Valmorea railway

Valmorea railway was a railway line in Lombardy, Italy.

Valmorea railway
Abandoned rail tracks near Solbiate Olona
Overview
Status	partially in use
Locale	Lombardy, Italy
Termini	Castellanza railway station Swiss border by Valmorea
Service
Operator(s)	Ferrovienord
History
Opened	June 28, 1926
Technical
Line length	31.194 km (19.383 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Character	Heritage railway
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	no
Route map km Saronno–Novara railway to Novara 0.000 Castellanza Olona Saronno–Novara railway to Saronno 1.351 A 8 1.872 Marnate-Olgiate Olona 2.668 Prospiano 3.731 Gorla Minore 4.801 Solbiate Olona 5.758 Gorla Maggiore 6.556 Fermata Candiani 7.680 Fagnano Olona 8.574 Olona 8.991 Cairate-Bergoro 10.575 Cairate-Lonate 14.614 Torba-Gornate Olona 18.174 Castiglione Olona 19.842 Lozza-Ponte di Vedano 22.146 Bizzozzero-Gurone 23.353 Saronno–Laveno railway 23.726 Malnate Olona 23.859 Olona 26.133 Cantello 28.815 Valmorea 31.194 Italy Switzerland border Mendrisio–Stabio railway to Mendrisio km

Originally built as Olona Valley railway, to serve the industrial complexes of this region, it was later prolonged until the Swiss border by Valmorea, reached in 1926, where it continued as the Mendrisio–Stabio railway. But only two years later the border crossing was closed by the Italian government, which didn't agree with a privately owned international connection (the Italian section of the line was operated by Ferrovie Nord Milano).

The passenger traffic was suspended and the line was used only for internal freight traffic until 1977.

Since 1993 the line has been rebuilt from the Swiss side as a touristic line. The current terminus is Malnate Olona, but there are plans to reach Castiglione Olona.