Milan–Genoa railway

The Genoa–Milan railway is a major Italian rail line, connecting the cities of Genoa and Milan. It is 157 km (98 mi) long and fully electrified at 3,000 V DC. Passenger traffic is managed by Trenitalia.

Milan–Genoa railway
The bridge over the Po river at Bressana Bottarone
Overview
Status	in use
Owner	RFI
Line number	32, 72, 73
Locale	Italy
Termini	Milano Centrale Genova Piazza Principe
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	1862 (1862)
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map 0.000 Milano Centrale to Domodossola and Turin (high-speed and traditional) (to Chiasso and Lecco) Belt line / from Milano Greco Pirelli 3.779 Milano Lambrate "Bologna" line (L) / Cintura ("belt") line (R) to Venice and Verona HSL from Venice Passante (Pioltello branch) Passante (Rogoredo branch) Southern belt line 9.567 0.000 Milano Rogoredo To Bologna Milan western ring road - E35 8.208 Locate Triulzi Lambro Meridionale 10.835 Pieve Emanuele since 2013 13.207 Villamaggiore 20.865 Certosa di Pavia Naviglio Pavese from Mantua 28.603 Pavia Ticino Tangenziale Ovest di Pavia 30.000 23.462 Chainage change Gravellone junction (To Vercelli – Alessandria) from Cava Carbonara (until 1916) 19.245 San Martino Siccomario-Cava Manara Po 12.584 Bressana – Bottarone To Stradella 7.370 Lungavilla Autostrada A21 Turin–Brescia 0.000/38.358 From Piacenza / Varzi Closed 1966 38.118 Voghera 30.663 Pontecurone 21.915/0.000 Tortona To Alessandria and Novi Ligure Carbonara Scrivia 10.306 Villalvernia 15.847 Cassano Spinola Stazzano – Serravalle Autostrada A7 Milan–Genoa From Turin 24.511 Arquata Scrivia 125.752 Rigoroso 128.437 Pietrabissara 133.205 Isola del Cantone 137.017 Ronco Scrivia 140.688 Borgo Fornari 142.270 Busalla Giovi Tunnel 13.248 Mignanego 148.288 Piano orizzontale dei Giovi Campomorone viaduct 152.690 Genova Pontedecimo 154.136 Genova San Biagio opened 11.12.2005 156.752 Genova Bolzaneto From Acqui Terme Autostrada A10 - Ponte Morandi To Ventimiglia Genova Sampierdarena Granarolo Tunnel 0.980 Genova Via di Francia Genova Piazza Principe Genova Brignole To La Spezia and Pisa Source: Italian railway atlas</ref>

History

Unlike the Turin-Genoa line, the Milan-Genoa line was not built as a single project. Instead it developed from the joining of different lines by a shortcut. The first part of the line from Milan to Genoa is the section from Milano Rogoredo to Pavia, which was opened on 10 May 1862 as a branch off the line from Milano Centrale to Piacenza, opened on 14 November 1861. Earlier, on 25 January 1858, the Alessandria-Tortona-Voghera-Casteggio line opened to the public along with the connection between Tortona and Novi Ligure, providing good connections to the by now completed Turin-Genoa line. On 14 November 1867 the opening to traffic of the rail link from Pavia to Voghera completed the link between Milan and Genoa.

The section between Genoa and Novi Ligure over the Giovi Pass used by both the Turin-Genoa and the Milan-Genoa lines, however, was extremely difficult and therefore a new link between Arquata Scrivia and Tortona was built which was opened on 1 October 1916, completing the current form of the line, except for improvements made in Genoa and the deviation opened in 2007 between Milan Rogoredo and Locate Triulzi replacing the 1862 route.

Track	Opened	Note
Arquata Scrivia-Busalla	10 February 1853	Part of the Turin–Genoa line
Busalla–Genoa	18 December 1853	Part of the Turin–Genoa line
Voghera-Tortona	25 January 1858	Part of the Alessandria–Piacenza
Milan–Pavia	10 May 1862
Pavia–Voghera	15 November 1867	Part of the Voghera–Pavia–Cremona–Brescia line
Tortona–Arquata Scrivia	1 October 1916	Replacing the original line via Novi

High speed line

Main article: Tortona–Genoa high-speed railway

The Tortona–Genoa high-speed railway (also known as the "third Giovi pass") project has been under development to bypass the mountainous and more congested southern section of the line since 1991. As of August 2023, this line is forecast to open in 2026.

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy

References

Sources

• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 32 (Milano - Tortona) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.}
• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 72 (Arquata Scrivia - Genova) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
• RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 73 (Tortona - Arquata Scrivia) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
• Tuzza, Alessandro, ed. (1927). "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" (in Italian). Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato/Trenidicarta.it. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
• Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.}