Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway

Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway
FLP train in Lugano railway station
Overview
Native nameFerrovia Lugano–Ponte Tresa
OwnerFerrovie Luganesi
Technical
Line length12.3 km (7.6 mi)
Track gaugeMetre (3 ft 3+38 in)
Electrification1200 V, DC Overhead
Route map

km
formerly to Tesserete and Dino
0.00
Lugano FLP
Montarina (316 m)
Cortivallo (324 m)
1.3
Sorengo
1.7
Sorengo Laghetto
2.6
Cappella-Agnuzzo
Ronchetti (82 m)
Crespera (88 m)
Vedeggio and A2 (95 m)
5.1
Bioggio Molinazzo
5.7
Bioggio
Riana (8 m)
6.3
Serocca
7.7
Agno
Vallone d'Agno (58 m)
9.4
Magliaso Paese
9.9
Magliaso
10.8
Caslano
12.21
Ponte Tresa
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway or Ferrovia Lugano–Ponte Tresa (FLP) is a local railway line in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, in south-east Switzerland. The line links the town of Lugano with Ponte Tresa, and is 12.3 kilometres (7.6 mi) long. It is built to metre gauge (3 ft 3+38 in gauge), and is electrified on the overhead system at 1200 volts DC. It is operated by the Ferrovie Luganesi company.

The FLP opened in 1912 and is the last working line of an interconnected network including two other suburban lines, the Lugano–Tesserete railway and the Lugano–Cadro–Dino railway, and the urban tramways of Lugano. There are proposals to extend the line back into some of the areas formerly covered by this network.

The FLP is a member of the Arcobaleno tariff network and passenger services are designated S60. Trains run every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes on weekends.