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Railways
- See also: List of railway companies# Italy, List of tram and light-rail transit systems# Italy, List of town tramway systems in Italy, List of trolleybus systems in Italy, Narrow gauge railway#Italy, and High-speed rail in Italy
- total: 19,394 km, also on Sardinia and Sicily. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. This is a list of the world's Railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country The following is a list of cities that have Tram / light-rail systems as part of their Public transport system This is a list of town tramway systems in Italy by region. It includes all tram systems past and present This is a list of trolleybus systems in Italy by Regione. It includes all trolleybus systems past and present A narrow gauge railway (or narrow gauge railroad) is a Railway that has a Track gauge narrower than the of Standard gauge railways Italy was the first country in Europe to feature a high-speed rail connection Sardinia (sɑrˈdɪnɪə Sardegna Sardigna or Sardinnya is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily) Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy.
- standard gauge: 18,071 km 1. 435-m gauge; Italian Railways (FS) operates 16,014 km of the total standard gauge routes (11,322 km electrified)
- narrow gauge: 112 km 1. 000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 1,211 km 0. 950-m gauge (153 km electrified) (1998)
Trenitalia SpA is the passenger and freight transport company of Ferrovie dello Stato. Trenitalia is the primary operator of trains within Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. The Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian State Railways or FS is the operator of the Italian Railway network
Italian Railroad Stations (history)
(Lines)
- Turin-Milan (under construction, 2006)
- Milan-Verona-Venice (under development)
- Milan-Bologna-Florence-Rome-Naples (under construction and operating, 2006)
- Napoli-Sicily Bridge-Palermo (under development)
- Milan-Genoa (under development)
- Milan-Lyon(France) (Alps tunnel under development, 2012)
Cities with rapid transit underground railway systems:
- Rome 2 lines + 1 under construction (8 lines of commuter rails - FR Lines -; 3 lines of suburban rails -)
- Naples 2 line + 1 under construction (5 lines of commuter rails)
- Milan 3 lines + 2 under construction (8 lines of commuter rails - S Lines -; 5 lines of regional rail - FNM lines - )
- Genoa 1 line
- Catania 1 line
- Turin 1 line
- Brescia 1 line under construction
- Bologna 1 line under develop
Rail links with adjacent countries
Stations
- See also: List of railway stations#Italy
Big Stations program (Station renovations), €400 million program, from ending 2005
- Milan Stazione Centrale
- Bari Centrale
- Bologna Centrale
- Florence SMN
- Genoa Brignole and Piazza Principe
- Naples Centrale
- Palermo Centrale
- Rome Termini Station
- Turin Porta Nuova
- Venice Mestre and Santa Lucia
- Verona Porta Nuova
Highways
- total: 654,676 km (including 6,957 km of expressways) (1998 est. Treno Alta Velocità SpA is Special purpose entity owned by RFI (itself owned by Ferrovie dello Stato) for the planning and construction of a high-speed A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Catania ( Greek: &ndash Katánē; Latin: Catăna and Catĭna; Arabic: Brescia ( Lombard: Brèsa) is a city in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy This article concerns the history and current organisation of transport systems in France. Being in the center of Europe, Switzerland has a dense network of roads and railways This article provides an overview of the transportation infrastructure in the country of Austria. Railways total 1229 km operated by Slovenian Railways standard gauge 1229 km 1 The following is a list of Railway stations (also called train stations') that is indexed by country Milan Central Station (in Italian Stazione Centrale di Milano or Milano Centrale) is one of the main European Railway stations It is a Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. History The first Bologna Centrale station was constructed in 1864 however there Firenze Santa Maria Novella or Stazione di Santa Maria Novella - Firenze Roma Termini (in Italian, Stazione Termini or Stazione di Roma Termini) is the main train station of Rome. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve The Autostrada is the Italian national system of Motorways The total length of the system is about 6400 km )
All highways in Italy are paved.
