The Lecco–Bergamo railway is a railway line in

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. The railway infrastructure is managed by the

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, which classifies it as one of its complementary lines. The passenger service is operated by

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as a regional service.

History

The railway from

Lecco Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). The Bergamasqu ...

Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...

was built by the ''Società delle Strade Ferrate della Lombardia e dell'Italia Centrale'' (Lombardy and Central Italy Railway Company) and opened on 4 November 1863. The section from Lecco to Calolziocorte has also been used by the Lecco–Milan railway since 1873. The Bergamo–Ponte San Pietro section has also used been by the Seregno-Bergamo line since the completion of the Carnate–Ponte San Pietro section in 1889. In 2015, the

Province of Bergamo The province of Bergamo (; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. The province has a population of 1,103,768 (2023), an area of , and contains 242 ''comune, comuni'' (municipali ...

, the region of

and some local parliamentarians requested and obtained government funding for the doubling of the section between Ponte San Pietro and Montello, the building of the new ''Bergamo Ospedale'' station at the ''Papa Giovanni XXIII'' hospital and a suburban service between the two Bergamo stations.

Standards

The line is and single-track line, except on the Lecco–Calolziocorte section, which is shared with the Monza–Lecco railway and is duplicated. It is entirely electrified at 3000

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s DC and it is signalled locally.

Rail traffic

Traffic is made up exclusively of

regional services running between and , stopping at all stations except Lecco Maggianico. Vercurago-San Girolamo is served only by some services. The service includes a train every hour throughout the day, present both on weekdays and on holidays. In addition to the trains departing from Lecco at 6.30 and 7.02 and from Bergamo at 6.08 and 7.00, the timetable includes departure at 12 minutes past the hour from Lecco between 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and at 8 minutes past the hour from Bergamo from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Train normally cross in .

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