carbonia

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Villamassargia-Domusnovas - Carbonia Stato: The short Carbonia branch off the Iglesias line is of interest. Carbonia was a new town developed at the initiative of Italy’s Fascist leader Benito Mussolini in 1938 in connection with development of coal mines there. Sardinian coal proved to be of poor quality and the mines lasted less than 30 years, but the pit-heads still stand. Generous sidings were provided at Carbonia to handle the coal traffic. In 2003 a railbus shuttles up and down, connecting with some of the Iglesias trains. One through train runs from and to Cagliari in the afternoon, this being a locomotive and push-pull set. The only other through train from Carbonia is in the morning, returning the railbus to the depot, before the long pause in service until lunchtime.



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