Colico–Chiavenna railway

The Colico–Chiavenna railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy.

Colico–Chiavenna railway
Overview
Native name	Ferrovia Colico-Chiavenna
Status	in use
Locale	Lombardy, Italy
Termini	Colico railway station Chiavenna railway station
Stations	8
Service
Type	heavy rail
Services	R11
Operator(s)	Trenord
History
Opened	September 9, 1886
Technical
Line length	26 km (16 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC overhead line
Route map km elev from Lecco 0.033 Colico to Tirano 6.367 Dubino 10.418 Verceia 12.628 Novate Mezzola 16.660 Samolaco 20.359 San Cassiano Valchiavenna Monica (1213 m) 24.860 Prata Camportaccio 26.315 Chiavenna km Source: Italian railway atlas[1]

It was opened on 9 September 1886.[2]

The line was part of a miscarried project of a Milan-Chur railway through a planned Splugen pass tunnel, which was cancelled after the success of the line through the Gotthard tunnel.

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

Footnotes

1. Railway Atlas 2017, p. 6.
2. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 Archived June 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

Sources

• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 26 (Colico–Chiavenna) (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.