Trams in Torino, Italy.

Trams in Turin, Italy

The Turin tramway network is an important part, along with the Turin Metro of the public transport network of the city of Turin in Italy. In operation since 1871, the network is about 84 km  long, and comprises 10 lines.

Milan Tram Network, Italy.

The Milan tramway network is an important part of the public transport network of Milan in Italy. In operation since 1881, the network is presently about 115 km long. It comprises 17 urban lines and two interurban lines.

Milan Central Railway Station, Italy.

Milan Central is the main railway station in Milan, Italy, and one of the main railway stations in Europe. The station was officially inaugurated in 1931 to replace the old central station built in  1864.  It is served by high speed lines and conventional lines connecting many Italian cities as well as nabouring countries. The design of the station was modeled after Union Station in Washington, DC and construction begins in 1912. Due to the Italian economic crisis during WW I, construction proceeded very slowly, and the project, rather simple at the beginning, kept changing and became more and more complex and majestic. Construction resumed in earnest in 1925 and on July 1, 1931 the station was officially opened. Its façade is 200 meters wide and its vault is 72 meters high, a record when it was built. It has 24 platforms. Each day about 330,000 passengers use the station, totaling about 120 million per year.

Red Train on the Rhaetian Railway (Albula/Bernina Railway), Switzerland & Italy.

Set high in the mountains, the Albula/Bernina railway - a Unesco World Heritage Site - is not just an important link between Switzerland and Italy. The famous Rhaetian Railway red train also takes you on a historic journey to the natural beauties of the eastern canton of Graubünden. Passengers leaving Tirano get the message almost immediately: the Bernina Express is a train with a difference. The moment it pulls out of the station of this little Italian town, the train mingles with the traffic and crosses the Piazza del Santuario della Madonna, competing with pedestrians, bicycles and women with shopping bags. From Tirano, 429 metres above sea level, the red train climbs the Val Poschiavo valley, skirts lakes and glaciers, crosses two mountain massifs (the Bernina and the Albula), and calls at many tourist resorts before reaching the Swiss town of Thusis. The train then travels on to Chur, the capital of Graubünden and the oldest town in Switzerland. With its 196 bridges and viaducts, 55 tunnels and 128 km of track, the railway is a miracle of technology – an achievement that, even a hundred years after it was built, continues to fascinate.

 

"Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, brings together two historic railway lines that cross the Swiss Alps through two passes. Opened in 1904, the Albula line in the north western part of the property is 67 km long. It features an impressive set of structures including 42 tunnels and covered galleries and 144 viaducts and bridges. The 61 km Bernina pass line features 13 tunnels and galleries and 52 viaducts and bridges. The property is exemplary of the use of the railway to overcome the isolation of settlements in the Central Alps early in the 20th century, with a major and lasting socio-economic impact on life in the mountains. It constitutes an outstanding technical, architectural and environmental ensemble and embodies architectural and civil engineering achievements, in harmony with the landscapes through which they pass." - UNESCO