Maglie – Otranto railway line
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The Maglie – Otranto railway is part of the Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE) network, which has belonged to the Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) since August 4, 2016 .
history
Ferrate Meridionali
On May 2, 1865, the Società Italiana per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali began operations on the Adriatic Railway to Brindisi , on January 15, 1866 to Lecce and on February 1, 1868 to Maglie , to its end point Otranto on September 22, 1872 to reach. When the major railway companies in Italy were nationalized in 1905 and combined in the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, this included the Bologna – Otranto line.
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. This included the southernmost section of the Bologna – Otranto railway line. As a result, the original kilometrage was replaced by the current one, creating the Maglie – Otranto line.
Route description
The line is single-track , not electrified and 18.3 km long. It ends in Otranto in a terminal station on a slope above the historic town center. Due to the incline of the slope, the platform level is at the level of the first floor of the reception building , the station forecourt is one floor below.
business
Line 7 of the FSE runs along the route. Some trains run to Zollino or Lecce.
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marra, p. 21.
- ↑ Marra, pp. 124f.
- ↑ Homepage of the FSE .