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Railways in Sardinia
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The railway network of Sardinia includes lines that develop for a total of about 1,038 km in length, of which 430 km [1] with an ordinary gauge and about 608 km [2]narrow gauge (950 mm), with an average density of 43 m of rail per km2, a figure that drops to 25 m/km2 considering only public transport lines.
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Railway operations on the island are managed by two companies. The first, the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane group, manages the 4 ordinary gauge railway lines that make up the main network of the island through the subsidiaries RFI and Trenitalia. The remaining 4 sections active in public transport, all narrow gauge, constitute the secondary network, extended by 169 km [3] and entirely managed by ARST Sp A., a transport company wholly owned by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia.[4] This company also controls 438 km [3] of tourist lines, always narrow gauge, active especially in summer and at the request of groups of tourists.
The Sardinian railway network is present in all provinces, even if there are areas without railways. There are also several railways (all narrow gauge) which over the decades have been closed and dismantled.