Turin–Fossano–Savona railway

Turin–Fossano–Savona railway
Turin–Fossano–Savona railway
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Locale	Italy
Termini	Turin; Savona
Stations	17 station, 6 stops
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	14 November 1823; 7 February 1954
Technical
Line length	153 km (95 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (Turin–Ceva); 1 (Ceva–Savona)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map
	Legend
	elev.
	in m
	Frejus railway
	to
	Turin–Milan railway
	to Milan
	to Pinerolo &
	A6
	Torino-Savona
	Autostrada
	Turin–Genoa railway to Genoa &
	& to Chieri
	closed
	2003
	to Bra
	to (closed 1959)
	to
	closed
	2003
	50.541
	0.000
	to Cuneo
	to Cuneo
	to (closed 1986))
	21.594
	22.720
	22.779
	22.582
	32.398
	33.695
	to Bra
	closed
	1994
	38.156
	45.260
	end of
	double track
	Ceva–Ormea railway
	to Ormea
	37.272
	32.907
	closed
	2003
	elev.
	in m
	17.884
	16.433
	15.805
	13.496
	closed
	2009
	6.592
	1.529
	1.493
	0.000
	Genoa–Ventimiglia railway
	to Genoa
	closed
	1977
	Genoa–Ventimiglia railway
	to Ventimiglia
	elev.
	in m
	elev.
	in m
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The Turin–Fossano–Savona railway is a major Italian railway that links the cities of Turin and Savona. The railway is double track up to Ceva, standard gauge and fully electrified at 3 kV DC. It connects the cities of Trofarello, Carmagnola, Cavallermaggiore, Savigliano, Fossano, Mondovì, Ceva and .

History[]

The railway was opened from 1829 to 1954.

RFI - Fascicolo Linea 8 (Torino–San Giuseppe di Cairo)
RFI - Fascicolo Linea 75 (San Giuseppe di Cairo–Savona)
Franco Dell'Amico, Due valichi per Savona, in "" n. 61 (giugno 1986), pp. 16–22.
Rebagliati Franco, Dell'Amico Franco, Siri Mario, I centoventi anni della linea ferroviaria Torino-Savona (1874-1994), Alzani Editore

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