Ferrovie della Sardegna

ARST Gestione FdS
Formerly	Ferrovie della Sardegna
Former type	Limited liability company
Industry	Rail transport
Fate	Integrated into ARST
Predecessors	Ferrovie Complementari della Sardegna; Strade Ferrate Sarde;
Successor	ARST
Founded	1989
Defunct	October 25, 2010
Headquarters	Cagliari, Italy
Products	Rail transport, Road transport

The Ferrovie della Sardegna (Railways of Sardinia), known also as ARST Gestione FdS between 2008 and 2010 and with the abbreviation FdS, was an Italian public company that managed the regional railway network in the island of Sardinia, Italy. In 2010 it was totally integrated with the main regional public transport company, ARST (Azienda Regionale Sarda Trasporti).[1]

Map of Railways in Sardinia

It was the second railway operator in Sardinia, after Ferrovie dello Stato, having 203 kilometers of railways used for public transport, plus another four tourist lines, known as Trenino Verde, which run through the wildest parts of the island.

The company was founded in 1989. It is a narrow gauge railway system, using diesel locomotives and multiple units, electrified tram-trains in the metropolitan areas of Sassari and Cagliari and vintage diesel and steam locomotives on the tourist lines.

Today works are in progress to modernise several lines with the electrification of routes around the metropolitan areas of Sassari and Cagliari.

Lines

Public Transport Lines

Line Macomer-Tirso-Nuoro
Line Sassari-Sorso (work is in progress converting the line to a light rail transit)
Line Sassari-Alghero (planned conversion to light rail transit)
Line Monserrato-Isili
Metro-tramway of Sassari
Metro-tramway of Cagliari

Tourist Lines (Trenino Verde)

Line Macomer-Bosa
Line Sassari-Nulvi-Tempio Pausania-Luras-Palau
Line Mandas-Gairo-Arbatax
Line Mandas-Isili-Sorgono

Dismantled Lines

Line Siliqua-San Giovanni Suergiu-Calasetta (Ferrovie Meridionali Sarde)
Line Iglesias-Monteponi-San Giovanni Suergiu (Ferrovie Meridionali Sarde)
Line Gairo-Jerzu
Line Isili-Villamar-Villacidro
Line Villamar-Ales
Line Tirso-Ozieri
Line Luras-Monti

Gallery

Tram AnsaldoBreda Sirio in Sassari
Tram Škoda 06 T in Cagliari
Multiple Unit ADe 91-98 (1990s)
Railway station in Seui
Locomotive LDe 603
Isili-Sorgono railway in the last years of the 19th century
Work in progress for the Meana Sardo tunnel (about 1888)
Crossing train in Tempio station in 1984
abandoned littorina train (1930s) along the dismantled line Ozieri-Tirso

gollark: Edges are lines. Lines are sets of points, and in Euclidean geometry infinite ones. QEDEDED.

gollark: π ± 10% error margin.

gollark: Technically, an edge is an infinite set of points.

gollark: Which is bad.

gollark: So it should probably be avoided.

References

"Cagliari 25 ottobre 2010". ARST.it. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

Davies, W.J.K. (2002). A Contrast in Islands: The Narrow Gauge Railways of Corsica and Sardinia. Narrow Gauge Railways of Europe Volume 7. East Harling, Norfolk, UK: Plateway Press. ISBN 187198050X.

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[1] "Cagliari 25 ottobre 2010". ARST.it. Retrieved 5 February 2016.