Heritage route

Transiberiana d’Italia

Sulmona → Castel di Sangro · Italy

Italy’s “Trans-Siberian”: a heritage train over snowbound Apennine plateaus to Rivisondoli-Pescocostanzo, at 1,268 m among the country’s highest stations.

How this line was checked

Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7256956 — 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 4 m from it
The operator publishes this line's timetable: Fondazione FS — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
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 Transiberiana d’Italia?

The Transiberiana d’Italia runs 77 km from Sulmona to Castel di Sangro.

How long does the Transiberiana d’Italia take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 45 min for the 77 km. That is an average of 28 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 70 km/h.

Who runs the Transiberiana d’Italia?

Fondazione FS, with heritage ALn 668.

How old is the Transiberiana d’Italia?

The line has been in service since 1897. 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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