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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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line ⓘ
belongsToCorridor north–south Italian rail axis ⓘ
connectsCity Bologna ⓘ
Florence ⓘ
constructionStart early 20th century ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
crosses Apennine watershed ⓘ
electrification 3 kV DC overhead line ⓘ
electrified yes ⓘ
endStation Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station ⓘ
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 ⓘ
San Benedetto Val di Sambro ⓘ
hasStructure Apennine Base Tunnel ⓘ
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 ⓘ
lineNumber 65 ⓘ
lineType conventional railway line ⓘ
locatedIn Apennine Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Apennines
maximumInclineApprox 26 per mille ⓘ
opened 1934 ⓘ
operator Rete Ferroviaria Italiana ⓘ
originalBuilder Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane ⓘ
owner Rete Ferroviaria Italiana ⓘ
parallelTo Bologna–Florence high-speed railway ⓘ
partOf Italian railway network ⓘ
passesThrough Emilia-Romagna ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
primaryPassengerOperator Trenitalia ⓘ
regionServed central Italy ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
safetySystem Italian train protection systems ⓘ
servedBy intercity trains ⓘ
regional trains ⓘ
startStation Bologna Centrale railway station ⓘ
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 → Florence–Bologna railway ⓘ
linked to: Bologna–Florence railway
Italian railway network → notableHighSpeedLine → Bologna–Florence high-speed railway ⓘ
linked to: Bologna–Florence railway
Florence–Prato–Bologna line → partiallyParallelTo → Direttissima Bologna–Florence railway ⓘ
linked to: Bologna–Florence railway
Florence–Prato–Bologna line → partiallyParallelTo → Bologna–Florence high-speed railway ⓘ
linked to: Bologna–Florence railway
Milan–Bologna railway → connectsTo → Bologna–Florence railway ⓘ
Bologna–Florence railway → parallelTo → Bologna–Florence high-speed railway ⓘ
linked to: Bologna–Florence railway
Bologna–Padua railway → linkedWith → Bologna–Florence railway ⓘ
Bologna–Rimini railway → connectsTo → Bologna–Florence railway ⓘ
Bologna–Ferrara railway → connectsTo → Bologna–Florence railway ⓘ
Casalecchio di Reno → hasTransportConnection → Bologna–Florence railway ⓘ
Prato Centrale railway station → railwayLine → Bologna–Florence railway ⓘ
Prato Porta al Serraglio railway station → railwayLine → Bologna–Florence railway (indirect connection via network) ⓘ
linked to: Bologna–Florence railway