Italy - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services: Difference between revisions
Line 77: | Line 77: | ||
*Roma (Prenestina) – Napoli (Gianturco) | *Roma (Prenestina) – Napoli (Gianturco) | ||
There are various intermediate connections between these lines and older routes, but | There are various intermediate connections between these lines and older routes, but many see limited or no use by passenger trains. Those with a passenger service are: | ||
*Piacenza Ovest: See [[Italy_(Emilia_Romagna)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services#PIAO|IT21/71]] | *Piacenza Ovest: See [[Italy_(Emilia_Romagna)_-_Lines_with_Obscure_or_Sparse_passenger_services#PIAO|IT21/71]] |
Revision as of 12:38, 29 July 2021
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 10 December 2023. Although the timetable is shown as valid until 8 June 2024, most long-distance services are shown as operating only until March. Such trains are not indicated by note 'D' (for a service only running on certain dates), because it is a reasonable expectation that their period of operation will be extended or a similar service is provided instead. It is assumed that the timetable will continue to be updated and reissued regularly, as has been the case since summer 2020. Users are recommended to check the Trenitalia website to ensure they are using the latest version of the timetable.
Table numbers quoted here are from In Treno Tutt'Italia, the official Trenitalia timetable. Standard abbreviations are explained here.
Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA-E" refer to the European Railway Atlas (All-Europe Edition) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "ERA-R" refer to the European Railway Atlas (Regional Series: Book 2) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "S+W", or in italic, refer to Atlante ferroviaro d'Italia e Slovenia by Schweers + Wall.
Two useful symbols exist which show the booked route for trains not calling at a station: in the middle of the train column, a vertical bar "|" means that the train passes through the station without stopping, whereas a middle dot "·" means that the train does not pass through that station but instead takes a different route.
Westbound and northbound trains normally have even train numbers. Eastbound and southbound trains normally have odd numbers. Trains may, therefore, have several numbers during the course of a journey. For example, the 07:13 Bergamo to Ventimiglia, which runs west to Milano, south to Genova and then west again, is successively IR1786, IR1787 and IR1788. In the tables below the train number used is that applicable at the last stop before the route concerned. Where two train numbers are shown, that is because they vary with the day of operation. Trains running on only a few days during the Christmas and New Year holiday period are not included in the lists; none use lines without any other passenger service.
When a train is being re-scheduled, to allow for engineering work or for other reasons, it is likely to be given an alternative train number, usually of five digits starting with 3. The last two digits are generally, but not always, the same as those of usual train number. For passenger reservation purposes the usual number may be used. Where a train is diverted via an obscure route that it does not normally use, the relevant 3xxxx train number is quoted in the lists. Many trains have alternative numbers because of diversions or retimings that do not affect use of obscure routes and in such cases only the usual number is quoted, in the interests of clarity and space.
Lines are listed in geographic order, from north to south, grouped by region. However, the Firenze - Roma direttissima (which passes through the regions of Toscana, Umbria and Lazio) is shown as a separate group. Special Notes and details of Linea Alta Velocità (High Speed Lines), Other Sparse Services, Bus services in substitute for trains, and Deletions since previous edition can be found at the end of this page.
List of Regions:-
Lombardia (includes Milano) | entries starting with 'ITxx/01' |
Trentino Alto Adige | entries starting with 'ITxx/21' |
Veneto | entries starting with 'ITxx/31' |
Friuli Venezia Giulia | entries starting with 'ITxx/41' |
Piemonte (includes Torino) | entries starting with 'ITxx/51' |
Liguria (includes Genova) | entries starting with 'ITxx/61' |
Emilia Romagna (includes Bologna) | entries starting with 'ITxx/71' |
Toscana (includes Firenze) | entries starting with 'ITxx/81' |
Marche | entries starting with 'ITxx/91' |
Firenze - Roma direttissima | entries starting with 'ITxx/101' |
Lazio (includes Roma) | entries starting with 'ITxx/121' |
Campania (includes Napoli) | entries starting with 'ITxx/131' |
Abruzzo and Molise | entries starting with 'ITxx/141' |
Puglia | entries starting with 'ITxx/161' |
Calabria | entries starting with 'ITxx/171' |
Sicilia | entries starting with 'ITxx/181' |
Sardegna | entries starting with 'ITxx/191' |
The following regions currently have no Obscure Services: Basilicata and Valle d'Aosta.