Waterways
- 2,400 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value
City with almost all transport by boat: Venice (public transport by waterbus)
Pipelines
- crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km
Ports and harbours
- Ancona, Arbatax, Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Civitavecchia, Gela, Genoa, Gioia Tauro, La Spezia, Livorno, Messina, Milazzo, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres, Ravenna, Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice. A waterway is any navigable Body of water. These include Rivers Lakes Seas Oceans and Canals In order for a waterway Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Ancona (Ankon is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101909 (2005 History The name is derived from the Arabic for "14th Tower" and refers to the nearby Saracen watchtower Augusta (Greek and Latin Megara Hyblaea; Medieval Augusta and Agosta; Austa in Sicilian Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Bagnoli is a western seaside suburb of Naples, well beyond the confines of the original city Bari ( Barium in Latin, Bàrion or Vàrion in Greek, Bare in Neapolitan Brindisi can also refer to a song in which a company is exhorted to drink such as the "Tea-Cup Brindisi" in Gilbert and Sullivan 's " The Catania ( Greek: &ndash Katánē; Latin: Catăna and Catĭna; Arabic: Civitavecchia is a town and Comune of the Province of Rome in the central Italian region of Latium. for the village in Tibet China see Gela Tibet Gela is a town in the Province of Caltanissetta in the south of Sicily, Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Gioia Tauro is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria ( Italy) La Spezia ( Spèsa in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia "Leghorn" redirects here For the breed of chicken see Leghorn chicken. Milazzo ( Latin: Mylae) is a town of on the north coast of Sicily, Italy. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Olbia ( Sardinian: Terranoa, Gallurese: Tarranoa) is a town of approximately 51000 inhabitants in northeastern Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in Porto Torres ( Latin: Turris Libyssonis, Turris Libissonis, or Turris Libisonis; Greek: &ndash Pyrgos Libyssonos; Ravenna is a City and Comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Salerno is a town in southern Italy, capital of the province of the same name in the region of Campania. This article is about the Italian city For the small town of Savona Canada please see Savona British Columbia, or the village in the USA, see Savona Not to be confused with Toronto. Taranto ( Ancient Greek: Tarās; Modern Greek: Tarantas) is a coastal city in Trieste (Trieste Slovene and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the
Merchant marine
- total: 427 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 6,971,578 GRT/9,635,770 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
- ships by type: bulk carrier 41, cargo ship 45, chemical tanker 73, combination ore/oil 2, container ship 20, Liquified Gas Carrier 38, livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger ship 6, petroleum tanker 87, roll-on/roll-off ship 58, short-sea passenger 26, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 16 (1999 est. Gross Register Tonnage (abbreviated variously as GRT, grt, gr Deadweight tonnage (also known as deadweight and variously abbreviated as DWT, D Definition There are various ways to define the term bulk carrier A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of Ship or vessel that carries Cargo, goods and materials from one port to another See also Merchant ship A chemical tanker is a type of tanker designed to transport Chemicals in bulk Container ships are Cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size containers in a technique called Containerization. An LNG carrier is a ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas ( LNG) A livestock carrier, as the name suggests is a large ship used in the long distance transport of sheep, Cattle and Goats They are specially built new or A passenger ship is a Ship whose primary function is to carry passengers History The technology of oil transportation has evolved alongside the oil industry See also Merchant ship Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro Ships are ferries designed to carry wheeled Cargo such as )
Airports
133 (2006)
Hubs
Airports - with paved runways
- total: 97
- over 3,047 m: 5: Malpensa International Airport (Milan/Varese), Linate Airport (Milan), Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport (Rome), . An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land List of Airports in Italy, grouped by region and sorted by location Malpensa Airport is located in the province of Varese, about 50 km from central Milan, Italy. Malpensa Airport is located in the province of Varese, about 50 km from central Milan, Italy. Linate Airport is one of the two major Airports of Milan, Italy along with Malpensa International Airport. . .
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 33
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
- 914 to 1,523 m: 31
- under 914 m: 12 (1999 est. )
Airports - with unpaved runways
- total: 38
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
- 914 to 1,523 m: 19
- under 914 m: 18 (1999 est. )
Heliports
5
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