The Avenza–Carrara railway was a short line connecting the center of Carrara with the locality of Avenza, falling in the same municipality, on which there was and still there is a station of the Genoa-Pisa railway. Opened in 1866, the line constituted later an element of the Carrara Private Marble railway; after the closure of the latter it remained in service as goods connection until the closure to traffic in 1969. The definitive suppression was established by Decree of the President of the Republic no. 1459 of December 28, 1970.
| Avenza–Carrara | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Trains at Avenza station in the 1930s | |||
| Overview | |||
| Status | Suppressed | ||
| Owner | Ferrovie dello Stato | ||
| Locale |  Carrara (Italy) | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 2 | ||
| Service | |||
| Operator(s) | FS | ||
| Rolling stock | mixed | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1866 | ||
| Closed | 1969 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 4,499 km (2,796 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | Single track | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
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History edit
The construction of the line began on July 17, 1863, following the decision of the Minister of Public Works, just two months after the inauguration of the station of Avenza.[1]
It was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1866, curated by the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia.[2]
In 1876, the station of Carrara became passing, with the opening of the railroad Marmifera heading toward the quarries of marble of Colonnata, which exploited the pre-existing connection to transfer the goods to the station of Avenza and, hence, to the port of Carrara.
The line was involved in the trafficking of Anderlino bridge with two arches by a bombing in 1945, that destroyed the latter. Following this event the bridges were rebuilt.[3]
With the conventions of 1885, the railway line was ceded to the Rete Mediterranea before moving in 1905 to the newly formed Ferrovie dello Stato, which kept it in operation until 1969. The official suppression was established by Decree of the President of the Republic no. 1459, December 28, 1970.[4]
Characteristics edit
4.499 kilometers long, the line branched off from the west side compared to the passenger building of Avenza railway station, later called Carrara-Avenza and, dealt a curve detected and bypassed the Aurelia, it pointed towards the center of the town of marble.
The terminus was located at the coeval station of Carrara San Martino, so named for its efforts in this regard by the carrarese general Domenico Cucchiari, renaissance fighter who had distinguished himself at the Battle of San Martino.
Along the way there were some booths, one of which is identified in Agricola street no. 121.
Traffic edit
If the freight traffic was to characterize the line, thanks to the connection of the Marmifera railway and to the freight station of St. Martino which itself acted as a collector for some stone industries, to it was also summed up in the early times of operation, the passengers traffic. The latter in 1933 consisted of 4 pairs of mixed FS trains employing 18 minutes to connect the two locations.[5][page needed]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Atti organici della Società anonima delle strade ferrate romane, decreto del 17 luglio 1863 del ministro dei lavori pubblici. 1865 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Chronological overview of the features of railway opened to the exercise from 1839 to December 31, 1926". Alessandro Tuzza. 1927. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
- ^ Benassi, Lucio (April 18, 2013). "Articolo sui Ponti di Anderlino". carraraonline.com (in Italian).
- ^ "Decree of the President of the Republic no. 1459". Suppression of the railway line Carrara Avenza-Carrara St. Martino. December 28, 1970.
- ^ Ristampa in esemplari numerati, Éditions du Cabri. Luglio: Orario Generale Italia. 1984 [1933]. ISBN 2-903310-39-4.
Further reading edit
- Carboncini, Adriano Betti (1984). I treni del marmo. Ferrovie e tranvie della Versilia e delle Alpi Apuane (in Italian). Salò: ETR. ISBN 88-85068-10-3.
- Carboncini, Adriano Betti (2012). Alpi Apuane. Ricordo delle ferrovie marmifere (in Italian). Firenze: Pegaso. ISBN 978-88-95248-39-4.
- Canali, Daniele (1995). La Ferrovia Marmifera di Carrara (in Italian). Massa: Società Editrice Apuana.
- Jacini, Stefano (1867). L'amministrazione dei lavori pubblici in Italia dal 1860 al 1867 (in Italian). Firenze: Tipografi della Camera dei Deputati, Ministero dei lavori pubblici.
- La *terra : *trattato popolare di geografia universale: 2: Regno d'Italia (in Italian). Vallardi.
- Reale, Stamperia (1866). Raccolta ufficiale delle leggi e dei decreti del Regno d'Italia (in Italian). Torino.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Tarabella, Elena (1986). La ferrovia marmifera privata di Carrara (in Italian). Pisa: Università di Pisa.
External links edit
Media related to Avenza–Carrara railway at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Italian) Technical data sheet of the line on Ferrovieabbandonate.it