Livorno–Rome railway
The Livorno–Rome railway is one of the trunk lines of the Italian railway network. It connects Italy’s northwest with its south, running along the Tyrrhenian coast between the Italian regions of Tuscany and Lazio, through the provinces of Livorno, Grosseto, Viterbo and Rome. The line is double track and is fully electrified at 3,000 V DC. Passenger traffic is managed by Trenitalia.
History
The southernmost section of the line between Rome and Civitavecchia was opened on 24 April 1859 by the Società Pio Central. In 1862 work started on a line south from Livorno, which initially ran east to Collesalvetti before turning south and joining the path of the current Pisa–Rome line at Vada. This route is now known as the Maremmana railway. The line continued south from Vada and was opened to Nunziatella, near Capalbio, on the border with the Papal States on the Chiarone river in 1864. In 1865 the Leopolda railway was taken over by the owner of the Rome–Civitavecchia railway, now called the Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane. It opened the connecting section between Civitavecchia and Capalbio in 1867. In 1910 a direct line was opened along the coast from Vada to the new central station at Livorno. A new route was opened between Rome and Maccarese-Fregene via Aurelia on 25 May 1990.| Section | opened |
| Rome-Civitavecchia | 24 April 1859 |
| Livorno-Follonica | 20 October 1863 |
| Follonica-Orbetello | 15 June 1864 |
| Orbetello-Nunziatella | 3 August 1864 |
| Nunziatella-Civitavecchia | 27 June 1867 |
| Pisa-Collesalvetti | 1 April 1874 |
| Livorno-Vada | 3 July 1910 |
| Roma-Maccarese | 25 May 1990 |