Bari – Taranto railway line

This article describes the main Bari – Taranto line. For the branch line of the same name, see the Bari – Martina Franca – Taranto line .

Bari – Taranto
Route number (RFI) :	136
Course book series (IT) :	90
Route length:	112.1 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	150 km / h
Dual track :	Bitetto – Taranto
Legend from Lecce by Martina Franca 0.000 Bari Centrale to Foggia from Bari Centrale FAL Bari Scalo 1.7 Bari Policlinico from Bari Parco Nord 3,910 Bari Sant'Andrea Bari Zona Industriale FAL Modugno FAL 8,926 Modugno Città to Altamura Realignment planned 10.323 Modugno 14,932 Bitetto - Palo del Colle Realignment in 1994 from Bari 21.2 19.035 Grumo Appula to Altamura 26,176 Sannicandro di Bari 30.1 Sannicandro di Bari 37,399 40,309 Acquaviva delle Fonti 299 m by Rocchetta Sant'Antonio 53,000 Gioia del Colle 355 m 57.1 Caputo Santa Croce (3424 m) Relocation in 1997 61.9 Coratini 316 m 64,599 PM Grottalupara 66.5 San Basilio - Mottola 265 m Madonna del Carmine (4036 m) 77.1 Castellaneta Città 233 m 78.1 Castellaneta 222 m San Francesco (1068 m) 73.529 Castellaneta Bridge of Castellaneta , Gravina Grande di Castellaneta 78.725 85.1 Palagianello 131 m 85,693 92,923 Palagiano - Mottola 97.090 Massafra 106.487 Bellavista after Francavilla Fontana to Reggio di Calabria 110.613 Bivio / PC Metaponto from Reggio di Calabria 112.055 PM San Nicola 114.529 Taranto after Martina Franca to Brindisi

The Bari – Taranto railway is a railway line operated by the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) in Apulia .

Route description

The line is 114.5 km long, electrified and double- tracked except for the section between Bari and the Bitetto - Palo del Colle train station (14.9 km) .

The most striking engineering structure on the route is the Castellaneta railway bridge over the Gravina Grande di Castellaneta , a gorge southeast of the town of Castellaneta .

history

The route was licensed to Count Pietro Bastogi by Law No. 763 of August 21, 1862 . It was built by the Strade Ferrate Meridiolani . It was opened in two stages: on June 1, 1865 from Bari to Gioia del Colle ; from September 15, 1868, it was continuously passable. When the major railway companies in Italy were nationalized in 1905 and combined in the FS, this also included the Bari – Taranto line.

Since 1991 the FS has been planning to expand its capacity. Although the line was electrified in the meantime, it was still single-track and the route with its tight curves and flat inclines was largely at the same level as in the second half of the 19th century. It was therefore largely expanded to double-track, section by section, and shortened by 12.3 km. The upgraded line went into operation in 1997.

Planning

Between the Modugno Cittá stop and the Bitetto-Palo del Colle train station , the route is to be straightened, removing the former Modugno passenger train station , which is only used as a service station .

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• NN: I Ponti die Castellaneta = exhibition inscription in the Railway Museum of Apulia .
• Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. Fascicolo linea 136 .
• Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia / Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia . Schweers + Wall 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1 , p. 86.

Web links

Commons : Bari – Taranto railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Railway Atlas , p. 86.
2. ↑ L. 21 agosto 1862, n. 763, concedente al conte Bastogi la costruzione e l'esercizio di ferrovie nelle Provincie Meridionali e nella Lombardia
3. ↑ ^{a b} NN: I Ponti
4. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926
5. ↑ Railway Atlas , pp. 81, 86.
6. ↑ Railway Atlas , p. 81.