The Padua–Bologna railway is an important railway line in Italy that joins the city of
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
to
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
, passing through
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
and
Ferrara. The infrastructure is managed by
RFI, which classifies it as a primary line.
History
The railway was designed as a continuation of the
Porrettana Railway towards the
Po Valley and
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
.
The first section from
Ferrara to
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
was opened on January 1862, while
Pontelagoscuro was reached on 15 April of the same year.
The Padua–Rovigo section, which at that time was in the
Veneto
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region and part of the
Austrian Empire
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, was opened on 11 June 1866, a few days before the opening of hostilities in the
Third War of Independence. The missing section, from Pontelagoscuro to Rovigo, was built as a matter of urgency during the war. Civil operations started on 1 December 1866, when the war had ended and the Veneto had become part of the
Kingdom of Italy
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. The whole line was managed by the
Società per le Ferrovie dell'Alta Italia (SFAI) until the establishment of the
Rete Adriatica in 1885. The line has been part of the FS network since 1905, while management was transferred to RFI in 2001. On 22 December 1985, a rail crash occurred at Coronella (a village in
Poggio Renatico
Poggio Renatico ( Poggese: ; Ferrarese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna and about southwest of Ferrara.
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), which caused 10 deaths and injuries to another 11. The line has been completely doubled and electrified since 2006 with the completion of the doubling of the Pontelagoscuro–Occhiobello section.
Track standards
The line is equipped with double track, and electrified at
3000 V DC.
References
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Railway lines in Veneto
Railway lines in Emilia-Romagna
Railway lines opened in 1862