Monserrato – Isili railway line

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Monserrato-Isili
Line of the Monserrato – Isili railway line
Route length: 70 km
Gauge : 950 mm ( Italian meter gauge )
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Cagliari light rail
   
 Monserrato -Gottardo
Station, station
 6.7 Monserrato Stazione 13  m slm
   
 depot
Road bridge
 SS 554
   
 8.4 Selargius
Station, station
 12.0 Settimo San Pietro 65  m slm
Stop, stop
 19.9 Soleminis 181  m slm
Station, station
 24.7 Dolianova - Serdiana 193  m slm
Station, station
 35.0 Donorì 139  m slm
   
 37.5 Piscanali 134  m slm
   
 40.2 Onigu 122  m slm
Stop, stop
 42.3 Barrali - allspice 131  m slm
Station, station
 50.8 Senorbì 185  m slm
Stop, stop
 Senorbì (not in the timetable, at item 34)
Station, station
 54.0 Suelli 225  m slm
Station, station
 61.0 Gesico - Siurgus Donigala 374  m slm
Station, station
 68.9 0.0 mandas
Blockstelle, Awanst, Anst etc.
 Bivio Escolca
   
 Railway line to Arbatax
Stop, stop
 6.0 Serri 564  m slm
Station, station
 12.2 Isili 507  m slm
Route - straight ahead
 Railway line to Sorgono

The Monserrato – Isili line is a narrow-gauge branch line in Sardinia . Originally, the railway line ran from the Cagliari station viale Bonaria to the small town of Isili , but since March 17, 2008 the light rail has been running on the former section between Cagliari piazza Repubblica and the new Monserrato station via San Gottardo .

history

Dolianova-Serdiana train station
Branch at Bivio Escolca

On February 15, 1888, the Strade Ferrate Secondarie della Sardegna began operating on the Cagliari – Isili railway with a gauge of 950 mm. In 1921 the railway line went to the Ferrovie Complementari della Sardegna .

In 1943, during the Second World War , the inhabitants of Cagliari were able to take the train to safety from the Allied bombers.

From the 1960s, it became increasingly difficult to operate the railway lines in Sardinia. The new railway company Ferrovie della Sardegna was created through a merger in 1989 . She set up a new tourism concept and markets it as Trenino Verde , which is available again for cost reasons.

In 2010 and 2011, the route was re-routed on larger sections during a closure; this enables a speed increase due to larger curve radii.

In the current timetable, eight pairs of trains run to Mandas on weekdays , only five reach Isili. Trains are replaced by buses on Sundays and public holidays.

Trivia

The English writer DH Lawrence dedicated several pages to a train journey on this route in his book Sea and Sardinia ( The Sea and Sardinia , ISBN 978-3-257-21312-6 ) published in 1921 .

literature

  • Elettrio Corda: Le contrastate vaporiere - 1864/1984: 120 anni di vicende delle strade ferrate sarde: dalle reali alle secondarie, dalle complementari alle statali . Chiarella Publishing House, 1984
  • Fernando Pilia: Il trenino verde della Sardegna - Un secolo di storia tra pionieri, banditi, letterati e turisti . Silvana, ISBN 88-366-0474-9

Web links

Commons : Monserrato – Isili railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Müller: The Trenino Verde threatens to stop In: RailBusiness No. 35, 2014, p. 6.