Special Notes
The Trenitalia timetables suggest that on certain lines fast trains and stopping trains run via different routes, but in fact there is a quadruple line with station platforms on only one pair of tracks. Such lines include Prato Centrale to Firenze Rifredi and Padova to Venezia Mestre.
Linea Alta Velocità (High-Speed Lines)
The following high-speed lines, which are electrified at 25 KV 50 Hz rather than the standard Italian 3,000 Volts DC, are used by Alta Velocità trains. These are marketed as Frecciarossa, Frecciabianca and Frecciargento. High-speed services are also provided by open access operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, trading as Italo.
- Torino Stura – Milano (Rho Fiera)
- Treviglio (Bivio Casirate) - Brescia (Bivio Mella) (but note that the final connection may be further east than the present one)
- Milano (Bivio Melegnano) – Bologna – Firenze (Castello)
- Roma (Prenestina) – Napoli (Gianturco)
There are various intermediate connections between these lines and older routes, but many see limited or no use by passenger trains. Those with a passenger service are:
- Piacenza Ovest: See IT21/71
- Fidenza Ovest: See IT21/72
- Castelfranco Est: See IT21/73
- Anzola dell'Emilia: See IT21/73A
- Anagni: See IT21/127
- Cassino Sud: See IT21/128
- Caserta Nord: See IT21/132.
Although there is a connection from the high-speed line at Bianze, AV trains between Torino and Vercelli run via the old main line. The connection at Bivio Novara Ost was used by passenger trains until the high-speed line was completed to Milano. The connection at Bivio Emilia, south of Bologna, was used by all high-speed services until the low level line through Bologna Centrale opened, and thereafter by one train pair until December 2018.
Other connections used while high-speed lines were under construction, but no longer with a passenger service are:
- Crossovers at Bologna S Viola
- Gricignano-Teverola - 1º Bivio Gricignano
There are also high-speed lines electrified at 3,000 Volts DC, which may be used by other trains:
- Milano Lambrate – Treviglio: See IT21/14
- Milano Rogoredo – Tavazzano (Bivio Melegnano): See IT21/15
- Padova – Venezia Mestre: This is effectively a quadrupling of the old main line.
- Roma – Firenze Direttissima: This is an older high-speed line. See separate details.
- Napoli – Salerno: See IT21/136
It appears to be practice for DC high-speed lines to be known as Direttissima and for AC lines to be known as Linea AV/AC.
Trams
See Italy - Tram services over obscure routes
Other sparse services
The train service may well be suspended on some local lines for varying periods during the summer holidays between late June and early September, especially in northern Italy and Campania. It may be advisable to check services locally.
The following lines not included above have few trains (relative to service levels generally in Italy) - six trains or fewer each way on at least three days a week, or do not run each weekday. Lines with no Sunday trains are noted, but where there is a Sunday service it may be very limited on rural lines. Even on lines with more than six trains daily the service may be very irregular, with a few early morning journeys and then none until the afternoon.
