Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 08/07/2022

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: km/h
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Number of tracks: 2
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Electrification: 15 kV/16.7 Hz~ as far as Domodossola/Domo II; [IT]: 3 kV=
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Train control system: ZUB/Signum/EuroSIGNUM/EuroZUB, Iselle-Domodossola: SIGNUM (From ca. 12/2017
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: High

Importance to countries concerned: High

Importance to TEN-T network: High

TEN-T corridor: Rhine - Alpine

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: SBB [CH]; SBB (Simplon-Tunnel), RFI [IT]

Language of operation: [CH]: German, [IT]: Italian

Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: Kanton Wallis [CH]; Regione Piemonte [IT]

Railway undertaking(s): SBB [CH]; TI [IT]

Ministry of transport: UVEK [CH]; MIT [IT]

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1906

Closure: -

Passenger services: 282 / 160 / 14 / 4 (5), 2 (1)

Length of cross border section: 22 km

Average speed of cross border section: 88 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

Background