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Palermo–Trapani railway

Palermo Centrale → Trapani · Italy

The long way round the west of Sicily, by Castelvetrano, Mazara and Marsala: the through line was finished on 5 June 1881, and since the short route by Milo closed in 2013 it is the only one.

Distance
193 km
Fastest time
3 h 8 min
Average speed
62 km/h

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Palermo–Trapani railway, Palermo Centrale to Trapani
Photo · Patrick1977 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmPalermo Centrale +2
  2. 2 kmPalermo Guadagna
  3. 3 kmPalermo Vespri
  4. 4 kmPalazzo Reale-Orleans
  5. 6 kmPalermo Lolli
  6. 7 kmPalermo Notarbartolo
  7. Show 26 more stations
    1. 9 kmPalermo De Gasperi
    2. 10 kmPalermo Francia
    3. 11 kmPalermo San Lorenzo Colli
    4. 11 kmPalermo La Malfa
    5. 13 kmPalermo Cardillo
    6. 15 kmPalermo Tommaso Natale
    7. 16 kmPalermo Sferracavallo
    8. 19 kmIsola delle Femmine
    9. 21 kmCapaci
    10. 23 kmCarini Torre Ciachea
    11. 26 kmCarini
    12. 32 kmPiraineto
    13. 38 kmCinisi-Terrasini
    14. 51 kmPartinico
    15. 59 kmTrappeto
    16. 62 kmBalestrate
    17. 71 kmCastellammare del Golfo
    18. 77 kmAlcamo Diramazione
    19. 92 kmGallitello
    20. 103 kmSalemi-Gibellina
    21. 119 kmCastelvetrano
    22. 127 kmCampobello di Mazara
    23. 141 kmMazara del Vallo
    24. 153 kmPetrosino Strasatti
    25. 156 kmTerrenove
    26. 162 kmMarsala
  8. 169 kmSpagnuola
  9. 174 kmMozia-Birgi
  10. 179 kmMarausa
  11. 188 kmPaceco
  12. 193 kmTrapani

The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. 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 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 13165574 (30 km), relation 13268165 (158 km), 188 km of the route between them
  • Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
  • Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 21725
  • Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Palermo–Trapani railway?

The Palermo–Trapani railway runs 193 km from Palermo Centrale to Trapani.

How long does the Palermo–Trapani railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 8 min for the 193 km. That is an average of 62 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Palermo–Trapani railway?

Trenitalia, with R 21871.

How old is the Palermo–Trapani railway?

The line has been in service since 1881. 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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