10 | Bardonecchia – Modane (France) | TGV services only (weekend local trains not running as at March 2021) |
13 | Trieste Centrale - Sežana (Slovenia) | |
15 | Tarvisio Boscoverde – Arnoldstein (Austria) | Overnight services and two day trains |
15 | Carnia - Tarvisio Boscoverde | Sparse weekday service; better at weekends |
81 | Benevento - Foggia | Possibly a short-term Covid-19 service cut |
91 | Metaponto - Sibari | |
94 | Potenza Centrale - Metaponto | |
109 | Ventimiglia - Limone | |
120 | Asti - Acqui Terme | No weekend service |
125 | Chivasso - Valenza | No Sunday service |
150 | Mortara - Vercelli | |
170 | Albate-Camerlata - Molteno | No Sunday service |
220 | Treviso Centrale - Portogruaro-Caorle | No Sunday service |
236 | Casarsa - Portogruaro-Caorle | No Sunday service |
250 | Fidenza – Fornovo | |
270 | Lavezzola – Granarolo Faentino [- Faenza] | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
270 | Russi – Granarolo Faentino [- Faenza] | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service, except for a few trains during the summer |
273 | Firenze Campo di Marte - Firenze S Marco Vecchio | Peak service Mon-Sat; one train on summer Sundays |
280 | Firenze Porta al Prato - Le Piagge (Firenze Cascine) | Peak service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
302 | Viterbo Porta Fiorentina - Attigliano-Bomarzo | No Sunday service |
311 | Avezzano - Roccasecca | |
313 | Termoli - Campobasso | Additional services planned |
332 | Foggia - Manfredonia | Summer service only |
339 | Barletta - Spinazzola | Limited service Mon-Sat pm; no Sunday service |
346 | Taranto - Brindisi | No Sunday service, except for one overnight train each way. |
360 | Sassari - Porto Torres Marittima | |
361/362 | Olbia – Golfo Aranci | Sparse winter service; a few additional trains during the summer |
375 | Lentini Diramazione – Caltagirone | |
378 | Canicatti – Aragona Caldare | |
388 | Piraineto - Castelvetrano | |
392 | Canicatti - Siracusa | No Sunday service; few trains on parts of the line Mondays to Saturdays |
435 | Parma - Suzzara (TPER) | No Sunday service |
436 | Reggio Emilia - Reggio Emilia S Lazzaro (TPER) | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
438 | Reggio Emilia - Ciano d'Enza (TPER) | No Sunday service |
439 | Ferrara - Suzzara (TPER) | No Sunday service |
440 | Ferrara - Codigoro (TPER) | No Sunday service |
445 | Arezzo - Sinalunga (TFT) | No Sunday service |
446 | Arezzo - Pratavecchio Stia (TFT) | No Sunday service |
460 to 465 | Ferrovie del Sud Est: Entire network | No Sunday service |
466 | Bari - Gravina in Puglia and Matera Sud (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) | No Sunday service |
468 | S Nicandro Gargánico - Peschici Calenella (Ferrovie del Gargano) | |
- | Sassi – Superga (Gruppo Torinese Trasporti) | No trains on Wednesdays |
- | Gravina in Puglia – Genzano (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
- | Potenza - Avigliano Città (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) | No Sunday service |
- | Catania Borgo - Randazzo (Ferrovia Circumetnea) | No Sunday service |
- | Paterno - Randazzo - Riposto (Ferrovia Circumetnea) | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
- | Sassari - Sorso (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | No Sunday service |
- | Sassari - Alghero (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | No Sunday service during the winter |
- | Macomer - Nuoro (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | No Sunday service |
- | San Gottardo (Cagliari) - Mandas (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | No Sunday service |
- | Mandas – Isili (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
Bus services in substitute for trains
Services over the following lines have been replaced by buses, mostly owing to infrastructure problems. It is definitely intended that some routes will re-open to rail traffic, but others are in doubt.
26 | Novi Ligure - Tortona | Service suspended to facilitate construction of a Milano - Genova high-speed line |
106 | Savigliano - Saluzzo | Train service suspended because of Covid-19 |
122 | Bra - Cavallermaggiore | Train service suspended because of Covid-19 |
134 | Sesto Calende - Laveno-Mombello | Long-term, possible permanent, withdrawal of passenger trains |
172 | Seregno - Carnate-Usmate | Trains replaced by buses, in order to provide a more reliable service on other lines |
226 | Belluno - Feltre | Closed for electrification work. |
233 | Gemona del Friuli - Maniago | Service suspended in 2012, because of a landslide. There continues to be pressure for passenger trains to resume, but no early prospect of this. |
258 | Pisa Centrale - Collesalvetti - Vada | See route IT21/89 for occasional diversions |
