Brescia–Cremona railway

Brescia–Cremona railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy.

Brescia–Cremona railway
Several passenger trains at Brescia station in 2012
Overview
Native name	Ferrovia Brescia-Cremona
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Locale	Lombardy, Italy
Termini	Brescia railway station Cremona railway station
Stations	8
Service
Type	heavy rail
Services	R5
Operator(s)	Trenord
History
Opened	15 December 1866 (1866-12-15)
Technical
Line length	50 km (31 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map Legend km elev from Bergamo and from Milan 80.471 Brescia Scalo from Edolo 82.842 39.365 Brescia 139 m to Venice 33.704 San Zeno-Folzano 111 m to Parma 26.323 Bagnolo 86 m 17.386 Manerbio 68 m 12.107 Verolanuova 63 m Oglio 5.553 Robecco-Pontevico 47 m from Treviglio 0.000 10.831 Olmeneta 55 m 5.420 P.M. Km 5.420 from Mantua 0.000 Cremona 46 m to Pavia / to Fidenza km Source: Italian railway atlas^[1] This diagram: view talk edit

History

The line was opened on 15 December 1866.^[2]

In 1984 it was electrified with a 3 kV DC overhead line.^[3]

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

Footnotes

1. Railway Atlas 2017, pp. 22, 34, 135.
2. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926". Bibliographia Ferroviaria Italiana (in Italian).
3. "Notizie flash". I Treni Oggi (in Italian) (38): 4. April 1984.

Sources

• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 30 (Brescia–Cremona) (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.

External links

  Media related to Brescia–Cremona railway at Wikimedia Commons