Udine–Trieste railway explained

Udine–Trieste railway
Native Name Lang:	it
Type:	heavy rail
Open:	1860
Operator:	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Linelength Km:	82.683
Tracks:	2
Linenumber:	64
Electrification:	3 kV DC, overhead line
Speed Km/H:	180
Map State:	collapsed

The Udine–Trieste railway is an Italian state railway line that connects Udine and Trieste running through the central and eastern part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The whole line is double track and electrified at 3000 Volts DC. The only station that serves as an interchange with other lines is, which is near the junction with the Venice–Trieste railway: the Monfalcone–Trieste section is shared with this line. The railway infrastructure is managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which classifies it as one of its primary lines,^[1] while both regional and long-distance passenger traffic is managed by Trenitalia. The railway is used by the freight trains of various railway companies.

History

Section	Opened
Trieste–Galleria junction	28 July 1857
Galleria junction–Cormons	1 October 1860
Cormons–Udine	3 October 1860

The line dates back to the times of the Austrian Empire, because its government wanted to connect its capital of Vienna with the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. The Vienna–Trieste (Südbahn) and Venice–Trieste (Ferdinandsbahn) lines were completed in 1857. The Udine–Trieste railway, opened in 1860, ran from Aurisina (later called Nabresina) near Trieste to Udine. The western section of the Venice–Udine railway between Udine and Casarsa, including the bridge over the Tagliamento, was opened at the same time. In 1866, after Lombardy had been annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia, Veneto was also annexed to the Kingdom of Italy following the Austro-Prussian War. The line thus became an international railway and Cormons station became a border station. The whole line became Italian In 1918. Duplication between Mossa and Rubbia was completed on 13 March 1988^[2] and the next section between Rubbia and on 8 April 1990.^[3]

References

Sources

• Book: Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. Fascicolo Linea 64. RFI. December 2003. it.
• Web site: 1927 . Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 . Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato/Trenidicarta.it . Alessandro . Tuzza . it . 18 August 2018 . .
• Book: Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia . Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia. Schweers + Wall . 2010 . 978-3-89494-129-1. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rete in esercizio . https://web.archive.org/web/20200221114201/http://www.rfi.it/cms-file/allegati/rfi/rete_esercizio.pdf. 21 February 2020. RFI . it . 1 September 2020.
2. Notizia flash. I Treni Oggi. 82 . May 1988. 6. it.
3. Impianti FS . I Treni Oggi . XI . 106 . Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie . Salò . July–August 1990 . 8 . 0392-4602 . it.