Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì railway

The Siracusa–Gela–Canicattì railway is a single-track line in Sicily, Italy managed by RFI. The route connects Syracuse on the Ionian side of Sicily to the Mediterranean side, crossing, with an east-west route, a number of large urban centers to Canicattì.

History of route section openings

Canicattì–Campobello di Licata Campobello di Licata–Favarotta – 23 May 1880 Favarotta–Licata – 24 February 1881 Syracuse–Noto – 5 April 1886 Licata–Licata jetty – 26 November 1888 Licata–Gela – 29 March 1891 Noto–Modica – 23 December 1891 Syracuse– – 13 August 1892 Gela–Comiso – 14 March 1893 Comiso–Modica – 18 June 1893

See also List of railway lines in Italy Sulfur mining in Sicily

References

Further reading Federico Squarzina, Produzione e commercio dello zolfo in Sicilia nel secolo XIX = production and trade of sulfur in Sicily in the 19th century. ILTE, 1963. Romualdo Giuffrida, Lo Stato e le ferrovie in Sicilia (1860–1895) = the state and the railways in Sicily (1860–1895). Caltanissetta: Sciascia, 1967. Piero Muscolino, La ferrovia Siracusa-Vittoria-Caltanissetta = the Syracuse-Vittoria-Caltanissetta railway. Ingegneria Ferroviaria (railway engineering), May 1977, pp. 417–426. Piero Muscolino, Il treno in Sicilia = the train in Sicily. Ingegneria Ferroviaria (railway engineering), n. 2, Rome: CIFI, 1977. Piero Muscolino, Le ferrovie della Sicilia sud-orientale = the railways of south-eastern Sicily. Cortona, Calosci, 1979. Piero Muscolino, Le ferrovie della Sicilia sud-orientale = the railways of south-eastern Sicily. Ragusa, EdiARGO, 2006, . Giuseppe Barone, Le vie del Mezzogiorno = the ways of the South. Rome: Donzelli, 2002, . Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, Fascicolo Linea 159. RFI, December 2003. Massimo Inzerilli, Ferrovie siciliane in abbandono = Sicilian railways in abandonment. In i Treni, n. 356, February 2013, p. 20–26.