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Fidenza–Fornovo railway
Fidenza–Fornovo railway
Overview
Owner	RFI
Locale	Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Termini	Fidenza; Fornovo;
Service
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	1913
Technical
Line length	25 km (16 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	24.711
	(23.019)
	Source: Italian railway atlas

The Fidenza–Fornovo railway is an Italian railway line connecting Fidenza and Fornovo di Taro in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. It is managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.

History

A concession was granted to build the line to the Consorzio intercomunale della ferrovia Cremona-Borgo San Donnino (inter-municipal consortium of the Cremona-Borgo San Donnino railway) in 1906.^[2] In 1907, the consortium subcontracted the construction and operation of the railway to the Società Italiana Ferrovie e Tramvie (Italian Railways and Tramways Society, SIFT), which already managed the line between Cremona and Borgo San Donnino.^[3]

The completed line was handed over to the state in 1912^[4] and operations started on 25 November 1913.^[5]

Currently the line is used by only three pairs of regional trains (four on weekends) that connect Milan and Bergamo with the Tyrrhenian coast via Fidenza. Local services have not operated since the start of the winter timetable of 2013. Medesano is the only intermediate station still served and it has a very limited passenger service^[6] (only one train a day to Livorno and a service to Milan on Friday only).

References

Footnotes

^ Railway Atlas 2010, pp. 34, 35.
^ "Royal Decree no. 578 of 2 November 1906" (in Italian). Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia. 16 November 1906. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Royal Decree no. 136 of 12 February 1911" (in Italian). Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia. 24 April 1911. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Article 7 of law no. 638 of 27 June 1912" (in Italian). Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia. 22 July 1912. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ Tuzza, Alessandro, ed. (1927). "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926". Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ Trenitalia official timetable, table 250

Sources

RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 100 (Vezzano-Parma) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.