rail transport vatican city rail transport consists metre sets rail tracks freight vatican city named vatican railway shortest national railway system world station access italian rail lines guaranteed treaty tracks station constructed reign pope station referred vatican city officially del named railway traffic consists freight good railway occasionally carried passengers usually symbolic ceremonial reasons history pope died prevented construction railways reputed said road iron road hell successor began construction rail line territory seized armies completed utility rail travel mass 19th century beginning circa factor opposition technology construction railway station italian rail lines guaranteed treaty february implemented provision construction beginning april establish earthworks sea level height san station construction leading paid italian government station vatican financed million agreed treaty financial total cost construction reported million station building constructed locomotive entered vatican march station opened officially october railway convention ratified italy vatican city september date property passed italian state railways holy october gave completed rail lines vatican city respectively del june italian railway legislation binding vatican controlled railways late march allied bombing rome world war vatican discovered german munitions train stopped line vatican railway station pope october pope use vatican railway pilgrimage week beginning second vatican council italian presidential train trip broadcast prior john trip pope pope visit head pope travel train arranged remains pope transferred venice vatican railway pope railway times symbolic purposes early november use railway leave rome january special train ran station commemorate 60th anniversary pope railway pilgrimage october pope francis desire open church treasures public resulted weekly special train vatican city station open public provided italian railway special train invited guests reporters inaugurated run september inaugural train hauled class steam locomotive built engine italian royal family hauled train carried pope scheduled trains use contemporary suburban rolling stock travel railway station railway station vatican city railway station italian railway station vatican railway built approximately entrance gateway architect construction began april station began operation simple white italian marble design described writer like branch london station building composed white marble dimensions central body tall lateral ones station building continues use passenger station goods rail freight office whilst houses vatican museum railway station houses small vatican tax free department store private facility open vatican subjects diplomats route vatican city state railway branches rome railway line railway station crosses valley metre long masonry metre arches bearing coat arms crosses cave del interrupted merge passing walls terminating railway station line passes arch decorated coat arms pope piece ton iron gate vatican walls gate closed traffic scheduled line railway tracks partly located rome outside gateway served station platform terminal load tracks freight wagons situated northeast building linked main track ends tunnel station near vatican gardens gateway separating station rail track italian territory buildings near station uses vatican railway primarily goods automobile travel common expensive vatican intermittently ordinary passenger trains planned papal train constructed vatican employed railway workers registered rolling stock official train pope remains display station regularly scheduled passenger trains pope francis desire open church treasures public resulted weekly special train vatican city station open public provided italian railway starting september saturday visitors board train travel passengers tour newly created museum visit gardens visit town tour returns afternoon station trains use contemporary suburban rolling stock travel railway station gallery
Rail transport in Vatican City