Rete Mediterranea (RM) defines that part of the Italian railway network that, under the law of 27 April 1885 no. 3048, was assigned to the Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo for operation and development. These were mainly lines from the north-west, Ligurian and Tyrrhenian . The initials RM were also used to mark locomotives and rolling stock.
8-570: The railway networks built before 1885 were largely in concession to private individuals and were in more or less serious economic difficulties. The Kingdom of Italy, in implementation of Law no. 3048 of 27 April 1885 (also called the Railway Conventions) distributed most of the railways of the peninsula into two large networks arranged longitudinally, namely the Rete Mediterranea (Mediterranean Network), of 4,171 km and
16-573: The Rete Adriatica (Adriatic Network), of 4,379 km, granting them to two large companies to operate for a fee. The Mediterranean Network had roughly the North-West, Ligurian and Tyrrhenian lines. The concession contract provided for a duration of 60 years, but it included an option for the parties to terminate the contract at the end of every twenty years, with two years' notice. The Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo paid
24-712: The Adriatic Network owned 1111 steam locomotives, 3158 coaches, 665 baggage cars and 20532 goods wagons. The operation of the Adriatic Network lines by the SFM ceased on 1 July 1905 when the Italian State Railways (FS) took over. Both the nationalization by the State of the lines owned by the company and the concomitant liquidation of the concession of the Network were implemented the following year, after
32-659: The Adriatic Network, the company paid the sum of 115 million lire to the State. The Statistical Yearbook of 1898, published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, indicates that in December 1896 the Adriatic Network had increased to 5,602 km. Some strategic sections and some large stations were operated in common with the Rete Mediterranea (Mediterranean Network), among the most important being Piacenza - Parma and Milan - Como . In March 1897
40-567: The Conventions of 1885. This network was merged into the Italian State Railways (FS) in 1905. Following the conclusions of a parliamentary commission of inquiry, established to examine the serious problems of management of the Italian private railway companies, 23 on April 1884, agreements were stipulated between the State and three large private companies, for a duration of 60 years, and were approved on 6 March 1885. The agreements divided
48-566: The Italian railways in a longitudinal direction with respect to the peninsula and assigned to the Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali (SFM) the tracks of most of the railway network bordering on the Adriatic. This included lines east of Milan , and in Veneto and Emilia-Romagna , and totalled 4,379 km. The network was called Rete Adriatica (Adriatic Network). To obtain the concession of
56-555: The State 135 million lire and obtained, in addition to the railway lines, also the rolling stock and the debts of the old networks redeemed. The State in turn was obliged to pay them annually, by way of compensation, 5% of the paid-up capital. According to the Statistical Yearbook of 1898, published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, the railways of the Mediterranean Network reached, at
64-442: The end of 1896, 5,765 km. In July 1897, the Mediterranean Network owned 1314 steam locomotives, 3754 coaches, 952 baggage cars and 23074 goods wagons. The network was nationalized under the "Fortis law" of 1905, and passed almost entirely to the new Italian State Railways (FS). Rete Adriatica Rete Adriatica (RA) defines the network of railway lines assigned to the Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali under
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