Biella–Novara railway

Biella–Novara railway
The railway bridge over the river Sesia. In transit two Aln 663
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	in use
Locale	Piedmont, Italy
Termini	Biella San Paolo railway station Novara railway station
Stations	3 station 6 stops
Operation
Opened	18 May 1939 (1939-05-18)
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
Technical
Line length	51 km (32 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
Route map from Santhià 50.766 Biella San Paolo 393 m Biella tunnel Cervo stream 49.320 Biella Chiavazza 377 m 45.713 Vigliano-Candelo 314 m 40.347 Cossato 244 m Strona stream Ostola stream Masserano† 2003 224 m Rovasenda stream from Santhià 27.537 Rovasenda / Rovasenda Alta 221 m to Arona 22.421 Ghislarengo 203 m Sesia river 18.977 Carpignano Sesia 201 m Genoa-Gravellona Toce Autostrada 16.957 Sillavengo 12.083 Casaleggio 173 m 6.881 Nibbia 164 m Milan-Turin Autostrada Turin–Milan high-speed railway Agogna stream from Turin from Varallo Sesia / from Domodossola / from Arona 98.940 Novara 151 m to Alessandria / to Milan

The Biella–Novara railway is a regional railway line of Piedmont in Italy, that connects Biella to Novara railway node for Milano and Alessandria, serving some countries of the province of Vercelli and Novara.

The railway was inaugurated from 18 May 1939 with the presence of Benito Mussolini, becoming however operational only since 20 July 1940 because of the need to complete several systems and the absence of the rolling stock.

From 21 January 1961, in advance of the end of the concession to the "Società Ferrovia Biella-Novara (SFBN)" company, the management of the railway line passed to the state and the exercise was assumed by Ferrovie dello Stato.

In the year 2000, the entire line management passed to Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.