Villamar – Ales railway line

Villamar-Ales

Route length:

26 km

	former railway line from Isili
0.0	Villamar	107 m slm
	eham. Railway line to Villacidro
7.2	Lunamatrona - Pauli Arbarei	159 m slm
10.9	Ussaramanna - Turri	159 m slm
14.0	Baressa - Baradili	160 m slm
17.4	Sini	198 m slm
18.8	Gonnosnò	178 m slm
24.2	Curcuris	130 m slm
26.2	Ales	167 m slm

The Villamar – Ales railway was a narrow-gauge branch line of the Isili – Villacidro railway in Sardinia .

history

The Sardinian railway company Ferrovie Complementari della Sardegna was able to start rail traffic between Isili and Villacidro on June 21, 1915 . From this, the 26-kilometer route to Ales branched off northwards in Villamar .

From 1926 onwards there were repeated discussions about a merger with Ferrovie Meridionali Sarde , in order to possibly establish a connection between Villacidro and Siliqua and to make operations more efficient. In the middle of the 19th century, rail traffic became increasingly deficit, so that on July 1, 1956 - after almost exactly 41 years - the line was closed. These were the first shutdowns of the Sardinian rail network. The tracks have since been dismantled.

literature

Elettrio Corda: Le contrastate vaporiere - 1864/1984: 120 anni di vicende delle strade ferrate sarde: dalle reali alle secondarie, dalle complementari alle statali . Chiarella, 1984
Fernando Pilia: Il trenino verde della Sardegna - Un secolo di storia tra pionieri, banditi, letterati e turisti . Silvana, ISBN 88-366-0474-9