Novara–Varallo railway

Novara–Varallo railway
The trip on the historic train, near Borgosesia
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	in use
Locale	Piedmont, Italy
Termini	Novara Varallo Sesia
Stations	3 station 7 stops
Operation
Opened	April 12, 1886 (1886-04-12)
Owner	RFI
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
Technical
Line length	54 km (34 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V CC from Novara to Vignale
Operating speed	90–120 km/h (56–75 mph)
Route map from Milan and Alessandria 65.028 Novarasince 1854 151 m 0.000 65.368 to Biella and Turin Turin–Milan high-speed railway Milan-Turin Autostrada 3.275 Vignalesince 1855 160 m to Domodossola and Arona Agogna stream San Bernardino† 2003 178 m 16.077 Briona 197 m 18.204 Fara 208 m 21.332 Sizzano 225 m 24.141 Ghemme 241 m Genoa-Gravellona Toce Autostrada from Arona 29.004 Romagnano Sesia 266 m to Santhià Sesia river 31.207 Prato Sesia 278 m 32.216 Grignasco 322 m to Coggiola Grignasco tunnel Bettole Valduggia† 2003 343 m 41.812 Borgosesia 359 m Borgosesia tunnel Vanzone-Isolella 386 m 47.736 Quarona 405 m Roccapietra† 2003 424 m tunnel 54.095 Varallo Sesia 452 m This diagram:

The Novara–Varallo railway is a regional railway line of Piedmont in Italy, that connect Varallo to Novara railway node, crossing the countries of Valsesia. From 2015 is used only as a tourist railway and for freight service in the tract Novara-Romagnano Sesia.

The tourist service is performed by historic trains of Fondazione FS, operated by Trenitalia, on specific dates. Regular passenger service was suspended from 15 September 2014, by decision of the Piedmont Region.

The railway was opened from 1883 to 1886.