Adriatic railway

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Adriatic railway (Ancona–Lecce)
Ancona railway station
Overview
Status	Operational
Line number	103, 104, 132, 133
Locale	Apulia, South-East Italy
Termini	Ancona railway station Lecce railway station
Service
System	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI)
Operator(s)	Ferrovie del Sud Est
History
Opened	1860
Technical
Line length	594 km (369 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Electrified at 3000 V DC
Route map Legend km elev from Bologna and from Orte 203.996 Ancona to Ancona Marittima   Ancona artificial tunnel   Vallemiano tunnel (4971 m) Castellano tunnel (1569 m) 209.500 Varano 210.473 Ancona Stadio 214.724 Camerano-Aspio 219.816 Osimo-Castelfidardo 227.498 Loreto 231.809 Porto Recanati 240.591 Potenza Picena-Montelupone 246.701 Civitanova Marche-Montegranaro to Fabriano 253.199 Porto Sant'Elpidio 262.295 Porto San Giorgio-Fermo 272.533 Pedaso 280.583 Cupramarittima 283.969 Grottammare 288.489 San Benedetto del Tronto 293.273 Porto d'Ascoli to Ascoli Piceno 302.190 Alba Adriatica-Nereto-Controguerra 305.978 Tortoreto Lido 312.355 Giulianova to Teramo 321.660 Roseto degli Abruzzi 326.266 Scerne di Pineto 330.730 Pineto-Atri 337.137 Silvi 342.987 Montesilvano 349.969 Pescara 351.309 Pescara Porta Nuova to Rome 352.527 Pescara Tribunale 359.097 Francavilla al Mare 364.358 Tollo-Canosa Sannita Nuovo Riccio (2799 m) from Crocetta 371.883 Ortona connection RFI-FAS Moro (2011 m) Vacated former alignment Cintioni (2088 m) 378.137 San Vito-Lanciano to Lanciano San Giovanni (9311 m) 388.379 Fossacesia-Torino di Sangro Diavolo (5200 m) 398.908 Casalbordino-Pollutri Sinello (2312 m) 404.972 Porto di Vasto Vasto (6824 m) 416.405 Vasto-San Salvo 427.034 Montenero-Petacciato 439.437 Termoli to Venafro 446.279 Campomarino 456.728 Chieuti-Serracapriola 465.204 P.M. Ripalta 472.446 P.M. Lesina 479.869 Poggio Imperiale 484.081 Apricena to Peschici 495.031 497.579 San Severo 511.961 Rignano Garganico from Lucera   526.027 Foggia to Manfredonia to Naples and to Potenza 536.309 Incoronata 545.661 Orta Nova 560.292 Cerignola Campagna to Cerignola Città 577.692 Trinitapoli-San Ferdinando di Puglia 581.554 Margherita di Savoia-Ofantino to Margherita di Savoia from Spinazzola 593.919 Barletta FNB / FS to Bari 606.513 Trani 614.534 Bisceglie 623.875 Molfetta 630.190 Giovinazzo 636.337 Enziteto Catino since 1993 [1] 637.074 Bari Santo Spirito 639.055 Bari Palese-Macchie from Barletta from Bitonto via Bari Airport 643.467 Cabina Lamasinata from Ospedale San Paolo Bari Lamasinata 644.650 Bari Zona Industriale 645.647 Bari Parco Nord from Taranto and from Bitritto from Matera 648.616 Bari Centrale to Putignano and to Taranto 650.145 Bari Marconi since 1992 [2] 650.715 Bari Parco Sud 660.069 Bari Torre a Mare 667.771 Mola di Bari 681.575 Polignano a Mare 689.160 Monopoli 702.989 Fasano 710.146 Cisternino 722.894 Ostuni 731.875 Carovigno 747.836 San Vito dei Normanni from Taranto 759.539 Brindisi Branch to Brindisi harbour Brindisi power station 769.473 Tuturano 776.562 San Pietro Vernotico 783.303 Squinzano 787.504 Trepuzzi 794.332 Surbo 3.571 Surbo Fascio Merci from Martina Franca 797.903 Lecce to Otranto km Source: Italian railway atlas[3] This diagram: view talk edit

The Adriatic railway (Italian: Ferrovia Adriatica) is the railway from Ancona to Lecce that runs along the Adriatic Coast of Italy, following it almost all of the way. It is one of the main lines of the Italian rail system and links the northern cities with the most important productive areas of central and southern Italy.

The railway was built by the Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali (Italian: Company for the Southern Railways, SFM), between 1863 and 1872. In 1906, management of the line was taken over by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. In 1933, the southernmost Lecce-Otranto segment of the line was turned over to the Ferrovie del Sud Est, which has maintained it to the present day.