Motta Sant'Anastasia – Regalbuto railway line

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Motta Sant'Antastasia – Regalbuto
ALn 668 in Carcaci in 1975
ALn 668 in Carcaci in 1975
Motta Sant'Anastasia – Regalbuto railway line
Route length: 52.7 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope : 29  ‰
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Catania
Station, station
 0.0 Motta Sant'Antastasia 31 m
   
 after Caltanissetta Xirbi
   
 4.0 Ritornella 61 m
   
 9.1 Agnelleria 134 m
   
 14.6 Paternò -S. Marco 166 m
   
 17.4 Schettino-S. Maria di Licodia 181 m
   
 25.1 Manderano - Centuripe
   
 31.9 Carcaci 244 m
   
 36.9 Leto 260 m
   
 44.3 Sparacollo 267 m
   
 52.7 Shelf car 422 m

The Motta Sant'Antastasia – Regalbuto railway was a single-track railway in Sicily . The line ran from Motta Sant'Antastasia on the Catania – Palermo railway line for 52.7 km to Regalbuto . The line was opened between 1934 and 1952; passenger traffic was stopped in 1986. The route has been formally canceled since 2014; a part is still used as a "siding" in freight traffic.

history

The original project was to build a shorter link between the two main cities in Sicily, Catania and Palermo . The line was to run from Catania via Motta Sant'Antastasia, Paternò , Regalbuto , Nicosia and a tunnel through the Madonnia to the Fiumetorto – Messina railway line . The first section from Motta Sant'Antastasia to Schettino was opened on October 28, 1934; the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War initially delayed further construction. On October 4, 1952, the further section from Schettino to Regalbuto was opened; the rest of the project was never realized.

While freight traffic, mainly for the removal of agricultural products, achieved satisfactory results, the route was always used sparingly for passenger traffic. After the last section between Carcaci and Regalbuto had been interrupted since February 12, 1973, the demand in passenger transport came to an almost complete standstill. This was therefore discontinued on the entire route in 1986 and the stations closed. The section between Motta Sant'Antastasia and Schettino was and is still used for freight traffic; since 2014 no longer formally as a railway line, but as a "siding".

literature

  • Alfredo Alabiso: Posta per Ferrovia in Sicilia , Palermo 1994, p. 131.
  • Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia , Schweers + Wall, 2010, p. 108 f.