Verona – Bologna railway line

Verona – Bologna
The route at Revere
Route number (RFI) :	43 (Verona – Poggio Rusco) 88 (Poggio Rusco – Bologna)
Course book series (IT) :	51
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	200 km / h
Legend SFS from Firenze 0.000 Bologna Central SFS to Milano 4.158 PM Santa Viola 7.985 Calderara-Bargellino 9.179 Bivio Tavernelle of Bologna San Donato (cintura merci) 11.941 PM Tavernelle Emilia 13,191 Osteria Nuova since 2005 20.635 San Giovanni in Persiceto station until 2005 SV route to Ferrara until 1947 21,300 PC Persiceto North SV route from Ferrara until 1956 29,581 Crevalcore SV route to Modena until 1956 37.382 Camposanto 42.504 San Felice sul Panaro Route to Reggiolo (unfinished) 49.391 Mirandola Emilia-Romagna border - Lombardy FER route from Ferrara 59.430 Poggio Rusco FER route to Suzzara Po 70,500 Ostiglia 72,100 PC Ostiglia North Lombardy - Veneto border from Monselice 83,046 Nogara to Mantua from Rovigo 94.175 Isola della Scala to Verona until 1986 102.164 Buttapietra 111.453 Bivio / PC Santa Lucia of Modena to Gbf Verona Quadrante Europa and Milano to Innsbruck from Milano from Innsbruck Hbf 114,951 Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia

The Verona – Bologna railway connects two important railway hubs in northern Italy with Bologna , the capital of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna , and Verona . The line is a central part of the Berlin – Palermo railway axis, but because of its single track it was also one of the most critical sections.

expansion

In order to meet the high requirements of a TEN axis, the line has been expanded in recent years. However, the expansion was not intended to create a pure high-speed line , but above all to increase the performance of the line so that a high-performance line is created.

The most important measures were:

• Increase in output from currently 90 to 210 trains per day in the future
• new top speed 200 km / h, for tilting technology trains 230 km / h
• Replacement of all level crossings by underpasses or overpasses

Until the end of 2007, the sections Bologna – S. Felice and Nogara – Verona in full operation. The next commissioning took place on October 26, 2008 (S. Felice – Poggio Rusco) and on December 14, 2008 (Poggio Rusco – Nogara; single-track on a section until January 2009). On June 26, 2009, the expansion work was completed with the commissioning of the second track in the Ostiglia - Poggio Rusco construction section .

The route is on the sections Bologna – S. Felice and Nogara – Verona are equipped with RSC cab signaling. An axle counting block is used in the middle section S. Felice – Nogara. The costly RSC was dispensed with in this last construction lot, as the line had meanwhile been planned as part of a TEN axis for future equipment with ETCS. Thanks to a new, simplified driver's cab signaling ( infill - anticipation of ETCS Level 1), this section of the route can also be driven at 200 km / h.

Points of criticism, especially on the middle section recently opened, are the extremely large block distances of up to 15 km and the small number of transfer and overtaking points. This is particularly noticeable due to the pronounced mixed operation with freight and local trains as well as express trains with 200 km / h.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Impianti FS. In: I Treni No. 275 (November 2005), p. 7.

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