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Railway line in Italy
Lecco–Bergamo railway
Overview
Statusin use
OwnerRFI
LocaleLombardy, Italy
Termini
Stations9
Service
Typeheavy rail
ServicesR7
Route number185
Operator(s)Trenord
History
Opened1863
Technical
Line length33 km (21 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
overhead line
Route map

Legend
km
elev
in m
Tirano–Lecco railway to Tirano
32.933 Lecco 214
Como–Lecco railway to Como &
Monza–Molteno–Lecco railway to Monza
29.713 Lecco Maggianico 207
27.515 Vercurago-San Girolamo 209
26.046 Calolziocorte 210
Lecco–Milan railway to Milan
17.956 Cisano-Caprino Bergamasco 262
14.766 Pontida 297
11.572 Ambivere-Mapello 271
Seregno–Bergamo railway to Seregno
7.742 Ponte San Pietro 240
Brembo
Curno (planned)
2.955 Bergamo Ospedale (
opened
2017
)
Treviglio–Bergamo railway to Milan
0.000 Bergamo
junction
FVB
to Clusone (closed 1967) &
Piazza Brembana (closed 1966)
Bergamo–Albino light rail
Bergamo–Brescia railway to Brescia
Source: Italian railway atlas
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The Lecco–Bergamo railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy. The railway infrastructure is managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which classifies it as one of its complementary lines. The passenger service is operated by Trenord as a regional service.

History

The railway from Lecco to Bergamo was built by the Società delle Strade Ferrate della Lombardia e dell'Italia Centrale (Lombardy and Central Italy Railway Company) and opened on 4 November 1863.

The section from Lecco to Calolziocorte has also been used by the Lecco–Milan railway since 1873. The Bergamo–Ponte San Pietro section has also used been by the Seregno-Bergamo line since the completion of the Carnate–Ponte San Pietro section in 1889.

In 2015, the Province of Bergamo, the region of Lombardy and some local parliamentarians requested and obtained government funding for the doubling of the section between Ponte San Pietro and Montello, the building of the new Bergamo Ospedale station at the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital and a suburban service between the two Bergamo stations.

Standards

The line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and single-track line, except on the Lecco–Calolziocorte section, which is shared with the Monza–Lecco railway and is duplicated. It is entirely electrified at 3000 volts DC and it is signalled locally.

Rail traffic

Traffic is made up exclusively of Trenord regional services running between Lecco and Bergamo, stopping at all stations except Lecco Maggianico. Vercurago-San Girolamo is served only by some services.

The service includes a train every hour throughout the day, present both on weekdays and on holidays.

In addition to the trains departing from Lecco at 6.30 and 7.02 and from Bergamo at 6.08 and 7.00, the timetable includes departure at 12 minutes past the hour from Lecco between 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and at 8 minutes past the hour from Bergamo from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Train normally cross in Cisano-Caprino Bergamasco.

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. L'Eco di Bergamo
  2. Circolare territoriale MI 42 (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. 2017.
  3. Railway Atlas 2010, pp. 21, 22, 125, 134, 135.
  4. "Rete in esercizio" (PDF) (in Italian). RFI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. Prospetto cronologico 1927.
  6. Zaninelli 1995, p. 134.

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