Cancello–Benevento railway

The Cancello–Benevento railway is a railway line in Campania, Italy.

Cancello–Benevento railway
Overview
TypeHeavy rail
Statusin use
LocaleCampania, Italy
TerminiCancello
Benevento
Operation
Opened9 March 1891
OwnerRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operator(s)Trenitalia
Technical
Line length103 km (64 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Cancello–Sarno), otherwise 1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC (Cancello–Codola)
Route map
from Rome / MCNE from Benevento
 Cancello
to Naples / to Torre Annunziata
4.182 (0.022) Bivio Nola
(1.804) Nola Interporto
SFSM Naples–Baiano
 12.256 Nola
 18.984 Palma-San Gennaro
 27.625 Sarno
SFSM Naples–Sarno
to Salerno
 31.950 Lavorate
since 1937 [1]
from Nocera
 35.402 Codola
 36.740 Lanzara-Fimiani
since 1936 [2]
 37.916 Castel San Giorgio-Roccapiemonte
 40.293 Valle di Mercato San Severino
from Salerno
 43.664 Mercato San Severino
 48.118 Montoro-Forino
 52.766 Borgo
 57.260 Montoro Superiore
 61.962 Solofra
Turci (2425 m)
 65.534 Serino
 67.490 San Michele di Serino
from Rocchetta Sant'Antonio
73.706
0.000
 Avellino
 3.536 Montefredane
since 1948 [3]
 8.000 Prata-Pratola
 14.542 Altavilla Irpina
 18.818 Chianche-Ceppaloni
 22.384 Montorsi
since 1940 [4]
 27.324 Benevento Porta Rufina
 28.650 Benevento Arco Traiano
since 1994 [5]
from Foggia / from Bosco Redole
 29.786 Benevento
to Naples / MCNE to Cancello

History

The line was opened in several sections as it follows:[6]

  • Cancello–Nola on 3 June 1846
  • Nola–Sarno on 17 January 1856
  • Sarno–Mercato San Severino on 17 February 1861
  • Mercato San Severino–Montoro on 1 August 1869
  • Montoro–Avellino on 31 March 1879
  • Avellino–Prata on 2 September 1886
  • Prata–Benevento on 9 March 1891

See also

References
  1. Ordine di Servizio n. 97 del 1937
  2. Ordine di Servizio n. 125 del 1936
  3. Ordine di Servizio n. 125 del 1948
  4. Ordine di Servizio n. 53 del 1940
  5. Nuova fermata. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 150 (July-August 1994), p. 4.
  6. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926
  • RFI - Fascicolo linea 128

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