Naples–Salerno high-speed railway

Naples–Salerno high-speed railway
Salerno railway station
Overview
Native nameLinea a monte del Vesuvio
StatusOperational
OwnerRFI
LocaleItaly
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemItalian high-speed rail
Operator(s)Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI)
History
OpenedJune 2008
Technical
Line length29 km (18 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification3000 V DC
Operating speed250 km/h (155 mph)
Route map

-0.620
Napoli Piazza Garibaldi
-0+620
Napoli Centrale
0.894
Napoli Afragola
6.419
Casoria junction/crossover
15.580
18.919
Somma Vesuviana tunnel
(3,310 metres (10,860 ft))
19.743
Vesuvio crossover
Torre Annunziata–Cancello railway
(disused)
(26.1)
Vesuvio sud-est
Naples-Ottaviano-Sarno
railway (Circumvesuviana)
to Sarno
HSR to Battipaglia (under construction)
38.429
Sarno junction
38.452
39.886
Torricchio tunnel
(1,434 metres (4,705 ft))
Codola-Nocera Inferiore railway
41.090
Torricchio crossing loop
43.177
4.803
Santa Lucia junction
4.988
Santa Lucia tunnel
(10,230 metres (33,560 ft))
to Mercato San Severino
15.228
15.732
Salerno

The Naples–Salerno high-speed railway line (also known in Italian as the Linea a Monte del Vesuvio, meaning the "line up Mount Vesuvius") is a link in the Italian high-speed rail network opened in June 2008. The 29-kilometre-long (18 mi) line is one of the new high-speed lines being built to strengthen rail transport system in Italy and in particular freight and passenger transport in Campania. The line is part of Corridor 1 of the European Union's Trans-European high-speed rail network, which connects Berlin and Palermo.