Chivasso–Alessandria railway

The Chivasso–Alessandria railway is a railway line in Piedmont, Italy.

Chivasso–Alessandria railway
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Line number	5
Locale	Piedmont, Italy
Termini	Chivasso Alessandria
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	April 30, 1887
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map km elev from Turin from Aosta 0.000 Chivasso 184 m to Asti 3.512 Castelrosso 3.532 Castelrosso junction to Milan 6.694 Verolengo 176 m 10.546 Borgo Revel 169 m Dora Baltea 17.642 Crescentino 153 m San Silvestro (closed 2004)[1] 149 m 24.061 Fontanetto Po 143 m 27.544 Palazzolo Vercellese 140 m 32.432 Trino Vercellese Vercelli–Trino tramway 131 m 38.502 Morano sul Po 122 m 41.295 Balzola 118 m from Vercelli 44.907 20.666 Casale Popolo 114 m from Mortara Po 17.173 Casale Monferrato 112 m to Asti 10.032 Borgo San Martino 108 m 5.352 Giarole 102 m Villabella (closed 2003)[2] 106 m Monte Valenza (closed 1962)[3] 0.000 14.000 from Novara and from Pavia 12.392 Valenza 112 m Valenza (2330 m) 6.572 Valmadonna 0.000 88.522 from Turin Tanaro 90.075 Alessandria 96 m to Cavallermaggiore and to Savona / to Ovada to Genoa and to Piacenza km Source: Italian railway atlas[4]

History

The section from Valenza to Alessandria was opened on 5 June 1854 as part of the railway from Alessandria to Novara and Arona. The section from Casale Monferrato to Valenza was opened on 22 March 1857 as part of the railway from Vercelli to Valenza. The section from Chivasso to Casale came into operation on 30 April 1887.[5]

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

Footnotes

1. Impianti FS. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 267 (February 2005). P. 6–7.
2. Impianti FS. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 257 (March 2004). P. 6.
3. Ordine di Servizio n. 99 del 1962
4. Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 31, 32.
5. Prospetto cronologico 1927.

Sources

• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 5 (Chivasso–Alessandria) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
• Tuzza, Alessandro, ed. (1927). "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" (in Italian). Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato/Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
• Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.