Domodossola–Locarno railway

Domodossola — Locarno railway
Intragna railway station
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Centovalli
Termini	Domodossola Locarno
Stations	22
Operation
Opened	1923
Operator(s)	FART & SSIF
Technical
Line length	52.1 kilometres (32.37 mi)
Number of tracks	1 main track with dual track at certain stations.
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	1350 V DC

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Domodossola Masera Creggio Trontano Verigo Marone Coirno Druogno Santa Maria Maggiore Malesco Re Ribellasca - Italy Swiss-Italian Border Camedo - Switzerland Palagnedra Verdasio Corcapolo Intragna Cavigliano Verscio Tegna Ponte Brolla Locarno

The Domodossola–Locarno railway, also known as the Centovalli railway (Italian: Centovallina) is a metre-gauge railway between Domodossola, Italy, and Locarno, Switzerland. It passes through the village of Intragna and carried over 1 million passengers in 2010. It is operated by the Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi (FART) in Switzerland and the Società Subalpina di Imprese Ferroviarie S.p.A. (SSIF) in Italy.

Opened on 25 November 1923, the 52-kilometre (32 mi) long railway has 22 stations and takes approximately 2 hours to traverse the whole length. The Italian-Swiss border is crossed between the towns of Ribellasca and Camedo.

Following a convention signed in Rome on 12 November 1918 between the plenipotentiaries Sidney Sonnino and De Segesser, respectively, of the King of Italy and the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation Switzerland, the construction of the railway began. The railway started with an initiative mainly due to the then Mayor of Locarno Francis Dance. The builders used part of the existing meter gauge Locarno-Bignasco railway at the start of the eastern end of the new line. This set the meter gauge of the whole line.

Since then the railway has regularly performed its task of connecting the communities between Locarno and Domodossola. The line continued after the period of mass motorization, when some considered the train to be obsolete.

The railway currently plays an important economic and tourist function in the area. It is the shortest and most scenic link between the major trans-Alpine railways that pass through the Simplon and Gotthard tunnels. Combined with the Simplon railway, it provides a fast connection between the Swiss Cantons of Valais and Ticino.