Ferrovia Genova Casella

The company Ferrovia Genova Casella ( FGC ) is small a Railway company Italy which exploits the connection Genoa - Casella, locality apart 25 kilometers in the back-country of the ligure chief town. Exploiting eleven pairs of trains per day, it transports approximately 250 000 travellers per annum.

The line

The electrified line with Narrow gauge railway (metric spacing), completely electrified in D.C. current with 2400 V (tension raised thereafter to 3000 V - standard FS) and steeply sloping, was brought into service in 1929. It leaves the station of Genoa Piazza Manin and follows a completely mountainous course which crosses three different valleys: Valbisagno, Valpolcevera and Valle Scrivia. It also touches in a marginal way the Val Trebbia. The slopes maximum reach 45 per thousand.

The profile longitudinally is the following: on the basis of the altitude of 93 meters in station of Genoa-piazza Manin, one passes in nine kilometers to 364 meters in the locality of Trensasco, to reach 410 meters with the terminus of Casella-Paese after having crossed the watershed of Crocetta d' Orero, with 458 meters, culminating point of the line. To the three quarters of the course approximately, the line crosses the commune of Sant' Olcese.

Management

Since 1949 under the mode of governmental management “commissariale” under the aegis of the ministry for Transport, it is managed since 2002 by a company controlled by the area of Ligurie. It is one of the rare railway lines in exclusive right of way which was not included/understood in the unification of the network occurred during the XXe century (in particular in the the Sixties).
The reason of its maintenance is due mainly to the absence of alternative connection to connect Genoa to Casella.

There exist projects of prolongation of the line from the station of Genoa-piazza Manin - not far from the Castello Mackenzie - until the Gare of Genoa-Brignole.

Also being studied a lengthening of the course is which interests the district of Begato, with the top of Rivarolo, so as to connect - as a kind of light subway which supplements current the Métro of Genoa - the Western district with the center town.

Subject to reservation, it is possible to charter whole convoys for marriages or the transport of bicycles, like for important groups.

The layout skirts - on the slope of the Val Bisagno - the line of fortifications which belongs to the Eastern group of the strong and the Murailles of Genoa of medieval time.

During the last war, the line was very much used by the many population génoise folded up in the localities of the back-country because of the bombardments which touched the city.

Chronology

1915 : the first projects are concretized by a convention in favor of the company ferrovie elettriche liguri , created especially to this end. Occurred of the First World War imposes a stoppage of the works of realization of the railway line
1922: the company Ernesto Breda allocates the invitation to tender for the construction of the air line (catenary), rolling stock and the sub-station. Work starts.
June 24th 1929: opening of the line, the course of test is carried out using an engine with vapor.
September 1st 1929: opening of the line to the public.
1930 : completion with Casella of the bridge on the torrent Scrivia.
1949 : the line passes in governmental management commissariale.
1953 : prolongation in return, and entirely in road roadway, of the line enters the old one and the new station terminus.
1975 : realization of an operation of renewal of the track equipment using rails of 36 kg to the meter instead of the rails of 27 kg origin.
1980 : widening of the bridge on the Scrivia and displacement in Exclusive right of way of the last section of the line.

Rolling stock

The driving material is indicated by the following initials:

EM (electric railcar)
L O B (Locomotive electric)
D (Diesel loco)
D1: year of construction 1964. Source: DB
L 28-29: year of construction 1924. Source: Ferrovia Appennino-Adriatica (Ferrovia Sangritana)
B51-B52: year of construction 1963. Source: Ferrovia beyond Valley di Fiemme (Ora - Predazzo)
EM A1-A3: year of construction 1929. Source: Ferrovia beyond Valley di Fiemme (Ora - Predazzo). Withdrawn of the service.
EM A4-A7: year of construction 1957. Source: Ferrovia Spoleto Norcia
EM A8-A10: year of construction 1993
EM A11-A12: year of construction 1998.

List stations

Genoa/Genova - Piazza Manin (terminus), km 0.0,93 m
San Pantaleo, km 1.2,127 m
Sant' Antonino, km 2.9,190 m
Cappuccio, km 5.0,272 m
Poggino (without service), km 6.7??? m
Trensasco, km 9.0,370 m
Campi, km 9.5,364 m
Pino, km 10.0,360 m
Torrazza, km 10.7,338 m
Sardorella, km 12.2,303 m
Vicomorasso, km 14.3,297 m
Sant' Olcese Chiesa, km 15.4,335 m
Sant' Olcese Tullo, km 16.6,390 m
Busalletta, km 18.8,456 m
Molinetti, km 19.0,440 m
Niusci, km 20.6,452 m
Fermata, km??.? ??? m
Crocetta (without service), km 21.9,458 m
Crocetta Canova, km 22.0,456 m
Casella Deposito, km 23.1,408 m
Casella Paese (terminus), km 24.3, Ca 400 m

Italian bibliography

Emilio Cogorno, " Viaggiando E Ricordando per Genova E Dintorni " , ED. Nuova Editor Genovese, 1998
Maurizio Lamponi, Claudio Tightened, " I Trasporti in Valpolcevera " , ED. Nuova Genovese Editor, 1996
Paolo Giardelli, " In treno da Genova has Casella " , ED. Sagep 1993
Azienda Municipalizzata Trasporti, " Storia LED trasporto pubblico has Genova " , ED. SAGEP, 1980
Francesco Ogliari, " Signori, in will vettura! " , ED. in landlord, 1965
Piero Muscolino, " Ricordi di viaggi ferrotranviari per Dolomiti (terza edizione) " , ED. Calosci, 1998
Adriano Cioci, " Spoleto-Norcia: una ferrovia alpina nel cuore dell'Umbria ", ED. Calzetti Mariucci, 1997
Adriano Betti Carboncini, " Ferrovia Viola Pistoiese " , ED. Calosci, 1989
Mariano Garzi, Piero Muscolino, " Ferrovia dell' Appennino Power station - Linea Arezzo Fossato " , ED. Calosci, 1981
Giovanni Cornolò, Giovanni Villan, " Binari nel passato - Società Veneta Ferrovie " , ED. Albertelli, 1984
Roberto Cocchi, Alessandro Muratori, " the ferrovie secondarie italiane - raccolta di fascicoli allegati went rivista Mondo ferroviario " , ED. LED Kept, 1988-1996
Gianni Valente, " Treni & Sentieri - 51 camminate in Piemonte, Liguria E Valle d' Aosta idiot the strada ferrata " , ED. Central di Documentazione Alpina, 1994

External bonds

FGC, official site
Archivio fotografico sulla Ferrovia Genova Casella known Photorail.com
Archivio fotografico sulla Ferrovia Genova Casella
Associazione '' Amici della Ferrovia Genova Casella ''
Ferrovia delle tre Valli - Sito dedicato went Ferrovia Genova Casella (idiot treni per it simulatore BVE)
Scenario della Ferrovia Genova Casella per he simulatore BVE

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