Casarano – Gallipoli railway line

Casarano – Gallipoli
Gallipoli Porto (2004)
Route length:	22.0 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend by Gagliano Leuca 0 Casarano to Nardò Centrale 4.7 Melissano 7.8 Racale - Alliste 10 Taviano 18.6 Gallipoli Baia Verde 20.7 Gallipoli Via Salento from Nardò Centrale 22.0 Gallipoli Gallipoli Porto

Train coming from Lecce to Gallipoli station. The route to Casarano branches off to the right.

The Casarano – Gallipoli railway is part of the Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE) network, which has been part of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) since August 4, 2016 .

history

Ferrovie Salentine

The railway line was built in 1919 by the Ferrovie Salentine at the insistence of the military to shorten the transport route from the port of Gallipoli to the south of the Apulian peninsula, where there was no other port. The route chosen only shortened the route by around eight kilometers because it was passed by some towns for civilian traffic.

FSE

In 1931, as a merger of some small regional railway companies in Apulia, including Ferrovie Salentine , Ferrovie del Sud Est was founded, which operated the line from that point on.

Route description

The line is single-track , not electrified and 22.0 km long. The descent of the route from the Apulian plateau to coastal height (4 m) takes place in the urban area of ​​Gallipoli on a ramp, through a deep, steep incision in a rock formation.

business

Line 4 of the FSE runs on the route.

literature

• Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia / Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia . Schweers + Wall 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1 , pp. 81, 86f, 93.
• Pietro Marra: Rotaie a Sud Est . Bagnacavallo 2014. ISBN 978-88-909824-0-8

Web links

Commons : Casarano – Gallipoli railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the FSE

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marra, pp. 125f
2. ↑ Homepage of the FSE .