Gela railway station Gela railway station Gela is the main railway station of the Italian city of Gela, in the Province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. It is owned by the "Ferrovie dello Stato", the national rail company of Italy. Current station was inaugurated in 1977, substituting the old one of 1891, inaugurated after the opening of the line from Syracuse station. Newest station, larger than the old, is located in north of the city. The site of the old station, in city center, was interested in 1984 by the construction of a road. Due to the discovery of remains of the 4th century BC
Florence–Rome high-speed railway is referred to by Ferrovie dello Stato (the State Railways) as the "Linea Lenta" (meaning "slow line", abbreviated "LL") to distinguish it from the parallel high-speed line. In 2016 a contract was let for resignalling with ETCS level 2. The line is part of Corridor 1 of the European Union's Trans-European high-speed rail network, which connects Berlin and Palermo. The 315 km railway between Rome and Florence developed from several different lines by several different companies for different purposes and as a result was curvy and slow. Over the years there had been many studies, proposals and projects for deviations