Saronno–Laveno railway

Saronno–Laveno railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy.

Saronno–Laveno railway
The viaduct in Malnate
Overview
Native name	Ferrovia Saronno-Laveno
Owner	Ferrovienord
Termini	Saronno railway station Laveno-Mombello Lago railway station
Stations	21
Service
Type	heavy rail
Services	R22, RE1
Operator(s)	Trenord
History
Opened	1886
Technical
Line length	50.995 km (31.687 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (Saronno–Malnate) 1 (Malnate–Laveno)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	3 kV DC, overhead line
Operating speed	140 km/h (87 mph)
Highest elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Route map from Milan / from Seregno 21.157 Saronno 211 m to Como / to Novara & Malpensa 24.364 Gerenzano-Turate 26.894 Cislago 29.457 Mozzate 31.471 Locate Varesino-Carbonate 33.375 Abbiate Guazzone 34.719 Tradate 299 m 37.997 Venegono Inferiore 40.424 Venegono Superiore -Castiglione Olona 42.57 Vedano Olona from Como (dismantled) 45.079 Malnate 351 m Valmorea railway (dismantled) from Porto Ceresio and Stabio 49.867 Varese Nord 374 m Varese FS connection FNM-FS (dismantled) to Milan 52.376 Varese Casbeno 365 m 55.682 Morosolo-Casciago 324 m 57.973 Barasso-Comerio 61.106 Gavirate 62.000 Gavirate Verbano 63.625 Cocquio-Trevisago 267 m 66.052 Gemonio 67.778 Cittiglio 243 m Luino–Milan and Luino–Oleggio railways 72.152 Laveno-Mombello Lago 198 m

It is one of the three continuations of the Milan-Saronno railway.

History

The line was opened in four parts:

• 17 April 1884: Saronno–Vedano
• 14 August 1884: Vedano–Malnate
• 29 June 1885: Malnate–Varese
• 5 July 1886: Varese–Laveno

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

• Ferrovienord - Prospetto informativo della rete

External links

Media related to Saronno–Laveno railway at Wikimedia Commons