| Venice–Udine railway | |
| Native Name: | Ferrovia Venezia-Udine |
| Native Name Lang: | it |
| Routenumber: | 14 |
| Linenumber: | 57, 62 |
| Owner: | RFI |
| Operator: | Trenitalia |
| Open: | 1851–1860 |
| Linelength Km: | 135 |
| Electrification: | 3000 V DC |
| Speed Km/H: | 150 |
| Locale: | Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Venice–Udine railway is an Italian railway line connecting Venice, in Veneto, with Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It follows the same route as state highway 13 (SS 13, "Pontebbana"). The railway infrastructure is managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which classifies it as one of its primary lines.[1] It has a maximum line speed of 150km/h.
| Section | Opened | |
|---|---|---|
| Mestre–Marghera | 13 December 1842 | |
| Marghera–end of bridge over Venice lagoon | 5 November 1843 | |
| Bridge over Venice lagoon | 13 January 1846 | |
| Mestre–Treviso | 15 August 1851 | |
| Treviso–Pordenone | 1 May 1855 | |
| Pordenone–Casarsa | 15 October 1855 | |
| Casarsa–Udine | 21 July 1860 |
The electrification of the Mestre–Udine section at 3000 volts DC was officially inaugurated in October 1960.[2]
The line is a double-track line entirely electrified at 3000 volts DC. The major cities crossed, in addition to the two termini, are Treviso and Pordenone. The line is signalled with the Sistema di Comando e Controllo (SCC), a form of centralized traffic control. Traffic is regulated by an operations centre manager at .
Services are mainly operated by Trenitalia and consist of regional services, long-distance connections from Udine to Milan and Rome and from Venice to Vienna and Munich. In summary, the trains that operate on this line are:
The main stations that have an interchange function with other lines are,,,, and .