Colico–Chiavenna railway

Railway line in Lombardy, Italy

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gaugeElectrification3 kV DC
overhead line
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Legend
km
0.033
 Colico
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]
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The Colico–Chiavenna railway is a rail line in Lombardy, Italy, 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

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 24 June 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.


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