Cagliari – Golfo Aranci Marittima railway line

Cagliari – Golfo Aranci Marittima
Marrubiu Railway Station
Route number (RFI) :	162 (Cagliari – Macomer) 163 (Macomer – Golfo Aranci)
Course book series (IT) :	361
Route length:	299.6 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Dual track :	50 km
Legend Cagliari Marittima 0.00 0.36 Cagliari 1.80 Cagliari Santa Gilla since 2008 6.610 Elmas Aeroporto since 2013 8.30 Cagliari-Elmas 3  m slm 11.689 Assemini Carmine since 2009 13.20 Assemini 4  m slm 14.052 Assemini Santa Lucia since 2009 old route until 1984 16.61 Decimomannu since 1984 9  m slm 16.73 Decimomannu until 1984 9  m slm Railway line to Iglesias SS 130 25.86 Villasor 23  m slm 31.08 Serramanna - Nuraminis 34  m slm 37.59 Samassi - Serrenti 51  m slm former Isili – Villacidro railway line 44.46 Sanluri Stato 60  m slm Siding to Villacidro 50.34 San Gavino Monreale 52  m slm Industrial line to Monteveccio 49.994 50.678 San Gavino Monreale 58.61 Pabillonis 43  m slm 68.49 Uras - Mogoro 20  m slm 76.81 Marrubiu - Terralba - Arborea 11  m slm 82.10 SS 131 83.42 Sant'Anna 14  m slm 85.34 SS 131 to the industrial port of Oristano 94.88 Oristano 12  m slm 95.33 SS 131 100.89 Simaxis 12  m slm Tirso 103.85 Solarussa 12  m slm 108.72 112.96 Bauladu - Milis station until 2004 172  m slm 123.38 Paulilatino 254  m slm SS 131 130.13 Abbasanta 316  m slm 141.00 Borore 393  m slm 144.00 Birori FS 153.00 160.06 Macomer transition to Nuoro and Bosa by 2006 Macomer-Bosa SS 131 SS 131 169.20 Campeda 652  m slm old route until 2001 171.94 Enas-Monti tunnel (1032 m) 178.96 old tunnel 179.37 Bonorva 451  m slm 186.59 Giave no PV 2005–2017, until 2005 Bf 423  m slm 192.23 Torralba 353  m slm 200.10 202.23 205.37 Mores - Ittireddu until 2005 letter 241  m slm Railway line from / to Porto Torres Marittima 213.32 Ozieri - Chilivani transition to Tirso until 1969 225  m slm to the Chilivani industrial area 218.35 Ozieri- Fraigas 202  m slm 225.91 Madonna di Castro 221  m slm 235.32 Oschiri 232  m slm 245.32 Berchidda 189  m slm 252.49 Mandras 200  m slm 261.65 Monti - Telti transition to Tempio Pausania until 1958 290  m slm 266.80 Chirialza 164  m slm 270.56 Su Canale 88  m slm 273.85 Enas 54  m slm 283.83 0.00 Olbia 52  m slm 2.39 Olbia Marittima 2  m slm 294.16 Rudalza 55  m slm 296.35 Marinella 9  m slm 300.17 Cala Sabina 10  m slm 305.07 Golfo Aranci 10  m slm Golfo Aranci Marittima 0  m slm former trajectory to Civitavecchia

The Cagliari – Golfo Aranci Marittima railway is a railway line on the Italian island of Sardinia . It is operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana , a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato, the Italian state railway.

The route leads from Cagliari in the south to Golfo Aranci in the northeast of the island and was opened in stages between 1871 and 1883. It has some branching lines and connecting railways, including connections to Porto Torres and Iglesias , some of which, like the main line, are regularly used by passenger trains. The Italian state railway Ferrovie dello Stato handles all train operations on the route.

The total length of the route was originally 307 kilometers, but the length has been reduced to today's 299.6 kilometers through various route reconstruction measures such as route straightening. The route is not electrified and is therefore served by diesel locomotives and railcars. It is mostly single-track, the approximately 50-kilometer section from Cagliari to San Gavino Monreale is double-track . The height differences between Cagliari and Oristano are small, the rest of the route has the character of a mountain railway and reaches a height of over 650 meters near Campeda. The new section with the Enas-Monti tunnels was prepared for a double-track expansion.

In the 1980s it was planned to electrify the entire Sardinian standard gauge network. Due to its isolated location, a 3 kV AC voltage of 25 kV with 50 Hz should be used in contrast to the DC voltage system customary in Italy. However, the electrification work was slow, the only thing that happened was the erection of catenary masts in Cagliari station and on the adjacent kilometers of lines. The 25 electric locomotives of the series E491 and E492 built between 1986 and 1990 could therefore never be used on their intended routes.

A test operation for satellite-based train control with "ERSAT" is taking place on the line.

gallery

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  tied ferry dock in the port of Golfo Aranci

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  Olbia train station

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  Cagliari station with unused catenary masts 2007

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  Absolute end of the line: The end of the pull-out tracks in the Golfo Aranci station

Web links

Commons : Cagliari – Golfo Aranci Marittima railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 311 (January 2009), pp. 8-10
2. ↑ Elmas Aeroporto: la nuova stazione diventa realtà
3. ↑ ^{a b} Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 317 (July – August 2009), p. 6
4. ↑ only used for events, see FS-News: Trenitalia Sardegna: in treno al Bauladu Music Festival , accessed on August 30, 2016
5. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 267 (February 2005), pp. 6-7.
6. ↑ UIC ERTMS World Conference ITALIAN EXPERIENCE ECTS PDF file: [1] (PDF; 2.5 MB)