page_title: Train ferry
section_title: Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Train ferry / Examples / Italy
caption_attribution_description: English: Car and train ferry in Messina Villa or Scilla, Italy Français&#160;: Ferry pour voitures et trains à Messine, Italie Deutsch: Stretto di Messina, Ladedeck eines Eisenbahnfährschiffes mit aufgelegter Fährbrücke Esperanto: Mesina Markolo (Italio), ferdeko de aŭta kaj fervoja pramo kun almetita pramponto (kun simetria tridirekta trakforko)
context_page_description: A train ferry is a ship designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", as distinguished from "auto ferries" used to transport automobiles. The wharf has a ramp, and a linkspan or "apron", balanced by weights, that connects the railway proper to the ship, allowing for the water level to rise and fall with the tides.
  While railway vehicles can be and are shipped on the decks or in the holds of ordinary ships, purpose-built train ferries can be quickly loaded and unloaded by roll-on/roll-off, especially as several vehicles can be loaded or unloaded at once. A train ferry that is a barge is called a car float or rail barge.
context_section_description: In use
  Calabria-Sicily and vice versa: between the ports of Villa San Giovanni in the Region of Calabria and Messina in the Region of Sicily — passenger and freight service.
  Former
  Mainland to Sardinia: between the ports of Civitavecchia and Golfo Aranci – freight service stopped in 2009.
  Mainland to station and the factory in the city : between the station of Venezia Santa Lucia and the city – freight service only by barge.
  Paratico-Sarnico to Lovere on Lake Iseo, see it:Ferrovia Palazzolo-Paratico
  Both Sicily and Sardinia services are operated by Bluvia that is a subsidiary company of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. At present the link between Mainland and Sicily has a regular and frequent activity, while the link between Mainland and Sardinia is less frequent and operated basically day by day on the basis of the actual traffic demand.
caption: Train and car ferry between Calabria and Sicily
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