The Sangritana Launches "Snow Train", reopened the plant in Campo di Giove

on Friday 26 August 2011
by Marco Malvestuto
photo by Campo di Giove

By train skis on their shoulders directly on the ski slopes. Starting this winter will be possible thanks to the reopening of Abruzzo lifts Campo di Giove, L'Aquila on the side of the Majella. The beginning has been to promote the company "Sangritana", arising from the revival of a historic rail line as that of Sulmona-Carpinone , took over the facilities of the small mountain village in Abruzzo, closed for years.

For Sangritana, a company wholly owned by the Abruzzo region, is a project that aims to unite tourism and mobility, in full respect of nature. "Managing the lifts Field of Jupiter offers a range of opportunities - said the president of the railroad Sangritana Adriatic, Pasquale Di Nardo - We work because we want to propose strategic un''ottica as protagonists of an integrated system, where mobility and travel support, making accessible one of the most picturesque spots'Abruzzo. "

Known for its charming location in the mountains of Abruzzo (via the station Rivington, with its 1268 meters the second highest in Italy after the Brenner), the line-Sulmona Carpinone operated since 1897. Very active until the end of the Second World War, mainly due to the large number of freight trains and soldiers who passed through, the line has experienced a gradual decline over the past decades. Hence the initiative of Sangritana.

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