Classic route
Catania–Caltagirone railway
Catania → Caltagirone · Italy
Valsavoia to Scordia opened in November 1889 and the whole climb to Caltagirone on 31 October 1892; the 1979 extension to Gela has been shut since a viaduct collapsed, reopening promised for 2026.
- Distance
- 88 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 53 min
- Average speed
- 47 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmCatania Centrale +2
- 5 kmCatania Aeroporto-Fontanarossa +2
- 7 kmCatania Bicocca
- 37 kmScordia
- 51 kmMilitello
- 65 kmVizzini-Licodia
- 76 kmGrammichele
- 89 kmCaltagirone
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 13127938: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 21903
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Catania–Caltagirone railway?
The Catania–Caltagirone railway runs 88 km from Catania to Caltagirone.
How long does the Catania–Caltagirone railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 53 min for the 88 km. That is an average of 47 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Catania–Caltagirone railway?
Trenitalia, with R 21903.
How old is the Catania–Caltagirone railway?
The line has been in service since 1892. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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