The
southernmost section of the line between
Rome and
Civitavecchia was opened on 24 April 1859 by the
Società Pio Central (
Italian for
Central Pius Company). In 1862 work started on a line south from Livorno, which initially ran east to
Collesalvetti before turning south and joining the path of the current
Pisa–Rome line at
Vada (now 27 km south of Livorno). This route is now known as the
Maremmana railway. The line continued south from Vada and was opened to Nunziatella, near
Capalbio, on the border with the Papal States on the Chiarone river in 1864. In 1865 the Leopolda railway was taken over by the owner of the Rome–Civitavecchia railway, now called the
Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane (
Roman Railways). It opened the connecting section between Civitavecchia and Capalbio in 1867. In 1910 a direct line was opened along the coast from Vada to the new
central station at Livorno. A new route was opened between Rome and
Maccarese-Fregene via
Aurelia on 25 May 1990. ==References==