Cremona–Fidenza railway

The Cremona–Fidenza railway is a railway line in Italy.

Cremona–Fidenza railway
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Locale	Italy
Termini	Cremona Fidenza
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	1906 (1906)
Technical
Line length	34 km (21 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map Legend km elev from Mantua from Brescia and from Treviglio 0.000 Cremona 46 m to Pavia Po 6.087 Castelvetro 39 m to Piacenza A 21 Autostrada dei Vini 9.394 San Giuliano Piacentino 39 m 14.132 Villanova d'Arda 41 m 21.122 Busseto 42 m 28.126 Castione dei Marchesi 54 m 30.363 2° Bivio/PP Fidenza Ovest with HSR Milan–Bologna A 1 Autostrada del Sole from Milan and from Salsomaggiore 33.893 Fidenza 74 m to La Spezia / to Bologna [1] This diagram: view talk edit

History

The line was opened on 12 September 1906^[2] and operated by the private railway company Società Italiana Ferrovie e Tramvie (SIFT). Later it came to the state company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).

It was electrified at the end of the 1970s, in order to provide an alternative route (via Treviglio, Cremona and Fidenza) for the freight trains from Milan to the south. The electrical service started on 27 May 1979.^[3]

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy