Venice–Udine railway

Venice–Udine railway
Udine-stazionefront
Overview
Native nameFerrovia Venezia-Udine
OwnerRFI
Line number57, 62
LocaleVeneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Termini
Service
Route number14
Operator(s)Trenitalia
History
Opened1851–1860
Technical
Line length135 km (84 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3000 V DC
Operating speed150 km/h (93 mph)
Route map

Legend
km
elev
266.341
 Venezia Santa Lucia
4 m
 Venezia Marittima
Ponte della Libertà (Venetian Lagoon)
260.191
 Venezia Porto Marghera
4 m
 Venezia Marghera goods yard
257.907
0.000
 Venezia Mestre
to Venezia Mestre goods yard, connecting
to former Padua–Malcontenta–Fusina tramway
from Milan, Trento, Adria
0.967
 Udine/Trieste junction
(to Trieste)
Autostrada A57 Italia.svg
A 57
Tangenziale di Venezia
Marzenego
 Venezia Zelarino
3.939
 Venezia Mestre Ospedale
(opened 2008[1])
4.818
 Udine crossing
Venice Belt railway (old
route, 1940–1993)
5.784
5.790
Trivignano junction
Marocco junction
from Venice Belt
1940–93
1940–93, 2008–
Dese
 Marocco
7 m
9.273
 Mogliano Veneto
8 m
Zero
 Campocroce
9 m
13.925
 Preganziol
13 m
16.396
 San Trovaso
(opened 2007[2])
14 m
from Vicenza
from Belluno
20.908
 Treviso Centrale
15 m
Ponte dea Goba
Sile
to Portogruaro
22.883
 Treviso Fascio Motta
27.212
 Lancenigo
27 m
34.734
 Spresiano
55 m
from Montebelluna (1916–1984)
38.070
 Bivio Piave
Piave
40.039
 Susegana
(tramway to
Pieve di Soligo)
70 m
47.861
 Conegliano
60 m
Monticano
to Ponte nelle Alpi
55.495
 Pianzano
48 m
59.447
 Orsago
39 m
Meschio
Veneto
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
border
from Vittorio Veneto
64.961
 Sacile
27 m
Livenza
to Pinzano
71.376
 Fontanafredda
39 m
from Aviano
77.800
 Pordenone
28 m
Noncello
Meduna
86.420
 Cusano
31 m
Fiume
from Portogruaro
92.912
 Casarsa
42 m
to Gemona
Tagliamento
 Cabina Ponte Tagliamento
(closed 1991)
from Gemona del Friuli (never opened)
103.674
 Codroipo
45 m
to Precenicco (never opened)
 Basagliapenta
115.203
 Basiliano
73 m
to Gonars (1943–1945)
 Pasian di Prato
Cormor
to Bertiolo (never opened) / Autostrada A23 Italia.svg
A 23
Alpe-Adria
from Cervignano and
from Castions di Strada (never opened)
126.573
 Udine
108 m
to Tarvisio
to Trieste
to Cividale
km
Source: Italian railway atlas[3]
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The Venice–Udine railway is an Italian railway line connecting Venice, in Veneto, with Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It follows the same route as state highway 13 (SS 13, "Pontebbana").

The railway infrastructure is managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which classifies it as one of its primary lines.[4]

It has a maximum line speed of 150 km/h (93 mph).

History

Section Opened[5]
Mestre–Marghera 13 December 1842[note 1]
Marghera–end of bridge
over Venice lagoon 		5 November 1843[note 1]
Bridge over Venice lagoon 13 January 1846[note 1]
Mestre–Treviso 15 August 1851
Treviso–Pordenone 1 May 1855
Pordenone–Casarsa 15 October 1855
Casarsa–Udine 21 July 1860

The section between Mestre and Udine was opened between 1851 and 1860.[5]

The electrification of the Mestre–Udine section at 3000 volts DC was officially inaugurated in October 1960.[6]

Standards

The line is a double-track line entirely electrified at 3000 volts DC. The major cities crossed, in addition to the two termini, are Treviso and Pordenone.

The line is signalled with the Sistema di Comando e Controllo (SCC), a form of centralized traffic control. Traffic is regulated by an operations centre manager at Venezia Mestre.

Rail traffic

Services are mainly operated by Trenitalia and consist of regional services, long-distance connections from Udine to Milan and Rome and from Venice to Vienna and Munich. In summary, the trains that operate on this line are:

  • regional
  • regional express
  • Intercity
  • Eurocity
  • Frecciarossa
  • Italo AV (since October 2019)

The main stations that have an interchange function with other lines are Venezia Mestre, Treviso Centrale, Conegliano, Sacile, Casarsa and Udine.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Part of the Milan–Venice railway.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Circolare compartimentale (in Italian) (VE 4). RFI: 2. 2008.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  2. ^ Circolare compartimentale (in Italian) (VEVE 22). RFI: 2. 2007.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  3. ^ Railway Atlas 2010, pp. 10, 11, 25, 26, 138.
  4. ^ "Rete in esercizio" (PDF) (in Italian). RFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b Prospetto cronologico 1926.
  6. ^ "Dalla Toscana al Veneto nuove linee a T.E.". Voci della Rotaia (in Italian). III (11): 3. November 1960.

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