The Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway is a long Italian
railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
line, that connects
Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...
with
Putignano,
Martina Franca
Martina Franca, or just Martina (Bari dialect, Martinese: ), is a town and ''comune, municipality'' in the province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy. It is the second most populated town of the province after Taranto, and has a population (2016) of ...
and further to
Taranto
Taranto (; ; previously called Tarent in English) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base.
Founded by Spartans ...
.
The line was opened in three stages between 1900 and 1931. On 12 August 1900 the section from Bari to Putignano opened, the line was further extended on 14 December 1903 to
Locorotondo
Locorotondo ( Barese: ) is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, with a population of about 14,000. It is situated between Martina Franca and Alberobello in the Valle d'Itria, a green stretch of country ...
. On 24 December 1925 the line opened between Locorotondo and Martina Franca and finally from Martina Franca to Taranto on 22 April 1931.
Usage
The line is used by the following service(s):
*Local services (''Treno regionale'') Bari - Conversano - Putignano - Martina Franca
*Local services (''Treno regionale'') Bari - Casamassima - Putignano (between Bari Centrale and Bari Mungivacca)
*Local services (''Treno regionale'') Martina Franca - Taranto
Electrification
The railway is being electrified, largely with funds from the European Union,
115 million EUR of regional funds to improve railway connections in Puglia
/ref> with most works completed in 2014. The FSE has requested a tender for four trains.
See also
* List of railway lines in Italy
This is a list of all railway lines in Italy.
Active lines
Managed by Ferrovie dello Stato
High–speed lines
* Turin–Milan
* Milan–Verona (under construction)
* Verona–Venice (under construction)
* Venice–Trieste (planning p ...
References
External links
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Railway lines in Apulia
Railway lines opened in 1900