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The Subappennina Italica railway between Santarcangelo and San Leo
Hunting for small treasures of railway archaeology in the Marecchia Valley, on the trail of the railway without a train
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The rules of the game: an invisible trail
Clues: our map will take you "in the area" but it will be up to you to look for the exact spots! And it will be nice to ask the locals, maybe get some memories.
- Our tip: you'll have to sharpen your eyes because you won't find shiny treasures but faint traces of our past.
- A hint: if you need help in your search, click here for suggestions
- Your prize: when you find a trace of the abandoned railroad, post a photo in the SharryLand community with hashtag #subappennine and a short comment. - All photos will be posted on the website of Binari Leggendari with your name on them, and the most interesting ones will also make it onto this page!
The Subappennina project: Santarcangelo - Urbino - Fabriano
Work began on the Subappennina Italica (or Subappenninica, as many say) project in the late 19th century. There was already a coastal railway line connecting central Italy to the Po Valley, but in wartime a new railway, built inland and protected by the Apennines, would have been safer, less exposed to enemy attacks from the sea.
A bit of history: a strategic railway line
The Subappennina Italica was thus supposed to connect Santarcangelo di Romagna to Urbino and then to Fabriano: an ambitious and strategic project. Then, however, things took a different turn. The project and work progressed in hiccups, amid bureaucratic obstacles, variants, rivalries between municipalities and a few landslides. On the Santarcangelo-San Leo section, construction work began in 1909 and continued even during the Great War. By 1918 there was San Leo with railroad track, tollbooths and stations done and finished.
On the Urbino side, meanwhile, work had already been done as far as Auditore-Casinina. But the intermediate section-that is, between San Leo and Auditore-Casinina-was never built. Once the war was over, the project ran aground and was finally abandoned in the 1930s. Never did any train leave Santarcangelo on the Subappennina...
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