Palermo – Trapani railway line

Palermo – Trapani
Route number (RFI) :	158 Palermo – Trapani M95 Palermo – Giachery / Punta Raisi
Course book series (IT) :	388
Route length:	121 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Palermo – Giachery / Punta Raisi 3 kV  =
Dual track :	Palermo Centrale – Piraineto
Legend 0.0 Palermo Centrale line begins 15  m slm Route to Agrigento / Porto Empedocle 1.8 Bivio ( Abzw ) Oreto route from Agrigento / Porto Empedocle former route until 1974 1.8 Guadagna since 2016 Oreto 2.7 Vespri 3.7 Palazzo Reale-Orleans since 2001 Bivio Marittima (Junction) former route to Palermo Marittima 4.8 0.0 Palermo Lolli until 1974 15  m slm Lollipop since 2016 Giachery route (planned) 6.5 1.7 Palermo Notarbartolo since 1974 8.6 Federico since 1990 9.2 Fiera since 1990 9.5 Palermo Sampolo 10.0 Giachery end of line since 1990 Route to Palermo Notarbartolo (planned) 10.9 Palermo Marittima 4.8 Francia since 1994 5.7 San Lorenzo Colli 60  m slm 8.0 Cardillo Zen since 1994 9.9 Tommaso Natale 40  m slm Sferracavallo 13.8 Isola delle Femmine 17  m slm A29 16.8 Capaci 31  m slm 18.4 Carini Torre Ciachea 21.7 Carini 48  m slm 26.8 Piraineto since 2001 29.3 Orsa since 2003 5  m slm 30.8 Punta Raisi line end since 2001 8  m slm A29 33.1 Cinisi - Terrasini 47  m slm A29 Lo Zucco- Montelepre 109  m slm 46.9 Partinico 141  m slm A29 55.0 Trappeto 30  m slm 58.0 Balestrate 22  m slm Alcamo Marina 67.2 Castellammare del Golfo 4  m slm 73.2 Alcamo Diramazione 40  m slm to Trapani A29dir Alcamo until 2002 PV 65  m slm 88.5 Gallitello until 2002 PV 139  m slm A29 99.0 Salemi - Gibellina transition to Santa Ninfa until 1954 A29 115.0 Castelvetrano 177  m slm Transfer to Burgio until 1968, Porto Empedocle until 1985 123.4 Campobello di Mazara 85  m slm 128.9 San Nicola di Mazara until 2002 PV 59  m slm 137.7 Mazara del Vallo 5  m slm 149.0 Petrosino- Strasatti 13  m slm 152.7 Terrenove 10  m slm 158.6 Marsala 15  m slm 165.0 Spagnuola 5  m slm 170.6 Mozia-Birgi 24  m slm 175.7 Marausa 11  m slm A29dir Salina Grande 8  m slm 184.8 Paceco 8  m slm Route from Alcamo Diramazione former port connection 189.3 Trapani 2  m slm

The Palermo – Trapani railway is a railway line in Sicily that connects the capital Palermo with the cities of Mazara del Vallo , Marsala and Trapani on the west coast .

The line was opened and operated from 1880-81 by the Società della Ferrovia Sicula Occidentale (FSO). For this reason, it did not start in the Palermo Centrale railway station , but in a smaller own station ( Palermo Lolli ).

history

Opening date	Route section
0June 1, 1880	Palermo - Partinico
July 10, 1880	Castelvetrano - Trapani
0March 1, 1881	Partinico - Castellammare del Golfo
0June 5, 1881	Castellammare del Golfo – Castelvetrano
0June 1, 1956	Palermo Lolli – Palermo Marittima

Only in 1907, with the takeover of FSO by Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), did the trains on the route depart from Palermo Centrale station. In 1937 the Alcamo Diramazione – Trapani railway was opened, providing a faster and more direct connection, but the old railway remained important for local traffic.

In 1974 the passage through the city of Palermo was moved underground, so the old Lolli station was closed and replaced by a new station ( Palermo Notarbartolo ). In 1990 and 1994, S-Bahn-like traffic ( Servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Palermo ) was introduced on the stretch in the city of Palermo . On the branch line from Palermo-Notabartolo to Giachery, passenger traffic was started in 1991, in 2001 the section Palermo-Piraineto was electrified and an electrified branch line from Piraineto to Palermo-Punta Raisi airport was built. Since 2011, this section of the line has been expanded to two tracks. The double-track expansion should be completed in 2020.

Picture gallery

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  Palermo Centrale

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  Federico stop on the branch line to Giachery

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  Palermo-Punta Raisi airport train station

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  At Balestrate

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  Diesel multiple unit in Trapani station

literature

• Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, Fascicolo linea 158

Web links

Commons : Palermo – Trapani railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Palermo Notarbartolo – Giachery railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Novità a Palermo. In: I Treni No. 228 (July – August 2001), p. 4.
2. ↑ Nuova fermata. In: I Treni No. 251 (September 2003), p. 7.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 246 (March 2003), p. 8.
4. ↑ 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
5. ↑ Ricordi di rotaie - Palermo - www.timone.it (Italian)
6. ↑ Palermo suburban line reopens following modernization on railwaygazette.com dated November 2, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018