Cancello–Benevento railway

Cancello–Benevento railway
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Locale	Campania, Italy
Termini	Cancello Benevento
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	9 March 1891
Technical
Line length	103 km (64 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (Cancello–Sarno), otherwise 1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC (Cancello–Codola)
Route map km Rome–Cassino–Naples railway to Rome Benevento–Cancello railway (EAV) to Benevento Cancello Rome–Cassino–Naples railway to Naples 4.182 (0.022) Bivio Nola (1.804) Nola Interporto Naples–Nola–Baiano railway (SFSM) to Naples│to Baiano 12.256 Nola 18.984 Palma-San Gennaro 27.625 Sarno Naples–Ottaviano–Sarno railway (SFSM) to Naples│to Sarno Naples–Salerno high-speed railway to Salerno 31.950 Lavorate ( opened 1937 )[1] Nocera Inferiore–Mercato San Severino railway to Nocera 35.402 Codola 36.740 Lanzara-Fimiani ( opened 1936 )[2] 37.916 Castel San Giorgio-Roccapiemonte 40.293 Valle di Mercato San Severino Salerno–Mercato San Severino railway to Salerno 43.664 Mercato San Severino 48.118 Montoro-Forino 52.766 Borgo 57.260 Montoro Superiore 61.962 Solofra Turci tunnel ( 2425 m 2652 yd ) 65.534 Serino 67.490 San Michele di Serino Rocchetta Sant'Antonio–Avellino railway to Rocchetta Sant'Antonio 73.706 0.000 Avellino 3.536 Montefredane ( opened 1948 )[3] 8.000 Prata-Pratola 14.542 Altavilla Irpina 18.818 Chianche-Ceppaloni 22.384 Montorsi ( opened 1940 )[4] 27.324 Benevento Porta Rufina 28.650 Benevento Arco Traiano ( opened 1994 )[5] Naples–Foggia railway to Foggia 29.786 Benevento Naples–Foggia railway to Naples & Benevento–Cancello railway (EAV) to Cancello Benevento–Campobasso railway to Campobasso km Source: Italian railway atlas[6]

The Cancello–Benevento railway is a railway line in Campania, Italy.

The line was opened in several sections as it follows:^[7]

• Cancello–Nola on 3 June 1846
• Nola–Sarno on 17 January 1856
• Sarno–Mercato San Severino on 17 February 1861
• Mercato San Severino–Montoro on 1 August 1869
• Montoro–Avellino on 31 March 1879
• Avellino–Prata on 2 September 1886
• Prata–Benevento on 9 March 1891

• List of railway lines in Italy

• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 128 (Cancello–Benevento) (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.