Cadenazzo – Luino railway line
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 RABe 524 of the SBB as S30 at San Nazzaro
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| Timetable field : | 633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course book series (IT) : | 160 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 31.24 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 15 kV, 16.7 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 10 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Cadenazzo – Luino railway line is a single-track railway line operated by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and the Italian Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). It connects Bellinzona in Switzerland with Luino in Italy and is one of the three southern feeder lines of the Gotthard Railway built by the Gotthard Railway Company . The line branches off in Cadenazzo from the Giubiasco – Locarno railway line and is now mainly used for freight traffic. In passenger transport it is by the TILO trains on the S 30 served.
history
The line was opened on December 4, 1882 by the Gotthard Railway Company. It was initially intended to accommodate the Gotthard Railway to Genoa , while the traffic to Milan was to flow via Chiasso. It was one of the last lines operated by SBB with steam locomotives; electrical operation with single-phase alternating current 15 kV 16.67 Hz was only introduced on June 11, 1960.
Accidents
On November 5, 2008, a landslide fell on the tracks in the station area of San Nazzaro . Thereupon a DB freight train drove towards Cadenazzo on the landslide and partly derailed. In addition to the rail infrastructure and the leading locomotive, the station building was also affected by the landslide.
future
The route plays a major role in the NEAT planning. The Italian state wants to route all goods traffic from Piedmont and large parts of Lombardy, preferably via Luino. This gave rise to discussions in the Swiss parliament about the necessity of the Ceneri base tunnel . The Federal Council, however, stated that the Ceneri tunnel was necessary in order to conduct long-distance passenger and freight traffic in north-eastern Italy via Chiasso. A double-track island will be built in the Contone / Quartino area by the end of 2019 in order to shorten train headways. So far there are only crossing and passing tracks in the Magadino-Vira station on Swiss territory. Building such double-track islands is much more difficult on the Italian side, also for geological reasons, there are currently crossing and overtaking opportunities in the Pino-Tronzano and Maccagno stations.
Route
The route begins in Cadenazzo train station and runs parallel to the route to Locarno as far as the Cadenazzo Ovest service station . The two tracks were originally operated as two single-track sections, but today they form an approximately one-kilometer-long double-track section in which two lane changes have been installed. While the route to Locarno turns west into the Magadino plain , the route to Luino continues to follow the foothills of Monte Ceneri . From the Magadino - Vira station , the route leads along a winding route along the shores of Lake Maggiore . The border between Switzerland and Italy is crossed at Ranzo-Sant'Abbondio . Ten tunnels will be driven through on the almost 15-kilometer-long section, the longest is 686 meters long and is just before Luino.
The maximum gradient of the route is 8 ‰ in the north and 10 ‰ in the south.
Ownership and responsibilities
The route is operated jointly by the Swiss SBB and the Italian RFI. The track systems including the catenary belong to the SBB on Swiss soil and to the RFI on Italian soil, whereby the companies concerned are also responsible for their maintenance and the operation of the associated stations. The kilometers of the route are calculated from Milan on the Italian side and from Immensee on the Swiss side. The route covers 16.4 km on Italian soil and 14.9 km on Swiss soil.
The operation of the route to Luino is the responsibility of the SBB. The Swiss driving regulations apply to the entire route and only a Swiss license is required for the locomotives up to the entry point in Luino. The status of the necessary permits at Luino station is controversial.
Traffic on the border – Luino route is regulated in a state treaty.
business
The route is mainly used for freight traffic. In passenger traffic, the TILO S 30 runs every two hours . The connection is thus one of the last Swiss routes on which no hourly regional trains run. In the event of construction work or operational disruptions on other routes that require the diversion of freight trains via Luino, passenger traffic is often relocated to the road.
Freight transport
Most Gotthard freight trains run via Luino, on the one hand to bypass the greater Milan area and on the other hand to ensure the connection to the freight terminals in Busto Arsizio , Novara or Gallarate as well as the Genoese port. After the opening of the freight transport market on the Gotthard, other companies in addition to SBB Cargo also operate on the line, such as Hupac , RAIpin , TX Logistik , DB Schenker / NordCargo , BLS Cargo or Crossrail AG .
passenger traffic
Passenger traffic is only of minor importance. The TILO S30 runs every two hours between Cadenazzo and Luino and serves all stations, beyond Luino they are connected to Gallarate. In Cadenazzo there is a connection to the S20 to Bellinzona - Castione-Arbedo and Locarno . A few S30 trains run via Cadenazzo to Bellinzona. For the Wednesday market in Luino, a direct RegioExpress to Luino is offered from Bellinzona in addition to the S30 and back in the afternoon.
In order to enable the villages of the municipality of Gambarogno to run every hour , there are postbus courses between Dirinella and Sant'Antonino .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note flash. In: I Treni Oggi No. 34 (December 1983), p. 8.
- ↑ Olivier Tanner: Railway line Bellinzona - Luino. Retrieved December 15, 2012 .
- ↑ SBB route Bellinzona-Luino closed due to landslide and MGB route Bitsch-Mörel closed due to falling rocks. Bahnonline.ch, November 5, 2008, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.parlament.ch/D/ sucht/Seiten/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id= 20073305
- ↑ Gambarogno | FFS. Retrieved May 18, 2019 (Italian).
- ^ A b Hans G. Wägli: Swiss Rail Network . General Secretariat SBB, Bern 1980, ISBN 3-905111-21-7 .