| Box Width: | auto |
| Santhià–Arona railway | |
| Type: | Heavy rail |
| Status: | no traffic |
| Start: | Santhià railway station |
| End: | Arona railway station |
| Stations: | 8 station |
| Owner: | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana |
| Linelength Km: | 65 |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Map State: | show |
The Santhià–Arona railway is a railway line in Piedmont, Italy. It was inaugurated from 1905 to 1906.[1]
The service on the railway was suspended from 17 June 2012, by decision of the Piedmont Region.[2] At the time of its closure, the line was served by sixteen trains per day on weekdays and six on weekends, with an average use of fifty passengers per train.[3]
At a meeting in September 2019, a representative of the regional council declared that reopening the line was not financially viable, costing 3.4 million euros more than a bus replacement service. In response, an association for the Turin-Switzerland line stated that the council's decisions, while correct from an accounting perspective, threatened the socioeconomic development of the region.[4]
In January 2022, it was reported that the regional government was prioritising the reopening of the line in talks with FS.[5] In November 2022, it was announced that the line would be reopened by 2024-25, following a campaign by Alberto Gusmeroli, a deputy for the Piedmont 2 constituency.[6] [7]
See main article: Santhià railway station. Opened in 1856, Santhià railway station sits at the junction of the Turin–Milan, Santhià–Biella and Santhià–Arona railway lines.
See main article: Rovasenda Alta railway station. Rovasenda Alta railway station interchanges with the Biella–Novara railway through the nearby Rovasenda railway station.
See main article: Gattinara railway station.
See main article: Romagnano Sesia railway station. Romagnano Sesia railway station interchanges with the Novara–Varallo railway.
See main article: Cureggio railway station.
See main article: Arona railway station. Arona railway station sits at the junction of the Domodossola–Milan, Arona–Novara and Santhià–Arona railway lines.