Places to see in ( Trieste - Italy ) Opicina Tramway

Places to see in ( Trieste - Italy ) Opicina Tramway

Trieste is the capital city of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. Founded by the Ancient Romans, it stands on the Adriatic coast below the Karst Plateau, a few kilometers from the border with Slovenia. Historic Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Slavic cultural influences are all evident in its layout, which encompasses a medieval old city and a neoclassical Austrian quarter.

The Trieste–Opicina tramway (Tranvia Trieste-Opicina) is an unusual hybrid tramway and funicular railway in the city of Trieste, Italy. It links Piazza Oberdan, on the northern edge of the city centre, with the village of Villa Opicina in the hills above. The tramway was closed for renovation in September 2012. The tram is currently in operation as of July 2014.

For most of the journey, the line operates as a conventional, electrically powered tramway, with a mixture of street running and reserved track. On the steepest section of the line, between Piazza Scorcola and Vetta Scorcola, the trams are pushed uphill and braked downhill by a pair of cable tractors that operate on funicular principles.

The line forms part of the network of Trieste Trasporti, the public transport provider for Trieste, and is line 2 of that company's system. Services are operated every 20 minutes from early morning (07:00) to early evening (20:00).

The line has a total length of 5.2 km (3.2 mi), and climbs from just 3 metres (9.8 ft) above sea level in Trieste to a height of 329 metres (1,079 ft) in Opicina. The line is of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge, and is single-tracked with eleven intermediate stops and four passing loops. The terminus in Piazza Oberdan has two tracks, although only one is normally used. Between Piazza Oberdan and Piazza Scorcola, a distance of some 400 metres (1,312 ft), the line runs in the street along the Via Martiri Della Libertà through a built-up urban area

From Piazza Scorcola to Vetta Scorcola, a distance of 869 metres (2,851 ft), the funicular section runs on its own right of way. The cable-hauled section is 799 metres (2,621 ft) long and climbs a vertical distance of 160 metres (525 ft) with a maximum gradient of 26%. At its foot is a short stub siding that permits the cable tractor to be parked off the running-line. In the middle of the funicular section, at Romagna, is the first passing-loop, used in normal service. Whilst the line below the loop is single track, the final 120 metres or so of the loop below Vetta Scorcola is laid as very closely spaced double track, allowing one-way traffic only.

The longer upper section, from Vetta Scorcola to Villa Opicina, is mostly on roadside reservation or private right-of-way in open rural country. There are three passing-loops on this section, although only the one at Conconello is used in normal service, with the loops at Cologna Campo Sportivo and Campo Romano used only if extra services are running. The terminus at Villa Opicina is flanked by a five track depot

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