed by the state company Ferrovie dello Stato.

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References

  1. Impianti FS. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 286 (October 2006), p. 6.
  2. Impianti FS. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 246 (March 2003), p. 8.
  3. Impianti FS. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 331 (November 2010), p. 6.
  4. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926

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