Ferrovie Calabro Lucane

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The Ferrovie Calabro Lucane (FCL) were a railway company in the four southern Italian regions of Campania , Basilicata , Apulia and Calabria . They consisted 1964-1990 and operated narrow-gauge railways with 950 mm gauge and bus lines.

history

In 1910, the Mediterranea-Calabro-Lucane (MCL) received a concession to build a branch line network in southern Italy with a gauge of 950 mm . The MCL, at that time still with its original name Rete Mediterranea , had lost its standard gauge network after the nationalization in 1905 , but received large sums of money. The original ambitious project wanted to connect the provinces of Salerno , Potenza , Matera , Bari , Cosenza , Catanzaro and Reggio Calabria . On August 9, 1915, the Bari - Matera line was the first section to be opened to traffic. The First World War delayed the construction work. In 1926 the network was reduced to the routes that had already begun and in 1934 construction work was stopped entirely. 765 kilometers of the dismembered network were in operation. The MCL neglected modernization and maintenance, which was also the reason for the serious accident on the Fiumarella Viaduct on December 23, 1961, in which 71 people lost their lives.

After the accident, the MCL's license was revoked and granted to Ferrovie Calabro Lucane (FCL) on January 1, 1964. The FCL was under the direction of a government commissioner. The main administration was in Rome , the finance department in Bari and Catanzaro . The rapid development of road traffic in the 1960s led to a severe slump in traffic on the outdated narrow-gauge railways. In 1969 it was decided to adapt the infrastructure of the FCL to the traffic needs of the population. Rail routes with low demand have been discontinued and replaced by bus routes. For this purpose the FCL procured several hundred buses.

Classic FCL target signal in San Nicola-Silvana Mansio on the Pedace-San Giovanni in Fiore route

With a decree on October 2, 1990, the FCL was divided into two companies. The Ferrovie della Calabria (FC) took in 1991 to train and bus service in the region of Calabria, and the Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (FAL) took over the public transport in the regions of Basilicata and Puglia.

business

The narrow-gauge FCL routes leading through mountainous areas, with their tight curves and gradients of up to 60 per thousand, only allowed low speeds, averaging around 30 km / h. Sections of the route with a gradient of 100 per thousand were negotiated with a rack . The train journeys were initially secured by telegraph or telephone . Typical of the FCL disc signals were from the station through interlocking of types Jüdel and AEG of the Italian licensee Officine Meccaniche Servettaz served. It was not until the late 1980s that the first push-button interlockings were used on the main lines .

FCL routes

FCL route network
route length Company opening attitude
Bari – Matera – Montalbano Jonico 141.165 km
 ●   Bari - Matera 75,800 km August 9, 1915 -
 ●   Matera - Miglionico 27.708 km May 24, 1928 1972
 ●   Miglionico– Montalbano Jonico 37.656 km October 29, 1932
Altamura – Avigliano Lucania 85.291 km -
 ●   Acerenza - Avigliano Lucania 19.188 km May 26, 1930 -
 ●   Altamura -Acerenza 66.103 km April 21, 1934 -
Avigliano Città – Potenza – Laurenzana 64.778 km
 ●   Potenza Inferiore Scalo - Pignola 12,130 km January 23, 1919 1980
 ●   Avigliano Città – Avigliano Lucania 7.716 km May 26, 1930 -
 ●   Pignola - Laurenzana 30.370 km November 4, 1931 1969
 ●   Potenza Città – Potenza Inferiore Scalo 3.083 km July 1, 1933 -
 ●   Potenza Città – Avigliano Lucania 11.477 km October 28, 1933 -
Ahtena - Marsico Nuovo 26.764 km October 28, 1931 1966
Lagonegro – Spezzano Albanese in sections with  rack 104,745 km
 ●   Spezzano Albanese - Castrovillari 25.254 km September 15, 1915 1978
 ●   Lagonegro - Laino Borgo 39.857 km October 30, 1929
 ●   Castrovillari– Morano Calabro 3.377 km June 23, 1930
 ●   Laino Borgo – Morano Calabro 32.255 km July 1, 1931
Cosenza-Pedace-Catanzaro 109.824 km -
 ●   Cosenza - Pedace - Rogliano 23.240 km October 9, 1916 -
 ●   Rogliano– Soveria Mannelli 35.484 km October 11, 1922 -
 ●   Soveria Mannelli - Decollatura 6.338 km March 30, 1924 -
 ●   Catanzaro Città – Catanzaro Lido
       a section with a  rack 		11.121 km July 10, 1933 -
 ●   Decollatura – Catanzaro Città 33.639 km June 18, 1934 -
Pedace – San Giovanni in Fiore 67.084 km
 ●   Pedace– Spezzano della Sila 10.460 km October 11, 1922 2010
 ●   Spezzano della Sila - San Pietro in Guarano 11.352 km 2008
 ●   San Pietro in Guarano - Camigliatello Silano 17.582 km August 10, 1931
 ●   Camigliatello Silano - San Giovanni in Fiore 27.690 km May 6, 1956 1997
Crotone-Petilia Policastro 41.841 km
 ●   Crotone Centro - Bivio Porto - Petilia Policastro 40.666 km June 16, 1930 1972
 ●   Bivio Porto – Crotone Porto 1.175 km 2nd August 1930
Vibo Valentia – Mileto 27.881 km
 ●   Vibo Valentia Marina - Vibo Valentia Città 14.887 km July 2, 1917 1966
 ●   Vibo Valentia Città - Mileto 12.993 km 4th October 1923
Soverato – Chiaravalle Centrale 22,950 km December 15, 1923 1969
Gioia Tauro-Cinquefrondi 31.737 km
 ●   Gioia Tauro - Cittanova 21.219 km June 1, 1924 2011
 ●   Cittanova– Cinquefrondi 10.518 km March 28, 1929
Gioia Tauro-Palmi-Sinopoli 26,280 km
 ●   Gioia Tauro - Palmi 12.975 km January 18, 1917 2011
 ●   Palmi - Seminara 1994
 ●   Seminara - Sinopoli 13.307 km April 21, 1928
Marina di Giojosa – Mammola 14.514 km August 1, 1931 1968
Total 737.173 km

Traction vehicles

Ferrovie Calabro Lucane (FCL) took over the M1c "Emmina" rail buses with rack-and- pinion drive and the M2.120 diesel multiple units for passenger transport from its predecessor MCL . In addition, u. a. the steam locomotives of the 400 series for adhesion operation and the 500 series with adhesion and gear drive are available.

To modernize the rolling stock, the FCL procured the following series:

literature

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