Colico–Chiavenna railway

Colico–Chiavenna railway
Colico–Chiavenna railway
Overview
Native name	Ferrovia Colico-Chiavenna
Status	In use
Locale	Lombardy, Italy
Termini	Colico railway station; Chiavenna railway station;
Stations	8
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Services	R11
Operator(s)	Trenord
History
Opened	9 September 1886
Technical
Line length	26 km (16 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC; overhead line
Route map
	Legend
	Source: Italian railway atlas
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The Colico–Chiavenna railway is a rail line in Lombardy, Italy, opened on 9 September 1886.^[2]

The line was part of a miscarried project of a Milan–Chur railway through a planned Splugen pass tunnel, which was cancelled after the success of the line through the Gotthard tunnel.

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^ Railway Atlas 2017, p. 6.
^ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 Archived 24 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

Sources[edit]

RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 26 (Colico–Chiavenna) (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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[FOOTNOTERailway_Atlas20176-1] Railway Atlas 2017, p. 6.

[2] Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 Archived 24 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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