Bologna–Florence railway

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The Bologna–Florence railway is a major Italian rail line crossing the Apennine Mountains to connect the northern city of Bologna with Florence in central Italy, serving as a key corridor between northern and southern Italy.

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Surface form Occurrences
Florence–Bologna railway 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line
belongsToCorridor north–south Italian rail axis NERFINISHED
connectsCity Bologna NERFINISHED
Florence NERFINISHED
constructionStart early 20th century
country Italy
crosses Apennine watershed NERFINISHED
electrification 3 kV DC overhead line
electrified yes
endStation Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station NERFINISHED
engineeringSignificance major early 20th-century Italian railway engineering project
function key north–south rail corridor in Italy
gauge 1,435 mm
hasBridge multiple viaducts in the Apennines
hasJunction Prato NERFINISHED
San Benedetto Val di Sambro NERFINISHED
hasStructure Apennine Base Tunnel NERFINISHED
historicalImportance first direct rail crossing of the Apennines between Bologna and Florence
historicalRole main link between northern and central Italy before high-speed line
importance strategic freight corridor between Po Valley and central Italy
knownFor Apennine Base Tunnel NERFINISHED
lineNumber 65
lineType conventional railway line
locatedIn Apennine Mountains NERFINISHED
maximumInclineApprox 26 per mille
opened 1934
operator Rete Ferroviaria Italiana NERFINISHED
originalBuilder Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane NERFINISHED
owner Rete Ferroviaria Italiana NERFINISHED
parallelTo Bologna–Florence high-speed railway NERFINISHED
partOf Italian railway network NERFINISHED
passesThrough Emilia-Romagna NERFINISHED
Tuscany NERFINISHED
primaryPassengerOperator Trenitalia NERFINISHED
regionServed central Italy
northern Italy NERFINISHED
safetySystem Italian train protection systems
servedBy intercity trains
regional trains
startStation Bologna Centrale railway station NERFINISHED
status in operation
trackConfiguration double track
trafficType freight
passenger
tunnelLengthApprox 18.5 kilometres
usesRailGauge standard gauge

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Bologna Centrale railway station isPartOf Bologna–Florence railway
Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station railwayLine Bologna–Florence railway
this entity surface form: Florence–Bologna railway