The Società Veneta (SV) was an Italian public transport company running trains and tramways. Its initial full name was the Società Veneta per le e costruzioni pubbliche (''Società Veneta for public business and construction''), though from 1898 to 1977 it was known as the Società Veneta per la costruzione e l'esercizio di ferrovie secondarie italiane (''Società Veneta for the construction and running of Italian secondary railways'').

History

It was formed in

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on 11 January 1872 and also worked on the construction of housing and other railway-related buildings and infrastructure. In the first half of the 20th century it was the largest railway operating company in Italy, managing lines in central and northern Italy. The company effectively ceased operation in 1986 but the section between

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and

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is now part of the

Venice–Trieste railway The Venice–Trieste railway is a railway line in Italy. History The section between Venice and San Giorgio di Nogaro was opened as a local railway from the private company Società Veneta in several sections between 1885 and 1888. Later it was ...

Routes

Standard gauge railways

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Narrow gauge railways

Tramways

;Track gauge For more on the 1445 mm gauge see:

Track gauge in Italy Historically, Italy had two unusual dominant track gauges which were legally defined depending on the terrain encountered. The gauge of was used for the national Italian rail network and was very similar to the standard gauge commonly used else ...

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Rolling stock

In 1915, locomotives were re-numbered in the following groups: * 1-139, for narrow-gauge locomotives * 140-199, for

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...

tramway locomotives * 200-299, for four-coupled locomotives, e.g.

0-4-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were ...

* 300-399, for six-coupled locomotives, e.g.

0-6-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. This was the most common wheel arrangemen ...

* 400-499, for eight-coupled locomotives, e.g.

0-8-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and no trailing wheels. Locomotives of this type are also referre ...

References

Bibliography

*Giovanni Cornolò, ''La Società Veneta Ferrovie'', 2nd edition, Ponte San Nicolo, Duegi editrice, 2005. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Societa Veneta Transport companies established in 1872 Defunct railway companies of Italy Transport in Veneto 1872 establishments in Italy