page_title: Domodossola–Locarno railway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Domodossola–Locarno railway / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: SSIF ABe 4/6 62 im Bahnhof Intragna.
context_page_description: The Domodossola–Locarno railway, also known in Switzerland as the Centovalli railway and in Italy as Valle Vigezzo railway, is a metre-gauge railway negotiating the dramatic mountainous terrain between Domodossola, Italy, and Locarno, Switzerland. It passes through the Vigezzo Valley and Centovalli.
  It touches the villages of Druogno, Santa Maria Maggiore, Malesco and Intragna and carried over 1 million passengers in 2010. It is operated by the Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi in Switzerland and the Società Subalpina di Imprese Ferroviarie S.p.A. in Italy.
  Opened on 25 November 1923, the 52-kilometre long railway has 30 stations and takes approximately 2 hours to traverse the whole length. The Italian-Swiss border is crossed between the towns of Ribellasca and Camedo.
context_section_description: Following a convention signed in Rome on 12 November 1918 between the plenipotentiaries Sidney Sonnino and De Segesser, respectively, of the King of Italy and the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation Switzerland, the construction of the railway began.
  The railway started with an initiative mainly due to the then Mayor of Locarno Francis Dance. The builders used part of the existing meter gauge Locarno-Bignasco railway at the start of the eastern end of the new line. This set the meter gauge of the whole line.
  Since then the railway has regularly performed its task of connecting the communities between Locarno and Domodossola. The line continued after the period of mass motorization, when some considered the train to be obsolete.
  The railway currently plays an important economic and tourist function in the area. It is the shortest and most scenic link between the major trans-Alpine railways that pass through the Simplon and Gotthard tunnels. Combined with the Simplon railway, it provides a fast connection between the Swiss Cantons of Valais and  Ticino.
caption: Electric train ABe 4/6 of the SSIF in Intragna station
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