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Piacenza–Cremona railway

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Railway line in Italy
Piacenza–Cremona railway
Overview
Statusin use for freight trains
LocaleItaly
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
History
Opened1933 (1933)
Technical
Line length31 km (19 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Route map

Legend
km elev
from Alessandria
from Milan
0.000 Piacenza
to Bologna
Autostrada A1 Italia.svg
A 1
Autostrada del Sole
4.595
2° Bivio Piacenza Est
with HSR Milan–Bologna
6.980 Borghetto San Lazzaro (1940–1985)
13.471 Caorso
Autostrada A21 Italia.svg
A 21
Autostrada dei Vini
20.878 Monticelli d'Ongina (since 1936)
from Fidenza
24.896
6.087
 Castelvetro
Po
from Pavia
0.000 Cremona
to Brescia and to Treviglio
to Mantua
km
Source: Italian railway atlas
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The Piacenza–Cremona railway is a railway line in Italy.

On 12 December 2013 passenger service on the line was terminated, and was substituted by 2 buses for the connection between Piacenza and Cremona. Since then, the line is only used by freight trains.

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. Ordine di Servizio n. 156 - 1940
  2. Notizie flash. In: ″I Treni Oggi″ Nr. 50 (May 1985), p. 9.
  3. Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 34, 35, 141.

Sources

  • RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 30 (Piacenza–Cremona) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
  • Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.
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