Cancello – Salerno railway line

Cancello – Salerno

Caserta train station

Route number (RFI) :

128 (Cancello – Sarno)
123 (Sarno – Salerno)

Course book series (IT) :

321

Route length:

49.83 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

3 kV =

Dual track :

Cancello – Salerno

Legend

		from Roma
		from Benevento
	0.00	Cancello
		to Napoli
		to Torre Annunziata (until 2006)
	4.18 (0.02)	Bivio Nola since 2001
	(1.80)	Nola Interporto since 2001
		A 16
		Circumvesuviana
	12.26	Nola
	18.98	Palma - San Gennaro
	27.62 0.00	Sarno
		Circumvesuviana
		to Mercato San Severino
		A 30 motorway
	6.53 38.43	Bivio Sarno SFS from Napoli
		Codola – Nocera Inferiore
	41.09	PM Torricchio
	43.18 4.80	Bivio Santa Lucia of Napoli
		Santa Lucia tunnel
		from Napoli and Benevento
	15.73	Salerno
		to Reggio di Calabria

The Cancello – Salerno railway connects the city of Cancello with the provincial capital Salerno on the Gulf of Salerno .

State of development

The railway line is completely two- track and electrified . It is about 50 kilometers long.

history

In 1846 the first section between Cancello and Nola was opened. After that, however, the expansion was slow and it was not until 1892, 49 years after the completion of the first section, that the section between Sarno and Bivio S. Lucia was complete.

Web links

Commons : Cancello – Benevento railway - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Chronological listing of the opening of sections of the Italian railway from 1839 to December 31, 1926 ( Italian ) Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved September 5, 2010.

[1] Chronological listing of the opening of sections of the Italian railway from 1839 to December 31, 1926 ( Italian ) Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved September 5, 2010.