The Venice–Udine railway is an Italian railway line connecting Venice, in Veneto, with Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It follows the same route as state highway 13 (SS 13, "Pontebbana").
The railway infrastructure is managed by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, which classifies it as one of its primary lines.
It has a maximum line speed of .
History
Section OpenedMestre–Marghera13 December 1842Marghera–end of bridgeover Venice lagoon5 November 1843Bridge over Venice lagoon13 January 1846Mestre–Treviso15 August 1851Treviso–Pordenone1 May 1855Pordenone–Casarsa15 October 1855Casarsa–Udine21 July 1860 The section between Mestre and Udine was opened between 1851 and 1860.
The electrification of the Mestre–Udine section at 3000 volts DC was officially inaugurated in October 1960.
Standards The line is a double-track line entirely electrified at 3000 volts DC. The major cities crossed, in addition to the two termini, are Treviso and Pordenone.
The line is signalled with the Sistema di Comando e Controllo (SCC), a form of centralized traffic control. Traffic is regulated by an operations centre manager at .
Rail traffic Services are mainly operated by Trenitalia and consist of regional services, long-distance connections from Udine to Milan and Rome and from Venice to Vienna and Munich. In summary, the trains that operate on this line are: regional regional express Intercity Eurocity Frecciarossa Italo AV (since October 2019)
The main stations that have an interchange function with other lines are , , , , and .
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