Sardinia Narrow-Gauge

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Jack May jackmay135@gmail.com

To:Jack May

Nov 19 at 3:52 PM

Monday, April 11

Our excellent breakfast was taken in the B&B’s rooftop garden, with great views of the harbor. Unlike the preceding day, several other families also spent the night at the Marino di Castello. With the weather warm and sunny, we decided to leave the car parked (I bought some more chits for the dashboard) and use public transportation for our activities; I would cover Cagliari’s new tramway while Clare would visit various museums. Cagliari is Sardinia’s largest city, with about 160,000 inhabitants.

The 950 mm-gauge MetroCagliari’s route operates almost entirely on reserved track; there is no street running whatsoever. The just under 8-mile system is a little complicated to explain (but I’ll try). The major part of its route is over the right-of-way of the southern end of a narrow-gauge railway that had been cut back from the city center and now has been converted to electric traction (4+ miles). The balance of the system consists of new construction (1+ miles, mostly elevated) and shared usage with diesel trains over a short part of the railway&

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When I try to open the photos, I get ACCESS DENIED. What do I need to do to get access?

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Some servers automatically block attachments from Near-Eastern locations, assuming a strong possibility of virus-injection or hacking. Note this time Jack May’s email address is the top of the posting, and you can request this report and others, some not transferred to this tread and website, directly from him. You will find him both helpful and glad to make your acquaintance.

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We continue with more photos of Cagliari’s tramway, at the outer ends of the 2-line system (seehttp://www.urbanrail.net/eu/it/cagl/cagliari.htm).


The modernistic Policlinico terminal of route 1 is on an elevated structure within the town of Monserrato. The tracks and the structure abruptly end, but someday may be extended.


*An inbound route 1 car has left Policlinico and is about to enter the Dell’*Argine station, which also contains a center platform.