Palermo – San Carlo railway line

Palermo – San Carlo
San Erasmo station, starting point of the Palermo – San Carlo railway line
Route length:	105.6 km
Gauge :	950 mm ( Italian meter gauge )
Legend 0.0 Palermo San Erasmo 3.7 Bandita 4.9 Aqua dei Corsari Palermo – Termini Imerese railway line 7.7 Villabate Paese 8.9 Portella di Mare 14.7 Misilmeri 22.7 Bolognetta - Marineo 26.7 Mulinazzo 320 m 29.4 Baucina -Cimina 33.5 Villafrati - Cefalà Diana 452 m 34.9 Mezzojuso 39.5 Godrano 651 m 45.9 Ficuzza 650 m 49.3 Bifarera 52.4 Scalilli 61.0 Donna Beatrice 288 m 67.1 Corleone 480 m 72.0 Censiti 76.7 Campofiorito 486 m 81.6 Tarucco 84.3 Contessa Entellina 92.6 Bisacquino 640 m 96.1 Chiusa Sclafani from Castelvetrano 105.6 San Carlo to Burgio

The Palermo – San Carlo railway was a single-track, narrow - gauge line in north-western Sicily . The 105 km long route led from Palermo via Corleone to San Carlo . The line was opened between 1886 and 1903 and closed between 1954 and 1959.

history

The line from Palermo to San Carlo was the first narrow-gauge line in Sicily. The section from Palermo to Villafrati was opened on August 16, 1886. Corleone was reached on December 20, 1886. The entire line to San Carlo was put into operation on May 21, 1903. On September 1, 1954, rail traffic between Palermo and Corleone was discontinued. Since February 1, 1959, trains have stopped running between Corleone and San Carlo.

business

The route was initially operated by the Società Anonima per le Ferrovie Siciliane (SAFS), later by the FS . The entire operation was initially carried out with steam locomotives, from 1949 diesel multiple units of the type RALn 60 were used for passenger transport.

literature

• Alfredo Alabiso: Posta per Ferrovia in Sicilia , Palermo 1994, p. 132.
• Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia , Schweers + Wall, 2010, p. 101.

Web links

Commons : Palermo – Corleone – San Carlo railway  - collection of images, videos and audio files