Scenic route
Centovalli Railway
Domodossola → Locarno · Italy · Switzerland
Fifty-two km, 83 bridges and 31 tunnels between Piedmont and Ticino: chestnut forests, waterfalls and stone villages a hundred valleys deep.
- Distance
- 52 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h
- Average speed
- 26 km/h
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmDomodossola SSIF
- 3 kmMasera
- 7 kmTrontano
- 13 kmColmo
- 16 kmDruogno
- 18 kmSanta Maria Maggiore
- 21 kmMalesco
- 25 kmRe
- 32 kmCamedo
- 40 kmIntragna
- 43 kmVerscio
- 50 kmLocarno FART +1
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 3717615: 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 PE 72
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Centovalli Railway?
The Centovalli Railway runs 52 km from Domodossola to Locarno. It runs through Italy and Switzerland.
How long does the Centovalli Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h for the 52 km. That is an average of 26 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the Centovalli Railway?
SSIF and FART, with panoramic railcars.
How old is the Centovalli Railway?
The line has been in service since 1923. 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.
How often does the Centovalli Railway run?
9 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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