S. Dona' di Piave-Jesolo, Trieste Airport, Udine, Tricesimo-S. Pelagio, Tarcento, Gemona

Day 25: From Padua to Udine

I'm still in Italy, today is a hot day too. I'm on my way to Udine, taking the Venice-Trieste railway

Meolo station

S. Dona' di Piave-Jesolo station

191 026, CFI - Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A.

Next stop - Trieste Airport Ronchi dei Legionari

This station opened in 2018

The main purpose of this station is to serve the airport near Trieste, or actually not so near - almost 30km away

ETR 700 on the way to Trieste

191 042, InRail S.p.A.

Not that many flights from here

189 923, DB Cargo Italia S.r.l.

191 029, CFI - Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A.

Monfalcone

191 042 has collected wagons with steel

I'm on the way to Udine

Yess, finally the temperature has reached +40

I'm in Udine, and I have some walk to my hotel, just to leave my backpack

Here it is, cheap but too far from the station

Udine is a cozy little town worth a visit

Coffee is important here

Udine Centrale

Pizza Margherita at the station bar

I still have some time before the night falls, so I'm visiting Udine-Tarvisio railway also called ferrovia Pontebbana

Tricesimo-S. Pelagio

ETR 563, CAF Civity

FS Class E.412 on the way to Tarvisio Boscoverde

FS Class E.402B, later will be used for the Nightjet coming from Munich and Vienna

191 020

412 008

The Alps are very close here

Micotra train from Trieste to Villach

Tarcento

The station has four tracks

Railjet Venice-Vienna

The station has a rich flora and fauna

193 655, InRail S.p.A.

Here is a train from Turkish company Ekol Logistics 

1293 033

This railway has been closed all July, so the freight trains had to take a detour thorugh Brenner bahn or through Slovenia. 

193 847, InRail S.p.A.

This locomotive can run in D, A, I

I don't have to wait long until the next train is passing by, this railway has surprisingly frequent freight traffic. It is one of the five important railways through Alpes besides the Frejus, Lötschberg, Gotthard, and Brenner railways

193 745, ecco-rail GmbH

Another EKOL

405 006, and 412 003

193 962, ecco rail GmbH

Kässbohrer transport

494 013

Another Turkish transport, Cobantur Boltas

Soon, some of the freight trains to/from Turkey will be able to go all the way by rail, through Serbia or Romania

652 163

Car transport

1293 066

191 037, CFI - Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A.

Stante logistics

Minuetto train, aka Alstom Coradia Meridian

I have to go to Gemona station in order to come back to Udine

Next time maybe I choose a hotel here

Late night GTS Rail 494 598 with Codognotto wagons

CAF trains are approved for Slovenia but not Austria

I'm taking the last train from Gemona

It is the Micotra train from Villach

Not many passengers on this train