The Bari-Casamassima-Putignano railway is a long Italian
railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
line, that connects
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
with
Putignano
Putignano ( Barese: ) is an Italian town of 26 644 inhabitants located in the Murgia of the Metropolitan City of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy. It is known for its ancient Carnival, for textile manufacturing companies and for karst caves.
Phy ...
via
Casamassima
Casamassima ( Barese: ) is a town and ''comune'' of 19,786 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy. Is also called "The Blue Town". The town is located inland from the Italian coastline, thrives and is built on agr ...
.
The line was opened on 6 September 1905.
Usage
The line is used by the following service(s):
*Local services (''Treno regionale'') Bari - Casamassima - Putignano
Electrification
The railway is being electrified, largely with funds from the European Union,
115 million EUR of regional funds to improve railway connections in Puglia
/ref> with most works completed in 2014. The FSE has requested a tender for four trains.
See also
* List of railway lines in Italy
This is a list of all railway lines in Italy.
Active lines
Managed by Ferrovie dello Stato
High–speed lines
* Turin–Milan
* Milan–Verona (under construction)
* Verona–Venice (under construction)
* Venice–Trieste (planning p ...
References
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at October 2014.''
External links
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Railway lines in Apulia
Railway lines opened in 1905
1905 establishments in Italy