Società subalpina di imprese ferroviarie
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Timetable field : | 620 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 51.25 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 1200 V = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : | 60 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minimum radius : | 50 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: | 60 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Società subalpina di imprese ferroviarie (SSIF), which is also called Ferrovia Vigezzina , is a local transport company in the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola , based in Domodossola . The story goes back to 1912.
The part of the international railway line from Domodossola to Locarno, which lies in the Valle Vigezzo on Italian territory, is operated by SSIF . The route connects the Gotthard Railway in Locarno ( Switzerland ) with the Simplon Railway in Domodossola. On the Swiss side, this railway is called the Centovalli Railway and is operated by the Ferrovie autolinee regionali ticinesi (FART).
vehicles
The railway from Locarno to Domodossola was inaugurated in November 1923 as a continuous line with uniform rolling stock. In 1959 four eight-axle articulated multiple units ABe 8/8 were jointly procured. Similar six-axle railcars ABDe 6/6 were initially only procured by FART; The SSIF only came to three six-axle vehicles after a detour via Lugano . In 1992 and 93, twelve ABe 4/6 from Vevey, again ordered together, were delivered.
In 2004, three new three-part panorama multiple units were ordered from Officine Ferroviaire Veronesi and Skoda , but these were changed into four-part compositions during the planning phase. These were delivered in the course of 2007 and normally used in the summer season as three fixed compositions ABe - Be - Rimorchiata - Be; if available, they each run a pair of trains Domodossola – Locarno – Domodossola.
The old ABe 8/8 24 «Vigezzo» is used as a reserve train. The substructure has been revised and the car body has been replaced with a new structure that looks very similar to the new construction vehicles. Since the space available is much smaller than in the new trains, an ABe 4/6 is also used, as it is provided with a different coupling as a forerunner or trailer.
Accidents
On July 13, 1924 , a train with 85 passengers coming from Locarno derailed in Masera . The composition, consisting of a railcar and a passenger car , slipped on a 60 ‰ gradient due to incorrect adjustment of the brakes and fell into a swamp . The accident killed two people.
Tariff features
Because the railway Locarno-Domodossola together with the Simplon line the fastest connection between the Ticino and the Valais and between the Locarno region and the French-speaking Switzerland (since the opening of and Lötschberg base tunnel ) to the Bernese Oberland is that most Swiss rates of direct traffic are continuous also valid on the SSIF from the Swiss-Italian border to Domodossola as well as the FS route Domodossola – Iselle, in particular the half-fare card and the general card .
There are special day passes for tourists that allow you to break your journey (Biglietto TURISTICO). On the Swiss side, these are available for CHF 25.00 (CHF 35.00 in first class) and Locarno - Santa Maria Maggiore for CHF 20.00 (CHF 28.00 in first class) for the entire route . On the Italian one, you can get the entire route including the funicular in Locarno to Madonna del Sasso for € 27, without the funicular for € 17 (there and back for € 23). From the villages of Valle Vigezzo , the connection by train and funicular costs € 22, a one-way round trip without the cable car € 18 (as of 2016). There are also other offers and cooperation tickets.
A surcharge of currently (November 2017) CHF 1.50 or € 1.50 is levied for travel on the panorama trains newly acquired by SSIF.
The bicycle transport is allowed in national traffic, it also is possible bikes in Camedo release it to hire and in Ponte Brolla. Combined train travel / bike rental tickets are offered for this purpose.
See also
- Centovalli Railway - name for the Swiss section of the Domodossola – Locarno railway line
- Ferrovie autolinee regionali ticinesi - operator of the Centovalli railway
- List of vehicles on the Centovalli Railway
Web links
- Homepage (Italian)
- RAIL-INFO Switzerland - SSIF
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.vigezzina.com/index.php/l-azienda
- ↑ Derailment on the Centovalli Railway. (PDF 1.8 MB) Schweizerische Bauzeitung, Volume 84 (1924), Issue 4, pp. 48–49 , accessed on January 1, 2014 .
- ↑ Prezzi individualization. (jpg) (No longer available online.) Società per le Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi (FART) SA, archived from the original on August 26, 2016 ; Retrieved August 22, 2016 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Locarno and Madonna del Sasso. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 23, 2016 ; accessed on August 23, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Super User: International travel. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 23, 2016 ; accessed on August 23, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Condizioni per il trasporto delle persone. Condizioni generali. (PDF 315 kB) Società Subalpina di Imprese Ferroviarie Spa, p. 17 , accessed on December 30, 2016 .