Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì railway

Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì railway
Overview
Native name	Ferrovia Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì
Termini	Siracusa railway station Canicattì railway station
Stations	Gela railway station
Service
Type	heavy rail
Operator(s)	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Technical
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	No

The Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì railway is a single-track line in Sicily, Italy managed by RFI. The route connects Syracuse on the Ionian side of Sicily to the Mediterranean side, crossing, with an east-west route, a number of large urban centers to Canicattì.[1][2][3]

History of route section openings

[4]

• Canicattì–Campobello di Licata
• Campobello di Licata–Favarotta – 23 May 1880
• Favarotta–Licata – 24 February 1881
• Syracuse–Noto – 5 April 1886
• Licata–Licata jetty – 26 November 1888
• Licata–Gela – 29 March 1891
• Noto–Modica – 23 December 1891
• Syracuse–Stazione di Siracusa Marittima [it] – 13 August 1892
• Gela–Comiso – 14 March 1893
• Comiso–Modica – 18 June 1893

FS Class ALn 668 diesel railcar at Ragusa station

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy
• Sulfur mining in Sicily

References

1. Derks, Sanne (30 May 2022). "Circling Sicily on Its Regional Trains". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
2. "Al via il treno veloce Modica-Palermo, riapre la Gela-Caltanissetta". la Repubblica. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
3. "La Ferrovia Pachino - Noto". www.ilmondodeitreni.it. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
4. Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato (1927). Alessandro Tuzza (ed.). "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926". Trenidicarta.it.

Further reading

• Federico Squarzina, Produzione e commercio dello zolfo in Sicilia nel secolo XIX = production and trade of sulfur in Sicily in the 19th century. ILTE, 1963.
• Romualdo Giuffrida, Lo Stato e le ferrovie in Sicilia (1860–1895) = the state and the railways in Sicily (1860–1895). Caltanissetta: Sciascia, 1967.
• Piero Muscolino, La ferrovia Siracusa-Vittoria-Caltanissetta = the Syracuse-Vittoria-Caltanissetta railway. Ingegneria Ferroviaria (railway engineering), May 1977, pp. 417–426.
• Piero Muscolino, Il treno in Sicilia = the train in Sicily. Ingegneria Ferroviaria (railway engineering), n. 2, Rome: CIFI, 1977.
• Piero Muscolino, Le ferrovie della Sicilia sud-orientale = the railways of south-eastern Sicily. Cortona, Calosci, 1979.
  • Piero Muscolino, Le ferrovie della Sicilia sud-orientale = the railways of south-eastern Sicily. Ragusa, EdiARGO, 2006, ISBN 88-88659-50-1.
• Giuseppe Barone, Le vie del Mezzogiorno = the ways of the South. Rome: Donzelli, 2002, ISBN 88-7989-684-9.
• Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, Fascicolo Linea 159. RFI, December 2003.
• Massimo Inzerilli, Ferrovie siciliane in abbandono = Sicilian railways in abandonment. In i Treni, n. 356, February 2013, p. 20–26.

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