Turin–Milan high-speed railway

Turin–Milan high-speed railway
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	RFI
Locale	Italy
Termini	Torino Porta Susa Milano Centrale
Service
Type	High-speed
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
History
Opened	10 February 2006
Technical
Line length	148.3 km (92.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	25 kV AC
Route map from Genoa, Fossano and Chieri from Pinerolo – Torre Pellice (0.000) Torino Lingotto 0.000 Torino Porta Nuova 1.092 0.000 start of Turin-Novara 1.400 Copertura Trincea tunnel (2253 m) Turin Passante 1.465 Zappata 4-way junction 2.139 Crocetta junction to Bardonecchia 3.653 4-track tunnel to the east (4446 m) 3.943 Torino Porta Susa opened 2008 3.943 Torino Porta Susa 1856–2009 Dora Riparia river Torino Dora (under reconstruction) to Ceres (9.359) Torino Rebaudengo Fossata 8.099 Stura di Lanzo river 10.935 Torino Stura Turin-Milan autostrada Turin north ring 12.347 0.216 Stura ex junction 0.938 signalling change to Milan (old line) and Turin Passante Pont Canavese railway Malone torrent Orco torrent Chivasso–Aosta railway 21.585 Rondissone artificial tunnel (1688 m) 23.273 Dora Baltea river 31.798 Cigliano crossing loops (0.000) Vercelli west link from Turin (slow) (6.120) Bianzè to Milan (slow) 38.647 Alice Castello crossing loops A4/A26 - E25 Santhià–Biella railway Elvo torrent Santhià–Arona railway Cervo torrent Sesia river 68.206 Recetto crossover A26 Biella–Novara railway Novara–Varallo, Domodossola–Novara, Alessandria–Arona and Novara–Pino railways 84.686 (0.000) Novara West junction (Novara western link) Novara–Seregno railway (3.675) Novara Boschetto (3.810) Novara FNM to Milan (old), Biella, Varallo, Domodossola, Arona and Pino to Milan (old) and Alessandria Ticino river. Piedmont Lombardy 102.731 Marcallo crossover from Turin (old) A4 121.700 signalling change 122.043 Rho Fiera crossing loops A50 A52 from Domodossola 122.495 Rho Fiera opened 2008 A52 A4 - E64 126.589 8.526 Milano Certosa Milano Villapizzone opened 2002 Milan–Saronno railway Milan–Asso railway Milano Bovisa FS closed 1997 Milan–Saronno railway to Milano Sempione and Mortara Scalo Farini Milano Porta Garibaldi opened 1963 (surface) opened 1997 (underground) Milan Passante to Monza, Chiasso and Lecco to Voghera, Venice, Bologna, Bologna (HS) and belt railway 0.000 Milano Centrale Source: Italian railway atlas

The Turin–Milan high-speed railway line is a link in the Italian high-speed rail network. It is part of Corridor 5 of the European Union's Trans-European high-speed rail network, which connects Lisbon and Kyiv. The section between Turin and Novara opened on 10 February 2006, while the remainder opened on 5 December 2009.

The route is 125 kilometres (78 mi) long (98 kilometres (61 mi) in Piedmont and 27 kilometres (17 mi) in Lombardy) and crosses the territory of 41 municipalities. The estimated cost of the works is €2,580 million (€20.6 million per kilometre, €33.2 million per mile). The flatness of the countryside has allowed 80% (approximately 100 km (62 mi)) of the track to be built at ground level, with a small amount of line built in cuttings, approximately 15% (about 20 kilometres (12 mi)) on viaducts, and about 5% (nearly 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)) in cut-and-cover tunnel. Among the most important structures is the 3.8-kilometre-long (2.4 mi) Santhià Viaduct and the 600-metre-long (0.37 mi) Pregnana Milanese Tunnel. Most of the line closely follows the south side of the Milan-Turin Autostrada.

The 85-kilometre (53 mi) section between Turin and Novara was inaugurated on 10 February for the 2006 Olympics in Turin. The 40-kilometre (25 mi) section between Novara and Milan was officially opened on 5 December 2009.

See also

• List of railway lines in Italy