259 | Cecina – Volterra-Saline-Pomarance | The limited Mon-Sat train service was suspended in September 2020. |
310 | Priverno Fossanova – Terracina | Train service suspended because of landslides. |
312 | Sulmona - Carpinone | See route IT21/151 for details of special excursions |
313 (part) | Rocca Ravindola - Campobasso | Closed for electrification work; may re-open December 2021 |
315 | [Campbasso -] Bosco Redole - Benevento | See route IT21/138 for details of special excursions. |
325/329 | Nocera Inferiore - Mercato S Severino | Closed for electrification work. |
329/330 | Salerno - Mercato S Severino - Avellino | Closed for electrification work. |
335 | Avellino - Lioni | See route IT21/139 for details of special excursions. |
337 | Rocchetta S Antonio Lacedonia - Gioia del Colle | Trains replaced by buses in 2011 on economic grounds, so unlikely to resume. |
375 (part) | Caltagirone – Gela | Service suspended following collapse of a viaduct in 2011. Plans announced in 2020 for reinstatement. |
409 (part) | Rovato FN - Bornato-Calino | Trains replaced by buses in 2018 on economic grounds, so unlikely to resume. See route IT21/17 for details of occasional excursions. |
414 | Rivarolo Canavese - Pont Canavese (GTT) | Bus service not shown in In Treno, but there are plans to electrify and reopen the line. |
447 | Città di Castello - Sansepolcro (Ferrovia Centrale Umbra) | The FCU lines are being modernised, but this is taking a long time and only the section between Perugia Ponte S Giovanni and Città di Castello has re-opened. |
448 | Perugia Ponte S Giovanni - Terni (Ferrovia Centrale Umbra) | |
449 | Perugia Ponte S Giovanni - Perugia S Anna (Ferrovia Centrale Umbra) | |
460a | Bari Mungivacca - Rutigliano - Putignano (Ferrovie del Sud Est) | Closed for modernisation |
463 | Lecce - Zollino (Ferrovie del Sud Est) | Closed for modernisation |
465 | Maglie - Otranto (Ferrovie del Sud Est) | Closed for modernisation |
- | Licola - Torregáveta (EAV srl) | |
- | Barletta Centrale - Corato (Ferrotramviaria) | Service suspended since 2016, for resignalling following a serious collision. |
- | Gravina in Puglia – Avigliano Lucania (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) |
A number of other bus services appear in In Treno either in substitution for long-closed lines or FrecciaLink coaches to towns not on the high-speed network.
The following routes are shown on the Indice Grafico delle Relazioni (route diagram) in In Treno, but have no Trenitalia service at all, train or bus. In a few cases, which are noted, there is a train service not shown in In Treno.
60 & 70 | Ancona - Ancona Marittima | |
111 | Torino - Courmayeur | Former bus service |
125 | Vercelli - Casale Popolo | |
134 | Sesto Calende - Oleggio | |
157 | Piacenza - Castelvetro | |
286 | Fabriano - Pergola | |
325 | Sarno - Codola | The north to east side of the triangle at Codola is closed to all traffic. |
323 | Napoli - Sorrento | Former bus service. Circumvesuviana services not included in In Treno |
338 | Bari - Matera | Former bus service. Ferrovie Appulo-Lucane services not included in In Treno |
347 | Lecce - Gallipoli - S Maria di Leuca | Former bus service. Ferrovie Sud Est trains shown in tables 462 and 464 |
349 | Lecce - Otranto | Former bus service. Ferrovie Sud Est trains shown in tables 463 and 465 |
388 | Alcamo Diramazione - Calatafimi - Trapani |
Services not shown in In Treno
Timetables for the following services can be found at the websites shown. Urban metro systems are not included in this list.
L’Assunta/Maria Himmelfahrt – Collalbo/Klobenstein | SAD Trasporto Locale SpA (Table 160) |
Trento - Mezzana | Trentino trasporti esercizio SpA |
Sassi – Superga | Gruppo Torinese Trasporti |
Circumvesuviana network | EAV srl Linee Vesuviane |
Napoli Montesanto - Torregáveta and Licola | EAV srl Linee Flegree |
Cancello - Benevento and S Maria Capua Vetere - Piedimonte Matese | EAV srl Linee Suburbane |
Potenza Centrale - Avigliano Citta | Ferrovie Appulo Lucane |
Catanzaro Lido - Soveria Mannelli | Ferrovie della Calabria |
Catania Borgo - Randazzo - Riposto | Circumetnea |
Sassari - Alghero | Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna |
Sassari - Sorso | Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna |
Macomer - Nuoro | Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna |
San Gottardo (Cagliari) – Isili | Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna |
In some cases it is only possible to use a search engine to look up trains available at a selected time. For some lines lists of train times are available on the E656 website. Look for 'Orario' in the menu bar.
Deletions since previous edition
IT20/127 | Roma - Napoli | Temporary use of the coastal main line by some high-speed trains has ceased. |