Modane – Turin railway line

Modane – Turin
Route number (RFI) :	2
Course book series (IT) :	10
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	155 km / h
Dual track :	Yes
Legend by Culoz Modane Fourneaux freight yard 102.548 Modane border station 1057 m 98.145 PC Terres Froides 98.082 Frejus (13,657 m) 91.215 France - Italy border 91.188 PC Frejus 84.425 83.837 Bardonecchia terminus FM 3 1258 m 78.558 Beaulard (former train station) 1145 m 72.748 Oulx - Sestriere - Cesana - Pianos 1067 m A 32 - E 70 (25,945) 66,809 Salbertrand 1007 m A 32 - E 70 Sarre de la Voute (2009/1096 m) (21,992) 63,080 Exilles 933 m Exilles (5536/2070 m) (15,079) 57,097 Chiomonte 771 m Gravere (5573 m) (7,650) 50,523 PM Meana (former train station) 595 m Tanze (5435 m) / Meana (1100 m) Dora Baltea FM 3 from Susa (0.000) 43.166 Bussoleno 441 m 38,578 Bruzolo di Susa (former train station) 408 m 35.729 Borgone 399 m Dora Baltea A 32 - E 70 32.196 Sant'Antonino - Vaie 380 m 28.945 Condove - Chiusa San Michele 367 m 25.359 Sant'Ambrogio (former train station) 352 m 21.736 Avigliana 348 m 16.861 Rosta (former train station) 343 m A 32 - E 70 11.643 Alpignano 338 m A 55 - E 64 7.426 Collegno 300 m 5.128 Grugliasco since 2009 3.387 Bivio Pronda to shunting yard. Torino Orbassano from shunting station. Torino Orbassano 1,566 Torino San Paolo to Mailand 0.000 1.276 Quadrivio Zappata of Milan to Torino Lingotto 0.000 1.092 from Genoa , Savona and Torre Pellice 0.000 Torino Porta Nuova terminus FM 3 239 m

The Modane – Turin railway , also known as the Frejus Railway , is an international railway that connects the Italian city of Turin with France and is continued on the French side by the Maurienne line . The Frejus Railway crosses under the Alps with the Mont-Cenis-Tunnel , the oldest tunnel through the main Alpine ridge.

The line consists of the Turin – Bussoleno valley section , which was built in 1854 as part of the line to Susa , and the Bussoleno – Modane mountain line , which was opened in 1871 together with the Mont Cenis tunnel.

The Frejus Railway was electrified with three-phase alternating current from 1912 to 1920 and converted to 3 kV direct current in 1961 .

The Italian railway company Trenitalia offers the regional trains of line 3 of the Turin SFM to Bardonecchia . Since September 10, 2017, seven regional train pairs have been running every two hours from Turin to Modane on Sundays.

In the medium term, there are plans to build a new base tunnel 52 kilometers in length for long-distance traffic, which is highly controversial.

literature

• Rete Ferroviaria Italiana: Fascicolo Linea 2.

Web links

Commons : Frejus railway  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 322 (January 2010), pp. 6-7.
2. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926
3. ↑ Giovanni Cornolò: Locomotive elettriche FS , Ermanno Albertelli Editore, 1983, pp 71-72.
4. ↑ Trenitalia: In Treno Tutt'Italia. 9 December 2012 - 8 July 2013.
5. ↑ Dal 10 September al via i collegamenti diretti domenicali Torino-Modane , Ferrovie.it, 30 August 2017, accessed on 1 September 2017