Lecce – Gallipoli railway line

Lecce-Gallipoli
Gallipoli Porto (2004)
Route length:	53.8 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend by Martina Franca from Ancona 0 Lecce 5.0 San Cesario di Lecce 9.2 San Donato di Lecce 11.6 Galugnano 16.4 Sternatia 18.7 Zollino after Maglie 21.9 Soleto 25.9 Galatina 33.4 Penella by Nardò Città Nardò Centrale to Casarano 44.3 Sannicola 46.9 Alezio 51.8 Gallipoli Via Agrigento from Casarano 53.0 Gallipoli Gallipoli Porto

The Lecce – Gallipoli line 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

Today's Lecce – Gallipoli route is historically composed of two sections with different origins:

• Lecce – Zollino and
• Zollino – Gallipoli

Lecce-Zollino

On May 2, 1865, the Società Italiana per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali began operating on the Adriatic Railway to Brindisi , on January 15, 1866 to Lecce , on February 1, 1868 to Maglie and thus to Zollino , from September 22nd 1872 to reach its end point Otranto .

Zollino – Gallipoli

The Zollino – Gallipoli line was built by the Strade Ferrate Meridionali and put into operation in two sections: on December 14, 1864 to Nardò Centrale and on November 1, 1885 to Gallipoli . On August 1, 1903, it was extended to Gallipoli Porto to the port of Gallipoli. When the large railway companies in Italy were nationalized in 1905 and combined in the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, this included the Zollino – Gallipoli line and the Lecce – Zollino section.

FSE

In 1931, the Ferrovie del Sud Est was founded in Apulia as an amalgamation of a few small regional railway companies . In order to consolidate their operations, the state railway ceded its network, which was south of Lecce, to this merger in 1933. These were the southern section of the Bologna – Otranto line and the Zollino – Gallipoli line. As a result, the original kilometrage was replaced by the current one, creating the Lecce – Gallipoli line.

Route description

The line is single-track , not electrified and was 53.8 km long. It ends today in Gallipoli train station. The extension to the port of Gallipoli (about 0.8 km) is no longer in operation, the end of the route has been built over with a parking lot. The route is still 53.0 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, 12 ‰ steep incision in a rock formation.

business

Line 5 of the FSE runs on the route, both with old railcars of the Ad 31-45 series , which correspond to the series ALn 668.1900 and 668.1000 of the FS, as well as with the newest vehicles of the FSE, railcars of the ATR 220 series.

photos

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  Gallipoli reception building

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  Left: A train from Lecce entering Gallipoli station. The route to Casarano branches off to the right

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  Train crossing in Nardò Centrale with two class Ad railcars

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

• Homepage of the FSE

Remarks

1. ↑ Galugnano is a district of San Donato di Lecce .
2. ↑ These vehicles are Polish ATRIBO diesel multiple units.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marra, p. 21.
2. ↑ Marra, p. 28.
3. ↑ Marra, pp. 120f.
4. ↑ See: Marra, p. 121
5. ^ Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia , p. 93; Marra, p. 121
6. ↑ Homepage of the FSE .