Padua–Bologna railway

Padua–Bologna railway
Stanghella station
Overview
Native name	Ferrovia Padova-Bologna
Type	Heavy rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Italy
Termini	Padua Bologna
Operation
Opened	1862–6
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
Technical
Line length	123 km (76 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC
Route map from Venice 122.921 Padua to Bassano and Calalzo to Milan 119.920 Padova Campo Marte Padova-Torreglia/Villa di Teolo tramway (1911–1952) 113.254 Abano 109.927 Terme Euganee- Abano-Montegrotto 105.700 Battaglia Terme 100.119 Monselice to Mantua 92.226 Sant'Elena-Este Este-Sant'Elena tramway 85.908 Stanghella A13 Adige 79.192 Rovigo to Verona / to Chioggia 70.872 Arquà 65.595 Polesella 58.722 Canaro 53.680 53.334 Occhiobello[PK 1] 51.981 Po, Veneto Emilia-Romagna regional border deviation opened in 1945 (x.xxx) 50.293 Pontelagoscuro SV line from Copparo (closed 1956) 46.830 Ferrara Po di Volano FER line to Suzzara to Rimini and FER line to Codigoro Autostrada A13 39.653 Coronella 33.879 Poggio Renatico 31.765 Reno 29.191 Galliera 23.879 San Pietro in Casale 17.768 San Giorgio di Piano 11.830 Funo Centergross (opened 2003) 9.947 Castelmaggiore 6.990 Bologna Corticella 3.380 Battiferro junction (belt line) (5.557) 5.469 Navile junction opened in 2017 A14 - E45 belt line former Agucchi junction / former Battiferro junction (former link to Bologna Ravone) Marconi Express (opened 2019) (0.000) 1.991 Venezia junction from Milan (HS) (opened 2017) 1.115 Lame underpass (from Porretta, Vignola, Milan and Verona) 0.000 Bologna Centrale surface underground FER line to Portomaggiore to Florence (old) and Ancona to Florence (HS) Source: Italian railway atlas[1]

The Padua–Bologna railway is an important important railway line in Italy that joins the city of Padua to Bologna, passing through Rovigo and Ferrara. The infrastructure is managed by RFI, which classifies it as a primary line.^[2]

History

The railway was designed as a continuation of the Porrettana Railway towards the Po Valley and Venice.

The first section from Ferrara to Bologna was opened on January 1862, while Pontelagoscuro was reached on 15 April of the same year.

The Padua–Rovigo section, which at that time was in the Veneto region and part of the Austrian Empire, was opened on 11 June 1866, a few days before the opening of hostilities in the Third War of Independence. The missing section, from Pontelagoscuro to Rovigo, was built as a matter of urgency during the war. Civil operations started on 1 December 1866,^[3] when the war had ended and the Veneto had become part of the Kingdom of Italy. The whole line was managed by the Società per le Ferrovie dell'Alta Italia (SFAI) until the establishment of the Rete Adriatica in 1885. The line has been part of the FS network since 1905, while management was transferred to RFI in 2001. On 22 December 1985, a rail crash occurred at Coronella (a village in Poggio Renatico), which caused 10 deaths and injuries to another 11. The line has been completely doubled and electrified since 2006 with the completion of the doubling of the Pontelagoscuro–Occhiobello section.

Track standards

The line is equipped with double track, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge and electrified at 3000 V DC.

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