Fiumetorto – Messina railway line

Fiumetorto – Messina
The Fiumetorto-Messina railway line between the Torregrotta and Pace del Mela stations
Route number (RFI) :	153
Course book series (IT) :	99
Route length:	180.55 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	180 km / h
Dual track :	Fiumetorto-Lascari Patti-San Piero Patti-Messina C.le
Legend Route from Palermo 43.2 Fiumetorto until 2009 PV 10  m slm Route to Agrigento / Porto Empedocle former route until 2011 46.9 Buonfornello until 2008 PV Imera A19 A20 52.7 Campofelice di Roccella 7  m slm Roccella former route until 2017 57.5 Lascari since 2016 Piletto 57.7 Lascari- Gratteri until 2016 58.3 Monte Poggio Maria tunnel (4,128 m) 66.8 Cefalù 23  m slm 70.6 Carbone Tunnel (2,055 m) 72.9 Sant'Ambrogio tunnel 74.9 Malterpugio tunnel (1,629 m) 75.4 Castelbuono 7  m slm 78.5 Santa Maria Tunnel (1,427 m) Ponte Arancio tunnel 81.8 Pollina - S.Mauro-Castelverde 9  m slm Pollina 83.9 Pollina tunnel (1,744 m) 88.1 Nacchio tunnel (1,247 m) 89.3 Tusa 9  m slm Tusa 95.6 S.Stefano -Torremuzza- Reitano until 1986/1988 S. Stefano 98.0 S.Stefano di Camastra- Mistretta 8  m slm Caronia 106.8 Caronia 19  m slm 113.8 Torre del Lauro Furiano 120.3 Acquedolci - San Fratello 11  m slm Inganno 125.3 Sant'Agata di Militello 7  m slm Rosemary 129.2 San Marco d'Alunzio - Torrenova 6  m slm 132.7 Zappulla 5  m slm Zappulla 138.6 Capo d'Orlando - Naso 10  m slm S.Martino tunnel Naso 146.5 Brolo - Ficarra 7  m slm 148.2 Piraino - Sant'Angelo until 1994/1997 152.6 Gioiosa Marea 10  m slm 156.7 Capo Calavà tunnel (1,700 m) Pizzicalori tunnel Tunnel duck 158.2 San Giorgio 9  m slm 161.3 Patti Marina until 1994/1997 A20 162.3 Patti- S.Piero Patti 12  m slm Timeto / Tunnel Timeto Ciavola tunnel (127 m) / Timeto 164.9 Madonna del Tindari tunnel (4,651 m) A20 166.1 Mongiove Siculo 1950-1994 / 1997 Mongiove tunnel 170.2 Tindari tunnel (2,122 m) 171.0 Oliveri - Tindari 175.6 PC Tindari ( Üst ) Oliveri I tunnel (365 m) Oliveri II tunnel (217 m) Elicona 173.4 Falcone 4  m slm Guttusa I tunnel (144 m) Guttusa II tunnel (212 m) Cavone tunnel (348 m) A20 Zura I tunnel (291 m) Zura II tunnel (177 m) Dambona tunnel (799 m) 178.3 Novara - Montalbano - Furnari 23  m slm Mazzarrà S.Biagio I tunnel (431 m) S.Biagio II tunnel (67 m) S.Biagio III tunnel (155 m) S.Biagio IV tunnel (283 m) Franchini II tunnel / Franchini tunnel Latina tunnel (208 m) Mollerino tunnel / Mollerino I tunnel 181.4 Marchesana tunnel / MSB tunnel (235 m) 180.3 former route until 2009 181.8 Terme Vigliatore until 1991 182.5 Terme Vigliatore Terms Sant'Antonio tunnel (143 m) 184.2 Barcellona - Castroreale since 1991 186.6 Barcellona-Castroreale until 1991 Longano A20 Mela 192.0 Santa Marina until 1985 192.2 Milazzo since 1991 195.2 Milazzo until 1991 Floripotema Corriolo 196.3 199.6 S.Filippo - S.Lucia until 2000 197.0 Pace del Mela former route until 2009 Muto former Messina-Barcellona tram line Niceto former Messina-Barcellona tram line 200.6 Torregrotta since 2009 205.1 Roccavaldina -Scala-Torregrotta until 2009 Scianina tunnel (810 m) S.Antonino-Beviola-Mortellito tunnel (761 m) 206.9 Venetico until 2009 Grangiara tunnel (360 m) Colazza tunnel (282 m) 203.8 Spadafora since 2009 208.1 Spadafora-San Martino until 2009 Malerba tunnel (444 m) Parcheggio tunnel (330 m) Bonsignore tunnel (276 m) 206.0 Rometta Messinese 13  m slm Saponara 208.1 Villafranca Tirrena - Saponara 27  m slm former route until 2001 A20 208.7 Peloritana Tunnel (new) (12,817 m) Calamaro tunnel 216.1 Gesso until 1994/1997 89  m slm 217.1 Pietra Pizzuta tunnel 217.4 Peloritana tunnel (old) 223.6 Camaro until 2001 133  m slm Spadalara tunnel 225.2 Montepiselli tunnel Gonzaga tunnel Petrazza tunnel Angelo Tunnel Stretch of Syracuse Messina Scalo 223.8 Messina Centrale 6  m slm Messina Marittima Route to Villa San Giovanni

