Chivasso–Ivrea–Aosta railway

The Chivasso–Ivrea–Aosta railway is a railway line that links the regions of Piedmont and Aosta Valley in Italy. It was inaugurated from 1858 to 1886.[2] The railway was operated by the Italian Armys Railway Engineer Regiment from 1915 to 1943 and 1949 to 2001.

Chivasso–Ivrea–Aosta railway
The railway bridge over the river Dora Baltea
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Line number	5
Locale	Italy
Termini	Chivasso railway station Aosta railway station
Stations	11 station, 3 stops
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	5 July 1886
Technical
Line length	100 km (62 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend km elev from Asti from Alessandria and Milan 0.000 Chivasso (opened 1856) 184 m to Turin Turin–Milan high-speed railway Milan-Turin Autostrada 5.225 Montanaro 210 m 10.592 Rodallo 250 m 13.922 Caluso 291 m Caluso tunnel (250 m) 17.423 Candia Canavese 263 m 20.153 Mercenasco 241 m 23.383 Strambino 237 m Chiusella stream Ivrea-Santhià link – E25 32.431 Ivrea end of electrification 248 m Dora Baltea river Ivrea tunnel 35.942 Montalto Dora 38.684 Borgofranco 259 m Tunnel Dora Baltea river 92.492 Settimo-Tavagnasco Quincinetto (opened 2009) Dora Baltea river Dora Baltea river Piedmont-Aosta Valley border 48.613 Pont-Saint-Martin 305 m Lys stream 51.204 Donnas 323 m Dora Baltea river 54.110 Hône-Bard 340 m Dora Baltea river A5 – E25 De VA stream 60.782 Verrès 361 m Évançon stream Dora Baltea river 66.641 Montjovet Dora Baltea river A5 - E25 A5 - E25 Saint-Vincent Autostrada A5 - E25 74.051 Châtillon-Saint-Vincent 452 m A5 - E25 79.154 Chambave 478 m Dora Baltea river A5 - E25 Dora Baltea river Dora Baltea river Dora Baltea river A5 - E25 86.171 Nus 512 m Dora Baltea river Saint-Marcel (closed 2003) 361 m Dora Baltea river 90.748 Quart 551 m Buthier stream 98.619 Aosta 574 m from Pré-Saint-Didier km Source: Italian railway atlas[1]

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

Footnotes

1. Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 18, 19.
2. Prospetto cronologico 1926.

Sources

• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 5 (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 22 August 2018.
• Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.

External links

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