Domodossola – Milan railway line

Domodossola – Milan
EuroCity train at Candoglia
Route number (RFI) :	23
Course book series (IT) :	40
Route length:	153 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	160 km / h
Dual track :	Yes
Legend SBB from Brig 55,547 Domodossola transition to the Centovalli Railway 270 m to Novara Toce 52.421 Bivio / PC Toce 50.246 Beura - Cardezza station until 2002 242 m Domo II 47.672 Bivio / PC Valle from Domodossola 46.612 Vogogna Ossola station until 2002 221 m 40.016 Premosello-Chiovenda 220 m 36,329 Cuzzago to 2000 station 212 m to Novara 31.766 Candoglia- Ornavasso 208 m 29.291 Mergozzo former train station 206 m 26,074 Verbania - Pallanza 204 m Toce 21,144 Baveno station until 2011 220 m 17.339 Stresa transition to the Mottaronebahn (until 1963) 219 m Galleria Stresa (1072 m) 11,160 Belgirate 229 m 8,921 Lesa station until 1993 224 m 4.854 Meina station until 2009 221 m Galleria Faraggiana (1183 m) 0.000 50.428 Arona 205 m to Novara and Santhià 46,400 Dormelletto former train station 204 m from Novara Ticino 39.367 Sesto Calende 203 m to Luino 36,333 Vergiate station until 2001 259 m 32,410 Somma Lombardo 285 m 29.676 Casorate Sempione 274 m S 30 from Luino / from Varese 24,922 Gall rate 242 m 17.821 Busto Arsizio 229 m S 30 FNM - Novara – Seregno railway line 13.253 Legnano 208 m 10.259 Canegrate former train station 194 m 7.826 Parabiago 194 m 2.935 Vanzago - Pogliano 160 m 0.000 133.381 from Turin 134.571 Rho 154 m see Turin – Milan line Milano Centrale 130 m

The Domodossola – Milan railway is a main railway line in Italy that is electrified with 3000 volts direct current and has been expanded to consist of two tracks . It represents the connection between the Simplon Railway and Milan . The infrastructure is owned by the Ferrovie-dello-Stato subsidiary RFI , the passenger transport operations are the responsibility of the sister company Trenitalia .

history

In 1858 the southernmost section from Milan to Rho was opened to traffic as part of the Turin-Milan railway . The extension to Gallarate followed in 1860 , before the rails reached Sesto Calende five years later . In 1868 the section to Arona was opened.

In 1865, the Società per le Strade Ferrate dell'Alta Italia took over ownership of the route, which in 1885 passed to the Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo .

In 1901 the section from Milan to Gallarate was electrified with a power rail as part of the " Ferrovie Varesine ".

At the beginning of 1905 the section from Arona to Domodossola was opened as part of the Simplon line . After a few months, the line went to the FS as part of the railroad nationalization .

In 1906, with the completion of the Simplon Tunnel, the cross-border connection to Brig was completed; the double-lane expansion was completed in the 1960s.

Route

Domodossola train station

Domodossola train station, view from the south

At Domodossola station, the line connects seamlessly to the Simplon Railway from Vallorbe - Lausanne, which runs through the Simplon Tunnel . It then divides into two lines - a regional line with stops to Novara and a long-distance line to Milan - which run parallel between the Vogogna Ossola and Cuzzago stations; However, track connections only exist in Premosello station . In Cuzzago the line branches off to the right to Novara. After the Verbania-Pallanza train station, which is far from the eponymous city, the route leads via Stresa to just before Arona along Lake Maggiore . In Sesto Calende it crosses the Luino – Novara railway line , which, with its northern continuation, also represents a cross-border connection between Switzerland and Italy. At Sesto Calende, the Ticino is crossed together with the main road that runs parallel to the railway on a two-level steel bridge built in 1882. The line from Varese and Porto Ceresio joins the line in Gallarate . Immediately after Busto Arsizio , the link branches off to the city's FNM train station, which continues to Milan-Malpensa airport . The southern Simplon approach joins the main line from Turin in front of the Rho train station . Then the four-lane rail line is separated by means of a flyover in order to cross under the Milan motorway ring. The line separates after the Milano Certosa station. A branch leads to the Milano Porta Garibaldi train station with a continuation to the Milanese bypass line and the subterranean cross-city line Passante - it is mainly used by regional and S-Bahn traffic. The branch reserved for long-distance traffic leads to Milano Centrale railway station .

business

passenger traffic

In long-distance traffic, ETR 610 sets operate as EuroCity on the routes ( Venezia Santa Lucia -) Milano Centrale - Geneva-Cornavin and Milano Centrale - Basel SBB . These trains stop at Domodossola and alternate between Stresa and Gallarate .

In regional transport, in addition to regional Trenitalia trains , various lines of the Milan S-Bahn run along the route, the S5 runs to Gallarate, and then branches off to Varese. The S6, however, branches off to Rho in the direction of Turin.

Freight transport

In addition to Trenitalia , companies such as SBB Cargo , BLS Cargo , DB Schenker Rail / NordCargo , Hupac , RAlpin , TX Logistik or Crossrail also use the railway line. On the one hand the Simplon-Lötschberg axis is an important freight connection through Switzerland, on the other hand the railway line to Luino – Cadenazzo – Bellinzona can be reached with two branches in Gallarate and Sesto Calende, which in turn is an important southern access of the Gotthard Railway . In Gallarate and Busto Arsizio there are freight terminals partly operated by Swiss companies.

literature

• Peter M. Kalla-Bishop: Italian Railways. David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1971, ISBN 0-7153-5168-0 , p. 61.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stazioni soppresse. In: I Treni No. 241 (October 2002), pp. 6-7.
2. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 242 (November 2002), p. 5.
3. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 220 (November 2000), p. 6.
4. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 337 (May 2011), p. 6.
5. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni Oggi No. 137 (May 1993), p. 8.
6. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 315 (May 2009), p. 6.
7. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 228 (July-August 2001), pp. 6-7.
8. ↑ Giovanni Cornolò: Locomotive elettriche FS, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, 1983, pp 21-23