Bari–Barletta railway

Bari–Barletta railway
The railway line by Bitonto
Overview
Type	commuter rail
Status	in use
Locale	Apulia, Italy
Termini	Bari Centrale Barletta
Stations	14
Line number	FR
Operation
Opened	1965
Operator(s)	Ferrotramviaria
Rolling stock	Alstom ELT 200 EMU
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Electrification	3,000 V DC, overhead lines
Route map

The Bari–Barletta railway is a regional railway line in Apulia, Italy, managed by the private company Ferrotramviaria.

History

The line was opened in 1965, replacing an old, narrow gauge, tramway line, operated with steam locomotives.^[1]

Since the 1990s the line has been refurbished, converting a portion to double track, as follows: in November 2004 from Bitonto to Ruvo, in April 2005 from Palese to Bitonto, and in January 2006 from Fesca to Palese.^[2]

Since 22 December 2008 the section of the line within the city of Bari has been shared with the metropolitan railway service.^[3] Since then, the line operation, known before as Ferrovia Bari Nord ("Bari northern railway"), has been called Ferrovie del Nord Barese ("Bari region northern railways").

At around 11:30am local time, on 12 July 2016, a head-on collision between two passenger trains occurred on the line near Andria, north of Bari. At least 23 people were killed and dozens more injured.^[4]

References

1. Hans Jürgen Rosenberger, Gian Guido Turchi: Puglia: lavori da Nord a Sud-Est. In: I Treni Nr. 294, June 2007. Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie, p. 27.
2. Hans Jürgen Rosenberger, Gian Guido Turchi: Puglia: lavori da Nord a Sud-Est. In: I Treni Nr. 294, June 2007. Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie, p. 27.
3. Suburbana a Bari. In: I Treni Nr. 312, February 2009. Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie, p. 7.
4. "Italy train crash: 'Twelve killed' near Bari". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

External links

• Timetable