Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì railway

Railway line in Italy
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The Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì railway is a single-track line in Sicily, Italy managed by RFI. The route connects Syracuse on the Ionian side of Sicily to the Mediterranean side, crossing, with an east-west route, a number of large urban centers to Canicattì.[1][2][3]

History of route section openings

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  • Canicattì–Campobello di Licata
  • Campobello di Licata–Favarotta – 23 May 1880
  • Favarotta–Licata – 24 February 1881
  • Syracuse–Noto – 5 April 1886
  • Licata–Licata jetty – 26 November 1888
  • Licata–Gela – 29 March 1891
  • Noto–Modica – 23 December 1891
  • Syracuse–Stazione di Siracusa Marittima [it] – 13 August 1892
  • Gela–Comiso – 14 March 1893
  • Comiso–Modica – 18 June 1893
FS Class ALn 668 diesel railcar at Ragusa station

See also

References

  1. ^ Derks, Sanne (30 May 2022). "Circling Sicily on Its Regional Trains". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  2. ^ "Al via il treno veloce Modica-Palermo, riapre la Gela-Caltanissetta". la Repubblica. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  3. ^ "La Ferrovia Pachino - Noto". www.ilmondodeitreni.it. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. ^ Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato (1927). Alessandro Tuzza (ed.). "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926". Trenidicarta.it.

Further reading

  • Federico Squarzina, Produzione e commercio dello zolfo in Sicilia nel secolo XIX = production and trade of sulfur in Sicily in the 19th century. ILTE, 1963.
  • Romualdo Giuffrida, Lo Stato e le ferrovie in Sicilia (1860–1895) = the state and the railways in Sicily (1860–1895). Caltanissetta: Sciascia, 1967.
  • Piero Muscolino, La ferrovia Siracusa-Vittoria-Caltanissetta = the Syracuse-Vittoria-Caltanissetta railway. Ingegneria Ferroviaria (railway engineering), May 1977, pp. 417–426.
  • Piero Muscolino, Il treno in Sicilia = the train in Sicily. Ingegneria Ferroviaria (railway engineering), n. 2, Rome: CIFI, 1977.
  • Piero Muscolino, Le ferrovie della Sicilia sud-orientale = the railways of south-eastern Sicily. Cortona, Calosci, 1979.
    • Piero Muscolino, Le ferrovie della Sicilia sud-orientale = the railways of south-eastern Sicily. Ragusa, EdiARGO, 2006, ISBN 88-88659-50-1.
  • Giuseppe Barone, Le vie del Mezzogiorno = the ways of the South. Rome: Donzelli, 2002, ISBN 88-7989-684-9.
  • Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, Fascicolo Linea 159. RFI, December 2003.
  • Massimo Inzerilli, Ferrovie siciliane in abbandono = Sicilian railways in abandonment. In i Treni, n. 356, February 2013, p. 20–26.

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