The Trento–Malè–Mezzana railway (Italian: Ferrovia Trento-Malè-Mezzana (FTM)) is a metre gaugeelectric railway originally connecting Trento and Malè in Trentino, northern Italy. In 2002 it was extended to the Marilleva ski resort in the Italian Alps and in 2016 to Mezzana. The line has now a total length of 66 kilometres (41 mi). FTM transports 2 million passengers per year along its 56 km (35 mi) line, including tourists.
In 1891 a proposal for a new railway in Trentino (then part of the Austrian Empire was issued by Paolo Oss Mazzurana, mayor of Trento. Construction began in 1907 and the railway was inaugurated in 1909 as a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) narrow-gaugetramway, electrified at 800 V DC (converted to 3,000 V DC in 1964).
After the end of World War I, the Trentino was given to Italy, the railway was acquired by the Ferrovie dello Stato, and then established as an independent company in 1936. The line was almost totally rebuilt, shortened by 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) but assuming the character of a true railway without road-embedded sections. In 1945 it passed under a new public company, Società Locale Trento Malè, who controlled it until 2002, when it became part of Trentino trasporti.
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Inauguration of the electric railway in Nave San Felice, Lavis (TN), 1909. Portrait by Renato Restelli.
History of the Trento-Malè line, by Gregory Beecroft
FTM at Tyrolian Museum Trains (in German)
April 16, 2024
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