Colico–Chiavenna railway
Railway line in Lombardy, Italy
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
overhead line
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The Colico–Chiavenna railway is a rail line in Lombardy, Italy, opened on 9 September 1886.[2]
The line was part of a miscarried project of a Milan–Chur railway through a planned Splugen pass tunnel, which was cancelled after the success of the line through the Gotthard tunnel.
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ Railway Atlas 2017, p. 6.
- ^ Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 Archived 24 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- RFI, ed. (December 2003). Fascicolo Linea 26 (Colico–Chiavenna) (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
- Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia [Railway atlas of Italy and Slovenia]. Schweers + Wall. 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.
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