Turin–Fossano–Savona railway

Turin–Fossano–Savona railway
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Locale	Italy
Termini	Turin Savona
Stations	17 station, 6 stops
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	24 September 1848 (1848-09-24) 7 February 1954 (1954-02-07)
Technical
Line length	153 km (95 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (Turin–Ceva) 1 (Ceva–Savona)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map elev. in m km km elev (M) or length (m) in metres Frejus railway to Frejus Turin–Milan railway to Milan 0.00 Torino Porta Nuova   4.318 Torino Lingotto Torre Pellice–Pinerolo–Turin railway to Pinerolo & Torre Pellice A 6 Torino-Savona Po River 8.010 Moncalieri 228 M 13.030 Trofarello 233 M Turin–Genoa railway to Genoa & & Trofarello–Chieri railway to Chieri Santena-Tetti Giro ( closed 2003 ) 231 M 7.149 Villastellone 235 M A 6 15.499 Carmagnola 240 M Carmagnola–Bra railway to Bra 24.579 Racconigi 258 M Moretta–Cavallermaggiore railway to Moretta (closed 1959) 31.628 Cavallermaggiore 282 M to Alessandria 38.384 Savigliano 311 M Savigliano–Saluzzo–Cuneo railway to Saluzzo Genola ( closed 2003 ) 336 M 50.541 0.000 Fossano 355 M Fossano–Cuneo railway to Cuneo Stura di Demonte River 5.978 Trinità-Bene Vagienna 374 M A 33 12.893 Magliano-Crava-Morozzo 400 M Cuneo–Mondovì railway to Cuneo 18.985 Mondovì 414 M Bastia Mondovì–Mondovì railway to Bastia Mondovì (closed 1986)) Mondovì tunnel 667 m 1,126 m Pobbia tunnel 21.594 22.720 22.779 22.582 San Giovanni tunnel 2,804 m 25.908 Vicoforte-San Michele 454 30.426 Lesegno 428 1,297 m Lesegno tunnel 32.398 33.695 30.426 Lesegno Tanaro 408 Tanaro River Bra–Ceva railway to Bra ( closed 1994 ) 38.156 45.260 Ceva end of double track 387 Ceva–Ormea railway to Ormea 39.654 Sale Langhe 474 M 4,366 m Belbo tunnel 37.272 32.907 31.680 Saliceto 423 M 28.659 Cengio 408 M 0,528 m Cosseria tunnel 24.334 Cosseria ( closed 2003 ) 368 M to Alessandria 24.375 San Giuseppe di Cairo 343 M Altare branch Ferrania branch Carcare 18.450 Bragno 0,395 M Altare 18.329 16.283 Ferrania 361 M 1,451 m Altare tunnel 17.884 16.433 15.805 13.496 Sella tunnel 2,309 m 0,188 M ( closed 2009 ) Maschio 12.940 Sella 287 M 2,063 m Santuario tunnel 06.592 1.529 5.664 Santuario 122 M junction 1.493 00.000 Genoa–Ventimiglia railway to Genoa closed 1977 Savona 01.107 Savona Letimbro Genoa–Ventimiglia railway to Ventimiglia elev. in m km km elev (M) or length (m) in metres

The Turin–Fossano–Savona railway is a major Italian railway that links the cities of Turin and Savona. The railway is double track up to Ceva, standard gauge and fully electrified at 3 kV DC. It connects the cities of Trofarello, Carmagnola, Cavallermaggiore, Savigliano, Fossano, Mondovì, Ceva and San Giuseppe di Cairo.

The railway was opened from 1848 to 1954.

• List of railway lines in Italy

• RFI - Fascicolo Linea 8 (Torino–San Giuseppe di Cairo)
• RFI - Fascicolo Linea 75 (San Giuseppe di Cairo–Savona)
• Franco Dell'Amico, Due valichi per Savona, in "I Treni Oggi" n. 61 (giugno 1986), pp. 16–22.
• Rebagliati Franco, Dell'Amico Franco, Siri Mario, I centoventi anni della linea ferroviaria Torino-Savona (1874-1994), Alzani Editore

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