Campiglia Marittima-Piombino railway

The Campiglia Marittima-Piombino railway line, also known as the Cornia Valley Railway, is an Italian railway line that connects the junction at Campiglia Marittima with the port town of Piombino.

Campiglia Marittima-Piombino railway line
The line near Campiglia Marittima
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Locale	Tuscany, Italy
Termini	Campiglia Marittima Piombino Marittima
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Opened	1892
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	yes
Route map to Rome Campiglia Marittima to Pisa Baratti junction Populonia Fiorentina di Piombino (1985-) Fiorentina di Piombino (up to 1985) JSW steelworks Capezzolo tunnel Portovecchio di Piombino Piombino Piombino Marittima ferries to Elba

Traffic

The line is served by regionale and regionale veloce trains operated by Trenitalia, of which most continue from Campiglia Marittima to Pisa Centrale and Florence SMN.

Gallery

• 
  View of Populonia railway station from outside
• 
  Portovecchio di Piombino closed station, only open for freight.
• 
  Piombino station (not to be confused with Marittima station)
• 
  Piombino Marittima station, located at the port
• 
  An incident in 1983 caused a train to crash into the sea.

See also

• Campiglia Marittima railway station
• Tirrenica railway

References

Bibliography

• Adriano Betti Carboncini, La ferrovia di Piombino, in "I Treni Oggi" no. 34 (December 1983). (in Italian)
• Adriano Betti Carboncini, La ferrovia Campiglia Marittima Piombino e l'industria siderurgica piombinese, La Bancarella, 2016, ISBN 978-88-6615-128-9 (in Italian)