Verona-Caprino-Garda Railway
The Verona-Affi-Caprino railway with the Affi-Garda branch line was an Rail transport in Italy, Italian railway that connected Verona to Lake Garda and the slopes of Monte Baldo, Mount Baldo, passing through Valpolicella. The route fell entirely within the territory of the Province of Verona. Built through the efforts of a promoting committee and supported by many mayors of the area, it represented an important step in the social and industrial development of the towns through which it passed. The first section was inaugurated in 1889, while the entire railway was decommissioned in 1959 due to lack of investment and competition from road transport. History Project and establishment of the railway In the second half of the 19th century, the inhabitants of Garda, Veneto, Garda, Costermano sul Garda, Costermano, Bardolino, and Affi had repeatedly expressed interest in a direct rail link with the provincial capital, Verona, since the Brenner Railway, Brenner line was inconve ...
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