Border geo-coordinates: 45.830814, 9.034181 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]
Status: Operational
#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆
Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 17/12/2024
Core Data
Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: km/h
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Number of tracks: 4
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Electrification: [CH]: 15 kV/16.7 Hz~; [IT]: 3 kV=, tracks in Chiasso partially switchable
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Train control system: SCMT, ETCS L1 LS from 2019
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European Commission Political Assessment
Importance to border region: High
Importance to countries concerned: High
Importance to TEN-T network: Medium
TEN-T corridor: Rhine - Alpine
European Commission Administrative Data
Infrastructure manager: SBB [CH]; RFI [IT]
Language of operation: Italian
Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: Kanton Tessin [CH]; Regione Lombardia [IT]
Railway undertaking(s): SBB [CH]; TI [IT]
Ministry of transport: UVEK [CH]; MIT [IT]
European Commission Historical Data
Inauguration: 1882
Closure: -
Passenger services: 684 / 126 / 0 / -
Length of cross border section: 4,2 km
Average speed of cross border section: 50 km/h
Daily passenger flow: Not available
