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Faster speeds in Italy - Bologna High Speed Bypass to open June 9

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Faster speeds in Italy - Bologna High Speed Bypass to open June 9 - Posted: June 6, 2013 - 12:03 PM Quote and reply
The new high speed Bologna AV (Alta Velocita - high speed) bypass (passante) opens on Sunday June 9th. The station effectively connects the current Florence Bologna and Milan Bologna high speed lines together.

It is expected that train timings through Bologna will be cut by 5 minutes on most high speed services stopping at or passing through the station due to higher line speeds and easier pathing through the station.

High speed trains will no longer need to negotiate the very many junctions and potential conflicting movements on the approaches to Bologna from either direction. A new direct chord leads onto the Bologna to Padova and Venice line too- again redcucing conflicting movements between high-speed services and local passenger / regional and freight services.

From Florence - speeds gradually drop down from 300kph. 260kph applies from KP 80.8, followed by reductions of 220kph at KP 82, 200kph at KP 83 and 180kph at KP 84 (distances measured from Florence).

Through Bologna the line can no longer be considerd high speed as speed limits drop further to 135kph at KP 88, then lower still to 110kph (68mph) at KP 90 for the remaining 1.47 kilonetres to Bologna Centrale.

Heading towards Milan - 110kph applies for a further 1 kilometre with speed limits of 135kph to KP 2.8 (measured from Bologna Centrale) where 180kph (112mph) applies.

From KP 2.8, the limits raise to 215kph at KP 5 and 250kph at KP 6 - which pretty much applies now.
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