Simulation: Napoli Nord

 

 

Simulation of belt lines north of Naples

This simulation is about the dense network of railway lines in the area north of Naples, including the high-speed Rome-Naples line.

Specifically, the simulation covers the area between Naples and Caserta with the traditional Naples-Latina-Rome, Naples-Cassino-Rome, Naples-Caserta, Caserta-Salerno, Caserta-Benevento, Caserta-Piedimonte Matese and high-speed Roma Naples, finally including the freight yard of Maddaloni Marcianise and the branch for the interport of Nola.

All lines are electrified at 3000Vdc with the exception of the "Alifana" line in the Santa Maria Capua Vetere-Piedimonte Matese section, therefore it is recommended to use the most recent version of the program which allows the management of the various traction systems. On many sections the automatic electric block is in operation with the possibility of easily reversing the direction of entire blocks without having to "turn off" the individual signals. In order to take full advantage of this functionality and not incur in penalties due to failure to open the itineraries, version 3.9.1 of the program must be used.

Given the large geographic extent of the scenario, a large part of the space is occupied by the tracks and only the buttons of the transit routes that open multiple track blocks at the same time, or those of the most used routes have been placed on the scenario (all the possible itineraries in each station or crossroads).

With the introduction of rolling stock icons, action execution scripts, signals with a realistic appearance and the possibility of performing station maneuvers, mergers and divisions, the level of realism of the scenario exceeds the real world management applications in graphic terms traffic in the ACEI cabin. For correct operation of the signals, version 4.7 of the RFI signal package available on the website is required.

To better place this scenario in the geographical reality it is necessary to give an explanation of the lines involved ...

- Rome line - Naples (via Cassino): double track line with electric traction identified by the pairs of entry / exit points LLD / NAD (odd direction) and NAP / LLP (even direction) which develops following the Naples-Cancello-Caserta (and vice-versa).

- Rome-Naples line (via Formia-Villa Literno): double-track line with electric traction identified by the VLD / CAD (odd direction) and CAP / VLP (even direction) entry / exit point pairs that follows the Naples-Aversa-Villa Literno route.

- Rome-Naples high-speed line: electric-powered double track high-speed line identified by the pairs of entry / exit points AVD / GTD (odd direction) and GTP / AVP (even direction) which follows the Naples-Afragola-AV line route .

- Naples-Caserta line (via Aversa): double-track line with electric traction delimited on one side by the Caserta station and on the other by the entry / exit point CAP / CAD from / to Naples which follows the Naples-Aversa-Gricignano-Marcianise-Caserta route.

- Naples-Caserta line (via Cancello): double-track line with electric traction delimited on one side by the Caserta station and on the other by the NAP / NAD entry / exit point from / to Naples which follows the Naples-Cancello-Caserta route.

- Caserta-Salerno line (via Nola): double-track line with electric traction delimited on one side by the Caserta station and on the other by the entry / exit point SRP / SRD from / to Salerno which follows the Caserta-Cancello-Nola route.

- Caserta-Benevento line: single-track electric traction line delimited on one side by the Caserta station and on the other by the BN entry / exit point on the Benevento side.

- Caserta-Piedimonte Matese EAV line: electrified double track line up to Santa Maria Capua Vetere and then diesel-driven single track, delimited on one side by the Caserta station and on the other by the PM entry / exit point on the Piedimonte Matese side.

- Naples-Cancello-Benevento EAV line: double-track line to Cancello and then single-track from Cancello to Benevento with electric traction delimited on one side by the Cancello station and on the other by the BNA entry / exit point on the Benevento side.

- Naples-Salerno rapid line: double-track line with electric drive identified by the pairs of entry / exit points GTP / SAD (odd direction) and SAP / GTD (even direction) which develops following the Naples-PM Casoria-AV line route for Salerno. Some high-speed trains pass on the link between Napoli Afragola and the line for Salerno.

- Nola-Maddaloni Marcianise-Gricignano-Villa Literno freight line: double track line with electric traction identified by the VLD / SRD (odd direction) and SRP / VLP (even direction) entry / exit point pairs. Trains to / from the Nola Interscalo use the NOL entrance / exit point.