Roma Laziali – Giardinetti railway line

Rome Laziali – Frosinone
Overland tram Rome Laziali - Giardinetti at Porta Maggiore
Gauge :	950 mm ( Italian meter gauge )
Power system :	1500 V  =
Dual track :	Roma Laziali - Porta Maggiore Ponte Casilino - Giardinetti
Legend 0.0 Roma Termini 0.4 Roma Laziali 0.7 Santa Bibiana 1.3 Porta Maggiore Porta Maggiore FS from Roma Termini 2.0 Ponte Casilino 2.5 Sant 'Elena FS, Ringbahn 2.9 Villini 3.3 Alessi 3.7 Filarete 4.1 Pignattara Gate 4.7 Berardi 5.2 Centocelle-Balzani Centocelle depot 6.0 Centocelle 6.9 Piazza del Mirti 6.5 Togliatti 7.1 Grano 7.5 Everything andrino 8.1 Torre Spaccata 8.8 Torre Maura 8.9 Walter Tobagi 9.6 Giardinetti 10.1 San Antonio 10.7 Torrenova 11.4 Torre Angela 12.0 Torracio di Torrenova 12.3 Torre Gaia 13.1 Celoni grotto 14.2 Fontana Candida 15.0 Borghesiana 16.1 Bolognetta 16.7 Finocchio 17.6 Granti 18.4 Pantano Borghese 21.8 Laghetto 23.9 Colonna Railway Museum Ciampino – Caserta railway line 15.2 Frascati Monte Porzio Catone Montecompatri Ciampino – Caserta railway line Zagarolo 315  m slm 32.0 Zagarolo Città 37.3 Palestrina 43.2 Clave 386  m slm 47.3 Genazzano 308  m slm 51.3 Olévano Romano 250  m slm 54.7 Paliano 271  m slm 60.1 Serrone La Forma 482  m slm 63.6 Piglio 548  m slm 71.1 Acuto 706  m slm 3.7 Fiuggi Città 700  m slm 78.1 / 0.0 Fiuggi Centro 612  m slm 1.2 Fiuggi Fonte 83.0 Trivigliano 617  m slm 3.4 Guarcino 620  m slm 88.5 / 0.0 Vco nelLazio 475  m slm 92.2 Collepardo 375  m slm 94.3 Alatri 438  m slm 98.2 Véroli 292  m slm 100.4 Tecchiena 104.3 Madonna della Neve 197  m slm Frosinone Distretto Frosinone S. Antonio 112.9 Frosinone transition to FS

The Roma Laziali – Giardinetti railway is a narrow-gauge railway in local traffic in the Italian capital, Rome . It runs from Roma Laziali station, at the end of the southern wing of Termini station , to the suburbs to the east. From 1917 to 1935 the railway line reached Frosinone in its maximum expansion .

history

The railway was built by the Società Ferrovie Vicinali (SFV) with a gauge of 950 mm and operated electrically from the start . At first it ran with 1650  volts DC , today with 1500 volts. Apart from the section in the historic center of Rome, it has a track bed separated from the street area. However, the operation is similar to that of a tram . The level crossings are numerous.

The Rome - Genazzano section was opened in 1916 with a branch line to Frascati (47 km). In 1917 the line reached Frosinone . The network was now 140 km long.

The railway was gradually abandoned in various sections:

• 1935: Frosinone - Fiuggi , due to inefficiency
• 1982: Fiuggi - Genazzano , after a landslide
• 1984: Genazzano - Pantano, after landslide
• 1993: The Pantano - San Cesareo section is described as existing but closed.
• 2008: operations on the Giardinetti - Pantano section ceased and integrated into Line C of the Rome Metro .

The part of the line that is still used today is operated by ATAC , which took over the former operator Metropolitana di Roma SpA on January 1, 2010 . Before the Giardinetti - Pantano section was abandoned, it was used by around 35,000 passengers a day. With the exception of a short single-track section between Porta Maggiore and the Ponte Casilino stop , which was a track loop , the line has been expanded to two-track. The depot and depot are located in Centocelle .

With the opening of Line C of the Roman subway , the parallel Roma Laziali – Giardinetti railway was shortened on its side facing Rome to Centocelle station . Line C of the Roman subway now operates as an island between Parco di Centocelle and Lodi . The Parco di Centocelle station of the metro is about 500 m away from the Centocelle station of the narrow-gauge railway. As soon as Line C of the U-Bahn has taken to the city center, the narrow-gauge railway can be expected to cease operations.

literature

• Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia. Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia . Schweers + Wall, 2010, p. 110. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1
• Metro Roma . Brochure of the Metropolitana di Roma Spa, Rome approx. 2007
• Tomas Meyer-Eppler: Special train to the Vatican Gardens . Documents for the excursion of the German Society for Railway History from September 27 to October 5, 2008, 2008

Web links

Commons : Rome-Fiuggi-Alatri-Frosinone railway  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meyer-Eppler; Metro Roma, p. 27
2. ↑ Ball, p. 52
3. ↑ Meyer-Eppler
4. ↑ cf. Metro C website (accessed February 14, 2016)
5. ↑ ple / hjs: Metro Roma / Rome . In: IBSE-Telegram 303 (February 2016), p. 4f.