THE QUADRUPLING OF THE ROME-FLORENCE RAILWAY LINE

IL QUADRUPLICAMENTO DELLA LINEA FERROVIARIA ROMA-FIRENZE

This article discusses the planning criteria behind a new rail link, now under construction, which will quadruple the Rome-Florence rail service. Design and construction details are also given of the new itinerary and its main structures, (tunnels, viaducts, embankments and cuttings), and costs are compared for various sections of the line with different terrain characteristics. The new line, 260 km long, is intended for mixed operation (fast and slow trains), and is designed to allow for development to accommodate ultra high speed trains. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Casa Editrice la fiaccola

  Via Carlo Ravizza 62
  Milano,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Ruoppolo, G
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 817-832
• Serial:
  • Rivista della Strada
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 422
  • Publisher: Casa Editrice la fiaccola

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Design; Embankments; Excavations; Freight transportation; High speed track; Itinerary; Layout; Level of service; Lines of track; Location; Multiple track; Planning; Public transit; Railroads; Tunnels
• Identifier Terms: Ferrovie dello Stato
• Geographic Terms: Italy
• Old TRIS Terms: Line location; Railway
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 9011: Design (overall design); 2801: Embankment; 1112: Freight transport; 8051: Italy; 2885: Layout; 653: Level of service; 143: Planning; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Design; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149945
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM