Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane
The Società per le strade ferrate romane was an Italian railway company from 1865 to 1885.History
1860
The Società Generale delle Strade Ferrate Romane was formed in 1860 from a merger of the Società Pio Centrale, builder of the Rome–Civitavecchia railway and the Società Pio Latina, builder of the Rome–Frascati railway. Shortly afterwards it absorbed the Royal Neapolitan Railway Company, builder of the Naples–Caserta railway.1865
On 1 July 1865 the Roman Railways were established with of line, comprising from the General Roman Railway Company, of line from the Livornese Railway Company and from the Central Railway Company of Tuscany. At its establishment its network included the Rome–Cassino–Naples line, the Florence–Empoli–Pisa–Livorno line, the Florence–Pistoia–Pisa line, the Pisa–La Spezia–Massa line and the uncompleted Florence–Rome and Pisa–Livorno–Rome lines. It subsequently also built the Rome–Ancona line.1869
It transferred the Florence–Pistoia–Pisa line and the Pisa–La Spezia–Massa line to the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia in 1869.1885
On 1 July 1885 its network was taken over by the Rete Mediterranea and the Rete Adriatica, with the coastal line from La Spezia to Pisa, Rome and Naples and the line from Pisa to Florence via Empoli going to the Rete Mediterranea and the lines from Rome to Florence and Ancona going to the Rete Adriatica.