The Fiumetorto – Messina railway is a railway line on Sicily in Italy . It was built from 1887 to 1895 and is part of the Berlin – Palermo railway axis .

history

Opening date	Route section
April 20, 1887	Fiumetorto - Cefalù
June 20, 1889	Messina - San Filippo
August 20, 1890	San Filippo - Milazzo
September 27, 1890	Milazzo - Barcellona
June 15, 1891	Barcellona- Oliveri
May 25, 1892	Oliveri- Patti
November 20, 1893	Patti - Capo d'Orlando
March 25, 1894	Cefalù - Castelbuono
November 20, 1894	Castelbuono - Tusa
June 16, 1895	Tusa – Capo d'Orlando

The line was built from both endpoints; the gap was closed on September 19, 1895.

Between 1951 and 1955 the line was electrified and the section between Palermo and Fiumetorto was expanded to double-track.

The line has been expanded to two tracks since the 1980s, which for the most part can only be achieved with new lines. The longest engineering structure is the almost 13-kilometer-long Peloritana tunnel through the Peloritani Mountains near Messina, which went into operation on November 29, 2001.

Route description

The route essentially follows the Tyrrhenian Sea . From Patti- San Piero Patti, upgraded and new lines begin, most of which have been completed by Messina. In 1991 the new line Terme Vigliatore - San Filippo - Santa Lucia was opened. The new route resulted in the closure of the old route for the first time, as well as the closure of the Barcellona and Milazzo train stations in the city center . New stations were built on the new line, but far outside the city centers. A completely new line was also built between Pace de Mela and Rometta Messinese in 2009. Between Villafranca-Tirrena and Messina Scalo, the new, almost 13-kilometer-long Peloritano tunnel replaced the old line, which was already very difficult when the railway was built at the time. Before Messina Scalo, the line then meets the Messina – Syracuse railway line and ends at Messina Central Station .

Picture gallery

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  Regional train at Pollina

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  Oliveri - Tindari railway station

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  Patti Railway Station - S.Piero Patti

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  Intercity Palermo – Roma Termini at Oliveri

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  Torregrotta stop on the new line

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  The main train station in Messina

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  Disused old line at Venetico - Spadafora

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  Disused Gesso station on the old Villafranca Tirrena-Saponara-Messina route

Remarks

1. ↑ The old line between Patti-San Piero Patti and Terme Vigliatore is single-track.

Web links

Commons : Fiumetorto – Messina railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ferrovieabbandonate.it - Decommissioned railways - Pictures of the current state of the disused route sections (Italian)
• DA MESSINA A PALERMO COL "TRENO DEL SOLE" 1/7. April 11, 1994, accessed on November 25, 2015 (video driver's cab ride). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 December 1926 - Chronology of the route openings in Italy between 1839 and 1926