The Pisa–Rome railway (also called the ''ferrovia Tirrenica''—"Tyrrhenian Railway") is one of the trunk lines of the
Italian railway network. It connects
Italy’s northwest with its south, running along the
Tyrrhenian coast between the
Italian regions of
Tuscany and
Lazio, through the
provinces of
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
,
Grosseto,
Viterbo and
Rome. The line is double track and is fully
electrified at 3,000 V
DC. Passenger traffic is managed by
Trenitalia.
An international
branch line connects from the Pisa–Rome railway at
Roma San Pietro railway station
Roma San Pietro railway station ( it, Stazione di Roma San Pietro) is a major station serving the city and ''comune'' of Rome, Italy. Opened in 1894, the station forms part of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway and the Rome–Capranica–Viter ...
to
Vatican City: the 300-metre
Vatican railway.
History
The
southernmost section of the line between
Rome and
Civitavecchia was opened on 24 April 1859 by the ''Società Pio Central'' (
Italian for ''Central Pius Company'').
In 1862 work started on a line south from Livorno, which initially ran east to
Collesalvetti
Collesalvetti is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence, northeast of Livorno and only south from Pisa.
Geography
Collesalvetti borders the following municipalit ...
before turning south and joining the path of the current ''Pisa–Rome'' line at
Vada
Vada or Vayda may refer to:
People
*Gunnar Vada (1927–2018), Norwegian politician
*Vada Nobles, American record producer
*Vada Pinson (1938–1995), American baseball player
*Vada Sultenfuss, fictional character in the 1991 film ''My Girl''
* ...
(now 27 km south of Livorno). This route is now known as the
Maremmana railway. The line continued south from Vada and was opened to Nunziatella, near
Capalbio
Capalbio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in Tuscany region of Italy, located about south of Florence and about southeast of Grosseto.
Capalbio borders the following municipalities: Manciano, Montalto di Castro, Orbete ...
, on the border with the Papal States on the Chiarone river in 1864. In 1865 the Leopolda railway was taken over by the owner of the Rome–Civitavecchia railway, now called the
Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane
''Società'' (Italian: ''Society'') was an Italian communist cultural magazine published in Italy between 1945 and 1961.
History and profile
''Società'' was founded as a quarterly magazine in Florence in 1945. The founders were Ranuccio Bianchi ...
(''Roman Railways''). It opened the connecting section between Civitavecchia and Capalbio in 1867.
In 1910 a direct line was opened along the coast from Vada to the new
central station at Livorno. A new route was opened between Rome and
Maccarese-Fregene via
Aurelia Aurelia may refer to:
People
* Version of feminine given name Aurélie
* Aurelia (mother of Caesar)
* Aurelia gens, a Roman family
* Aurelia Browder, American civil rights activist
* Astrud Aurelia, American drag queen
Science
* ''Aurelia'' (c ...
on 25 May 1990.
References
Footnotes
Sources
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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 ...
External links
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Railway lines in Lazio
Railway lines in Tuscany
Railway lines opened in 1867
1867 establishments in Italy