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Railways
- See also List of railway companies in Italy, List of tram and light-rail transit systems in Italy, List of town tramway systems in Italy, List of trolleybus systems in Italy, Narrow gauge railways in Italy, High-speed rail in Italy
- total: 19,394 km, also on Sardinia and Sicily.
- standard gauge: 18,071 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 km electrified)
- narrow gauge: 112 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) gauge (112 km electrified); 1,211 km of 950 mm (3 ft 13⁄8 in) gauge (153 km electrified) (1998)
Trenitalia SpA is the passenger and freight transport company of Ferrovie dello Stato.
Italian Railroad Stations (history)
(Lines)
- Turin-Milan (under construction, 2006)
- Milan-Verona-Padua (under development)
- Padua-Venice (operating, 2007)
- Venice-Trieste (under development)
- Milan-Bologna-Florence-Rome-Naples (under construction and operating, 2006)
- Napoli-Sicily Bridge-Palermo (under development)
- Milan-Genoa (under development)
- Milan-Lyon(France) (Alps tunnel under development, 2012)
Cities with rapid transit underground railway systems:
- Rome 2 lines + 4 under construction (8 lines of commuter rails - FR Lines -; 3 lines of suburban rails -)
- Naples 2 line + 1 under construction (5 lines of commuter rails)
- Milan 3 lines + 2 under construction (8 lines of commuter rails - S Lines -; 5 lines of regional rail - FNM lines - )
- Bari 1 line + 1 under construction
- Genoa 1 line
- Catania 1 line
- Turin 1 line
- Brescia 1 line under construction
- Bologna 1 line under development
Regional railway systems:
Rail links with adjacent countries
- See also Rail links to adjacent countries
Italy's main railroad passenger carrier, Trenitalia, operates trains linking Italy to France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. Other companies, like Cisalpino (owned by Trenitalia and SBB), Rhätische Bahn and SNCF operate international links. Vatican City and San Marino aren't linked to Italy via railroad.
- Ventimiglia is the italian border station on the Genova-Nice main line.
- Limone Piemonte is the italian border station on the Cuneo-Nice secondary line.
- Bardonecchia is the italian border station on the Torino-Lyon main line (Fréjus Tunnel line).
- Iselle is the italian border station of the Milano-Bern/Geneva main line (Simplon Tunnel line).
- Pino Tronzano is the italian border station of the Sesto Calende-Bellinzona secondary line.
- Chiasso is the italian/swiss border station of the Milano-Zürich main line (Gotthard Tunnel line).
- Tirano is the terminus on the italian side of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) Bernina line of the Rhätische Bahn.
- Brenner is the italian/austrian border station of the Verona-Innsbruck main line (Brenner railway).
- Innichen (San Candido in Italian) is the italian border station of the Franzensfeste-Lienz secondary line.
- Tarvisio is the italian border station of the Venezia-Wien main line (Semmering line).
- Gorizia station serves as link to the Slovenian railways, through the station of Nova Gorica, which can be entered also directly by pedestrians from the italian side.
- Villa Opicina stations serves as link to the Slovenian railways, through the stations of Sežana and Repentabor.
Stations
- See also List of railway stations in Italy
Big Stations program (Station renovations), €400 million program, from ending 2005
- Milan Stazione Centrale
- Bari Centrale
- Bologna Centrale
- Florence SMN
- Genoa Brignole and Piazza Principe
- Naples Centrale
- Palermo Centrale
- Rome Termini Station
- Turin Porta Nuova
- Venice Mestre and Santa Lucia
- Verona Porta Nuova
Highways
- total: 815,254 km[1] (including 6,400 km of expressways)
All highways in Italy are paved.
Waterways
- 2,400 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value
City with almost all transport by boat: Venice (public transport by waterbus)
Pipelines
- crude oil 6503 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km
Ports and harbours
- Ancona, Arbatax, Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Civitavecchia, Gela, Genoa, Gioia Tauro, La Spezia, Livorno, Messina, Milazzo, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres, Ravenna, Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice.
Merchant marine
- total: 427 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 6,971,578 GRT/9,635,770 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
- ships by type: bulk carrier 41, cargo ship 45, chemical tanker 73, combination ore/oil 2, container ship 20, Liquified Gas Carrier 38, livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger ship 6, petroleum tanker 87, roll-on/roll-off ship 58, short-sea passenger 26, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 16 (1999 est.)
Airports
133 (2006)
Hubs
Airports - with paved runways
- total: 97
- over 3,047 m: 5: Malpensa International Airport (Milan/Varese), Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport (Rome), Verona Airport (Verona), Venice Marco Polo Airport (Venice), Palermo International Airport (Palermo)
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 33
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
- 914 to 1,523 m: 31
- under 914 m: 12 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
- total: 38
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
- 914 to 1,523 m: 19
- under 914 m: 18 (1999 est.)
Heliports
5
References
- ^ "Transport in Italy". International Transport Statistics Database. iRAP. 2008-04-13. http://www.iraptranstats.net/it. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
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