Santhià–Arona railway

The Santhià–Arona railway is a railway line in Piedmont, Italy. It was inaugurated from 1905 to 1906.[2] The service on the railway was suspended from 17 June 2012, by decision of the Piedmont Region.[3]

Santhià–Arona railway
Overview
Status	no traffic
Owner	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Termini	Santhià railway station Arona railway station
Stations	8 station
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	18 May 1906
Technical
Line length	65 km (40 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map km elev from Turin 0.000 Santhià since 1856 181 m to Milan and Biella 5.128 Carisio † 2003 178 m Elvo stream Turin–Milan HSL Milan-Turin Autostrada Cervo stream 13.854 Buronzo 179 m from Biella 22.121 Rovasenda since 1939 / Rovasenda Alta 225 m to Novara 31.230 Gattinara 263 m from Varallo 34.393 Romagnano Sesia since 1883 266 m to Novara 44.897 Cureggio 296 m Agogna stream from Novara 48.395 Borgomanero since 1864 311 m to Domodossola 51+279 start Gattico tunnel (3308 m) Genoa-Gravellona Toce Autostrada 54+587 end Gattico tunnel 57.588 Comignago 261 m from Novara Dormelletto Paese since 1935 from Milan 26.724 Arona since 1905 393 m to Domodossola km Source: Italian railway atlas[1]

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

Footnotes

1. Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 19, 20, 126.
2. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926
3. Silvia Adorno, Chiusure in Piemonte, in "I Treni" n. 351 (settembre 2012), pp. 14-19

Sources

• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 14 (Santhià–Arona) (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.