Margherita di Savoia-Ofantino – Margherita di Savoia railway line

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Margherita di Savoia-Ofantino-Margherita di Savoia
Route length: 4.623 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : 3,000 V  =
Maximum slope : 2  ‰
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Route - straight ahead
 Ancona – Lecce railway from Foggia
   
 0.000 Margherita di Savoia-Ofantino (1884-2013) 41.34 °  N , 16.14 °  O
   
 Railway line Ancona – Lecce to Bari
   
 4,247 Margherita di Savoia (new from 1959, 41.37 °  N , 16.15 °  E )
   
 4,623 Margherita di Savoia (old until 1959 41.38 °  N , 16.15 °  E )
   
 Saltworks
Swell:

The Margherita di Savoia-Ofantino-Margherita di Savoia railway line was a standard gauge branch line in the Italian region of Apulia . It connected the salt pans of the place Margherita di Savoia in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani with the railway line Ancona-Lecce , the Adriabahn ( Italian Ferrovia Adriatica ).

history

The line was opened on January 29, 1884 as a branch of the Adriatic Railway on a private initiative to transport the salt from the Margherita di Savoia salt flats. The line connected to the main line near Ofantino at a wedge station specially built for the branch line connection.

Freight traffic was started up to a loading facility after the Margherita di Savoia station at the union of several field railways according to the Decauville system . There, the salt delivered by the field railways was reloaded onto standard-gauge freight wagons.

From July 1, 1905, the railway company Società Anonima per le Ferrovie di Reggio Emilia (SAFRE) took over management of the route.

She used a tram locomotive with three coupled axles, which she had taken over from Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM). A separate 2./3. 1st class wagons (built by SIG Neuhausen in 1888 ), freight wagons from the company's fleet for freight transport. The management of the line and the engine shed were located at Ofantino station.

In 1907, the assignment of operational management to SAFRE was revoked and the route was transferred to Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), which then wound up operations. Freight traffic was expanded and the number of pairs of trains for travelers increased from four to ten. By 1955 the number of train pairs was increased to 20 per day, some of which were led to Barletta or Trinitapoli .

Although the timetable contained around 20 journeys a day until 1984, the number of travelers was constantly falling. Therefore, on January 1, 1986, passenger traffic was officially ceased. The last train had already left on December 17, 1985.

On February 13, 1996, an application was made to cease operations on the route, which was approved by the Ministero delle infrastrutture e dei trasporti on March 19, 1997 .

Margherita di Savoia-Ofantino railway station

For the branch line connection, the Margherita di Savoia-Ofantino branch station was built in the form of a wedge station far away from the residential developments. The administration of the line and the engine shed were located here.

After the branch line was closed in 1985, fewer and fewer trains stopped. In 1998 the passenger stop was discontinued and the station was only used as a crossing station. The final shutdown took place on March 7, 2013.

The station had three tracks on the Ancona – Lecce line, of which only two were used after the technical systems were shut down. Two of the tracks were on a central platform, the third track on the main platform at the station building. The former platform 2 on the central platform was removed between 2014 and 2016.

There were two tracks for the branch line, as well as several sidings. Some of these are available, but are no longer used.

Margherita di Savoia train station

old trainstation

The Margherita di Savoia station at the end of the line was originally located near today's primary school on the Via Africa Orientale. The terminal station had four tracks and a siding of about 1.5 km to the loading facility of the salt works, where the field railways built according to the Decauville system ended from the salt ponds.

New train station

In the late 1950s, this station was moved back almost 400 meters along the route. It got a new station building and was built as a through station. There were two tracks for passenger traffic and further tracks for freight traffic. In particular, the area east of the reception building was used as a freight station. A connecting track south of the station still allowed access to the nearby salt pans.

After the line was closed, the building remained and was transferred to private ownership.

The tracks and other railway systems were later removed. For a long time the station sign “Margherita di Sav.” Was on the building .

route

The route was originally 4.623 km long. A connection led from the terminus to a loading station at the salt pans.

The line separated from the main line on the north side of the Margherita di Savoia-Ofantino station. The flat stretch led to the sea until, after a curve to the north, it reached the terminus.

In the 1960s, the station was relocated from the center of Margherita di Savoia about 400 m southeast. The line was electrified in the 1970s with direct current of 3 kV.

business

After using the SAFRE locomotive and the company's wagons, the FS operates with steam locomotives . For the passengers were diesel railcar series ALn 556 used for the freight of the series diesel locomotives ABL 150 used.

After electrification, electric multiple units of the ALe 792 and ALe 883 series took over passenger transport until the decommissioning .

remains

The planum of the route can still be found in most places outside the village. In 2014, in Margherita di Savoia, a monument train consisting of a diesel locomotive manufactured by Antonio Badoni in Lecco and several freight cars was set up along the connection to the salt flats. There were also some locomotives and freight cars for the field railway.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 358, April 2013, ISSN  0392-4602 , p. 10
  2. ↑ Rosario Serafino: LA FERROVIA OFANTINO - MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA. In: lestradeferrate.it. Retrieved December 19, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 December 1926. In: Bibliografia Ferroviaria Italiana. trenidicarta.it, February 6, 2014, accessed December 19, 2017 (Italian).
  4. ↑ According to another source, the takeover declaration for the management of the line was signed on March 12, 1905 in Florence.
  5. ↑ Orario ferroviario generale Pozzo, Table 377 of November 14, 1938
  6. ↑ Orario ferroviario generale Pozzo, Table 366 of May 22, 1955
  7. ^ Ferrovie dello Stato, Orario ferroviario generale, Table 339 from May 1984
  8. ↑ Application for decommissioning. Ministero dei Trasporti e della Navigazione, March 19, 1997, accessed December 19, 2017 (Italian).
  9. ↑ Degrado e rifiuti alla Stazione Ofantino. (Video) La stazione di MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA - OFANTINO. news24.City, March 30, 2016, accessed December 19, 2017 (Italian).
  10. ↑ LA FERROVIA MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA - OFANTINO. La stazione di MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA - OFANTINO. Retrieved December 19, 2017 (Italian).
  11. ↑ LA FERROVIA MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA - OFANTINO. The MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA terminal station. Retrieved December 19, 2017 (Italian).
  12. ↑ Il raccordo con le saline. In: lestradeferrate.it. Retrieved December 19, 2017 (Italian).
  13. ↑ Internet source: Link: sporttouring2.no-ip.org/joomla/index.php/report-racconti-di-viaggio/report-di-viaggi-2014/169-5-luglio-2014-la-ferrovia-margherita-di -savoia-ofantino: July 5, 2014: La Ferrovia Margherita di Savoia - Ofantino , accessed: December 19, 2017 - Comment: Image page from 2014 cannot be linked directly due to a blacklist entry .