The Seregno–Bergamo railway is a railway line in
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
History
The line was opened in two sections: from
Seregno
Seregno (; lmo, label= Brianzoeu, Seregn ) is a town and ''comune'' of the new Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region of Lombardy. Seregno received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 26 January 1979.
It is ser ...
to
Carnate
Carnate (Western Lombard: ''Carnaa'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan.
Carnate borders the following municipalities: Osnago, Lomagna, Ronco B ...
on 24 September 1888, and from Carnate to
Ponte San Pietro
Ponte San Pietro (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is about northeast of Milan and about west of Bergamo.
Sights include the Villa Mapelli Mozzi.
Geography
Ponte San Pietro is built on ...
on 1 July 1889 with the completion of the
San Michele Bridge
The San Michele Bridge ( it, Ponte San Michele), also known as the Paderno Bridge ( it, Ponte di Paderno), is a multi-level rail and road truss arch bridge across the Adda River in Lombardy, Italy. The bridge connects Paderno d'Adda, Lecco on t ...
across the
Adda River
The Adda (Latin ''Abdua'', or ''Addua''; in Lombard ''Ada'' or, again, ''Adda'' in local dialects where the double consonants are marked) is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. It rises in the Alps near the border with Switzerland ...
. From Ponte San Pietro to Bergamo the line used the existing track of the
line to Lecco, dating to 1863.
Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926
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The section between Carnate and Bergamo is used by the regional service of the Milan–Bergamo railway.
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
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Railway lines in Lombardy
Railway lines opened in 1889