future upgrading and development of the railway network in central and eastern Sicily. The Palermo-Catania-Messina railway axis is included in the works...
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Sicily had at one time an extensive narrow gauge railway network. The design work was begun under at the time of the provisional management of the Southern...
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Ferrovia Circumetnea (redirect from Round-Etna railway)
(roughly translated as "Round-Etna Railway") is a narrow-gauge, 950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in), regional railway line in Sicily. It was constructed between 1895...
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This is the list of the railway stations in Sicily owned by: Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a branch of the Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato;...
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Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (redirect from Italian State Railways)
Battisti (2018–2021). Transport in Italy Rail transport in Italy Railway network of Sicily "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 2 September 2023. "Ferrovie...
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The first railway in Sicily was opened in 1863 (Palermo-Bagheria) and today all of the Sicilian provinces are served by a network of railway services,...
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connecting Torre Faro in Sicily with Villa San Giovanni on the Italian peninsula. The bridge has been controversial due to the impact of earthquakes, strong...
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upgrade of the 400-kilometre (250 mi) Salerno–Reggio Calabria line is also proposed to increase speeds and capacity. In Sicily, the long railway line from...
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whilst Sicily had its first, short railway only in 1863 (Palermo-Bagheria). The existing lines did not form an organized network: property of the line...
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Palermo Airport (category Airports in Sicily)
22 mi) west-northwest of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily. It is the second biggest airport in Sicily in terms of passengers after...
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Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (category Railway companies of Italy)
the railway network. It also operates train ferries between the Italian Peninsula and Sicily. RFI's origins can be traced back to a series of railway sector...
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Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (category Airports in Sicily)
airport 2.3 NM (4.3 km; 2.6 mi) southwest of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily. It is named after the opera composer Vincenzo...
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itinerary on the saga of Sicilian sulfur mines. Sulphur Crisis of 1840 Narrow-gauge railways in Sicily Province of Caltanissetta Province of Agrigento Giovanni...
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Rail transport in Italy (redirect from Italian railways)
The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. Italy is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC)...
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Palermo (redirect from Capital of Sicily)
of Sicily that Norman holdings in Sicily and the southern part of the Italian Peninsula were promoted from the County of Sicily into the Kingdom of Sicily...
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Trapani–Birgi Airport (category Airports in Sicily)
airport serving Trapani, in Sicily, Italy. Located between Trapani and Marsala, it is one of the five civil airports in Sicily. In 2023, 1,332,368 passengers...
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a 950mm-gauge tramway linking the railway station with the city centre. In Sicily, the Ferrovia Circumetnea railway runs around the Mount Etna. Other...
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Rail transport in Europe (redirect from Railway in europe)
widespread use of standard-gauge rail, high operational safety and a high proportion of electrification. Electrified railway networks in Europe operate...
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to Pinar del Río (western railway), Cienfuegos (South branch), Sancti Spíritus, Bayamo-Manzanillo and Guantánamo. The network connects the six first-level...
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north–south railway connection between Sicily, Calabria and the rest of the Italian peninsula. It forms the southern section of Corridor 1 of the European...
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This is a list of train ferries that are designed to carry railway vehicles. These include purpose-built train ferries that can be quickly loaded and...
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Southern question (category Kingdom of the Two Sicilies)
and railways of Piedmont, and the role of trade and finance are contrasted with the approach that characterized the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. According...
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list of the longest railway tunnels of the world, excluding subway tunnel sections. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tunnel. List of long railway tunnels...
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High-speed rail (redirect from High speed railway)
high-speed railway network in Russian gauge. There are no narrow gauge high-speed railways. Countries whose legacy network is entirely or mostly of a different...
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under construction, whilst Sicily had its first, short railway only in 1863 (Palermo-Bagheria). In 1870 the last remnant of the Papal States was also annexed...
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Transport in Tunisia (redirect from Transportation of Tunisia)
the Tunisian national railway. A modernisation program is currently underway. It has a total of 2,152 km consisting of 468 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)...
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High-speed rail in Europe (redirect from European high-speed rail network)
connected to a cross-border high-speed railway network. As of 2024[update], Spain operates the largest high-speed rail network in Europe with 3,966 km (2,464 mi)...
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Naples (redirect from List of honorary citizens of Naples)
Naples was unified with Sicily again for a brief period. Sicily and Naples were separated since 1282, but remained dependencies of Aragon under Ferdinand...
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Catania Metro (redirect from List of Catania metro stations)
serving the coastal city of Catania, Sicily, in Southern Italy. One of Italy’s seven metro systems, it is the only one in Sicily and Europe’s southernmost...
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companies, conceded by the state. Lists of railway stations in Italy by region. Apulia Basilicata Calabria Sicily Molise Campania Abruzzo Lazio Umbria Marche...
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