The Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì railway is a single-track line in Sicily, Italy managed by RFI. The route connects Syracuse on the Ionian side of Sicily to the Mediterranean side, crossing, with an east-west route, a number of large urban centers to Canicattì.
History of route section openings
- Canicattì–Campobello di Licata
- Campobello di Licata–Favarotta – 23 May 1880
- Favarotta–Licata – 24 February 1881
- Syracuse–Noto – 5 April 1886
- Licata–Licata jetty – 26 November 1888
- Licata–Gela – 29 March 1891
- Noto–Modica – 23 December 1891
- Syracuse–Stazione di Siracusa Marittima – 13 August 1892
- Gela–Comiso – 14 March 1893
- Comiso–Modica – 18 June 1893
See also
- List of railway lines in Italy
- Sulfur mining in Sicily
References
Further reading
- Federico Squarzina, Produzione e commercio dello zolfo in Sicilia nel secolo XIX = production and trade of sulfur in Sicily in the 19th century. ILTE, 1963.
- Romualdo Giuffrida, Lo Stato e le ferrovie in Sicilia (1860–1895) = the state and the railways in Sicily (1860–1895). Caltanissetta: Sciascia, 1967.
- Piero Muscolino, La ferrovia Siracusa-Vittoria-Caltanissetta = the Syracuse-Vittoria-Caltanissetta railway. Ingegneria Ferroviaria (railway engineering), May 1977, pp. 417–426.
- Piero Muscolino, Il treno in Sicilia = the train in Sicily. Ingegneria Ferroviaria (railway engineering), n. 2, Rome: CIFI, 1977.
- Piero Muscolino, Le ferrovie della Sicilia sud-orientale = the railways of south-eastern Sicily. Cortona, Calosci, 1979.
- Piero Muscolino, Le ferrovie della Sicilia sud-orientale = the railways of south-eastern Sicily. Ragusa, EdiARGO, 2006, ISBN 88-88659-50-1.
- Giuseppe Barone, Le vie del Mezzogiorno = the ways of the South. Rome: Donzelli, 2002, ISBN 88-7989-684-9.
- Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, Fascicolo Linea 159. RFI, December 2003.
- Massimo Inzerilli, Ferrovie siciliane in abbandono = Sicilian railways in abandonment. In i Treni, n. 356, February 2013, p. 20–26.
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