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In November 2024, my wife and I spent a few days in Genoa and surveyed a lot of the local railways. This first article is about the Funicular Railways in the city.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/13/ge ... -railways/

The Principe–Granarolo Rack Railway (Ferrovia Principe-Granarolo) is a rack railway that connects Via del Lagaccio, near the Genoa Piazza Principe railway station, to the Granarolo hills. The line is sometimes erroneously described as a funicular. The line is managed by AMT Genova, which manages the city's public transport.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/13/ge ... lo-genova/

Genova (Genoa) - A Telfer

For a very short time Genoa had a Telfer.

'Telfer' or 'Telfere elettrico', was a monorail railway line built in Genoa in 1914, the first of its kind built in Italy. The name was derived from the English term 'telpher'.

This article highlights the short-lived experimental line. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/14/genoa-a-telfer/

Genova (Genoa) - La Ferrovia delle Gavette - was an industrial railway in the valley of the Bisagno River (Torrent). The Binario Industriale della Val Bisagno, also known as La Ferrovia delle Gavette, was in use from 1926 until 1965. It was a standard-gauge line and was 4.7km in length. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/18/ge ... e-gavette/

Genoa – Casella Narrow Gauge Railway Part 1 – Genova to Sardorella

The Genova–Casella railway is a 24.3 km narrow gauge railway that connects Genoa to Casella, a village in the mountains inland from the city.

This is the first of two articles about the line. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/21/ge ... ardorella/

Genoa – Casella Narrow Gauge Railway Part 2 – Sardorella to Casella

This article covers the northern half of the line and has a quick look at the motive power and rolling-stock used.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/25/ge ... o-casella/

Genova's Metro

The Metropolitana di Genova is, in 2024, a single-line, double-track light rapid transit system that connects the centre of Genova, Italy with the suburb of Rivarolo Ligure, to the north-west of the city centre. It runs through to Brignole Railway Station in the East of the city. In 2024/5, the service is managed by Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti (AMT), which provides public transport for the city of Genova.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/11/26/genoas-metro/

Genoa’s Early Tram Network – Part 1 – General Introduction, Tunnels, The Years before World War One, and the Early Western Network.

Introduction and Early History

We begin this article with a look at maps of the Piazza Raffeale de Ferrari and its immediate environs over the years around the turn of the 20th century. The Piazza became one of two focal points for tramways in the city (the other was Caricamento).

I found the series of maps interesting and they provoked a desire to find out more about the network of horse-drawn and later electric trams and tramways of Genoa. ….

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/03/ge ... n-network/

Genoa’s Early Tram Network – Part 2

In this article we look at the service provided on another large portion of the remainder of the network in the period up to the First World War.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/08/ge ... n-network/

Genoa's Early Tram Network - Part 3

The Rest of the Eastern Network

The line running from Piazza Corvetto to Prato will be covered in this article, along with those which ran out of Piazza Raffeale de Ferrari along Via XX Settembre.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/14/ge ... world-war/