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The Battipaglia–Metaponto railway is an Italian Шаблон:Convert long railway line, that connects Rome, Naples and Battipaglia with Potenza, Metaponto and Taranto. It is a commonly used trans-apennine linkage.

History

The line was opened in stages between 1863 and 1880.Шаблон:Sfn

Date Section
14 June 1863 Battipaglia - Eboli
1 December 1874 Eboli- Contursi
15 June 1875 Metaponto - Pisticci
30 September 1875 Contursi–Romagnano
15 November 1875 Pisticci–Ferrandina
10 April 1876 Ferrandina–Grassano
3 June 1877 Romagnano–Balvano
1 August 1877 Grassano–Calciano
6 November 1877 Balvano–Baragiano
15 January 1880 Baragiano–Picerno
1 September 1880 Picerno–Potenza
27 December 1880 Potenza–Calciano

In 1944 the deadliest accident in Italian railway history, the 8017 convoy Battipaglia-Potenza, happened on this line with over 500 victims.

Upgrades

Between 1986 and 1993 the railway was closed to allow for major works to upgrade the line, during which it was electrified. Electric trains however did not start using the line until 31 March 1994.[1] In 1995 a service was launched using Eurostar ETR 450.

Usage

The line is used by the following service(s):

  • Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Potenza - Taranto
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Naples - Salerno - Potenza - Metaponto - Taranto

References

Footnotes

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Sources

See also

  1. I treni, n. 167, January 1996.