Martina Franca – Lecce railway line
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Route length: | 102.6 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Martina Franca – Lecce 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
Today's route from Martina Franca to Lecce is historically made up of two sections with different origins:
- Lecce - Francavilla Fontana
- Francavilla Fontana – Martina Franca
Southern section
The Ferrovio Salentine , one in Apulia regionally active railway company , the route Lecce-Francavilla Fontana built (along with the branch line Novoli- Nardò Centrale , cf .: railway Novoli-Gagliano Leuca ). This network was opened on May 27, 1907.
Northern route section
After the First World War , the Ferrovie Salentine tried to expand their route network. One project that could be implemented was to connect the terminus of the Lecce – Francavilla Fontana line with the southern tip of the Ferrovie Sussidiate network in Locorotondo . This happened in several stages. The line to Martina Franca went into continuous operation on December 24, 1925.
FSE
From autumn 1931, a number of small regional railway companies in Apulia merged to form the Ferrovie del Sud Est. These included the Ferrovie Salentine . In the period that followed, the original kilometrage was replaced by the current one.
Route description
The line is single-track , not electrified and 102.6 km long.
business
Line 2 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marra, p. 41.
- ↑ Marra, pp. 53f.
- ↑ Marra, pp. 117f
- ↑ Homepage of the FSE .