Classic route
Palermo–Catania railway
Catania → Palermo · Italy
Across the middle of Sicily from Catania, up by Enna and the old sulphur country of Caltanissetta and down to the Tyrrhenian coast at Palermo; the line was complete only when the Marianopoli tunnel opened in 1885.
- Distance
- 239 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 57 min
- Average speed
- 81 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmCatania Centrale +2
- 5 kmCatania Aeroporto-Fontanarossa +2
- 88 kmEnna
- 114 kmCaltanissetta Xirbi
- 170 kmRoccapalumba-Alia
- 203 kmTermini Imerese
- 239 kmPalermo Centrale +2
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 13152855: 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 9 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE 5503
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Palermo–Catania railway?
The Palermo–Catania railway runs 239 km from Catania to Palermo.
How long does the Palermo–Catania railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 57 min for the 239 km. That is an average of 81 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Palermo–Catania railway?
Trenitalia, with Regionale Veloce.
How old is the Palermo–Catania railway?
The line has been in service since 1885. 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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