The Ferrovia Torino-Ceres (also known as Torino-

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) is a commuter railroad in the

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(

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) which is currently managed by the

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(GTT). A first stretch of the railway, reaching

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, was inaugurated in 1868. In 1869 the rails reached

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, for a total of 21.243 km and five stations. In 1916 it arrived to Ceres, for a total length of some 44 km. In 1920 it was electrified at 4,000 V

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. The current service starts from Torino Dora station in

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, although a significant project is in the pipeline for the next years. In order to improve the interchange network among the major railway lines, GTT has established to connect the Turin-Ceres railway to the Turin-Milan railway in the near future. The two railways will link to each other in Torino Rebaudengo Fossata station, still in Turin territory, and the Torino Dora station will be discontinued (at least as part of the Ferrovia Torino-Ceres). A through station linked to Turin International Airport by escalators opened for the

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and represents the first rail connection between Turin and its airport.

See also