Santhià–Arona railway

Santhià–Arona railway
Overview
Status	no traffic
Owner	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Termini	Santhià railway station Arona railway station
Stations	8 station
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	18 May 1906 (1906-05-18)
Technical
Line length	65 km (40 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend km elev from Turin 0.000 Santhià since 1856 181 m to Milan and Biella 5.128 Carisio † 2003 178 m Elvo stream Turin–Milan HSL Milan-Turin Autostrada Cervo stream 13.854 Buronzo 179 m from Biella 22.121 Rovasenda since 1939 / Rovasenda Alta 225 m to Novara 31.230 Gattinara 263 m from Varallo 34.393 Romagnano Sesia since 1883 266 m to Novara 44.897 Cureggio 296 m Agogna stream from Novara 48.395 Borgomanero since 1864 311 m to Domodossola 51+279 start Gattico tunnel (3308 m) Genoa-Gravellona Toce Autostrada 54+587 end Gattico tunnel 57.588 Comignago 261 m from Novara Dormelletto Paese since 1935 from Milan 26.724 Arona since 1905 393 m to Domodossola km Source: Italian railway atlas[1] This diagram: view talk edit

The Santhià–Arona railway is a railway line in Piedmont, Italy. It was inaugurated from 1905 to 1906.^[2]

The service on the railway was suspended from 17 June 2012, by decision of the Piedmont Region.^[3] At the time of its closure, the line was served by sixteen trains per day on weekdays and six on weekends, with an average use of fifty passengers per train.^[4]

At a meeting in September 2019, a representative of the regional council declared that reopening the line was not financially viable, costing 3.4 million euros more than a bus replacement service.^[4] In response, an association for the Turin-Switzerland line stated that the council's decisions, while correct from an accounting perspective, threatened the socioeconomic development of the region.^[5]

In January 2022, it was reported that the regional government was prioritising the reopening of the line in talks with FS.^[6] In November 2022, it was announced that the line would be reopened by 2024-25, following a campaign by Alberto Gusmeroli, a deputy for the Piedmont 2 constituency.^[7][8]

Opened in 1856, Santhià railway station sits at the junction of the Turin–Milan, Santhià–Biella and Santhià–Arona railway lines.

Rovasenda Alta railway station interchanges with the Biella–Novara railway through the nearby Rovasenda railway station.

Romagnano Sesia railway station interchanges with the Novara–Varallo railway.

Arona railway station sits at the junction of the Domodossola–Milan, Arona–Novara and Santhià–Arona railway lines.

• List of railway lines in Italy

• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 14 (Santhià–Arona) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
• Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.

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