Martina Franca–Lecce railway

Martina Franca–Lecce railway
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	in use
Locale	Italy
Termini	Martina Franca Lecce
Operation
Opened	1907 (1907) (Lecce - Francavilla Fontana) 1925 (1925) (Francavilla Fontana - Martina Franca)
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Ferrovie del Sud Est
Technical
Line length	103 km (64 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map from Taranto Martina Franca to Bari Cisternino Città Pascarosa Ceglie Messapica Capece from Taranto Francavilla Fontana to Brindisi Sava Manduria Erchie-Torre Santa Susanna San Pancrazio Salentino Guagnano Salice-Veglie Campi Salentina Novoli to Gagliano del Capo from Brindisi and Bari Lecce to Otranto

The Martina Franca–Lecce railway is an Italian 103-kilometre (64-mile) long railway line, that connects Martina Franca with Francavilla Fontana and Lecce.

The line was opened in four stages between 1907 and 1925. On 27 May 1907 the section from Lecce to Francavilla Fontana opened; the line was further extended on 14 August 1924 to Ceglie Messapica. On 5 April 1925 the line reached Cisternino and finally reached Martina Franca on 24 December 1925.

The line is used by the following service(s):

This article is based upon a translation of the as at September 2014.

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