Pancarana

Bastida Pancarana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Pavia in the Oltrepò Pavese traditional region. Bastida Pancarana borders the following municipalities: Bressana Bottarone, Castelletto di Branduzzo, Cava Manara, Mezzana Rabattone, Pancarana, Sommo, Zinasco.

The Staffora is a river of the Oltrepò Pavese in the Province of Pavia, north-west Italy and a right-side tributary of the Po. It is probably the river known to the Romans as the Iria.

Pizzale is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Pavia. Pizzale borders the following municipalities: Castelletto di Branduzzo, Lungavilla, Pancarana, Voghera.

Mezzana Rabattone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Milan and about 13 kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Pavia. It is part of the lower Lomellina in the Po River valley, near its confluence with the Terdoppio.

Cervesina is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Milan and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,186 and an area of 12.5 square kilometres (4.8 sq mi).Cervesina borders the following municipalities: Corana, Mezzana Rabattone, Pancarana, Voghera, Zinasco.

Lungavilla is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Pavia. Lungavilla borders the following municipalities: Castelletto di Branduzzo, Montebello della Battaglia, Pizzale, Verretto, Voghera.

The Terdoppio is a river of Piedmont and Lombardy (northern Italy). It starts from the Piedmontese Prealps in the area between Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore, and then crosses the province of Novara. Near Cerano, it splits into two different streams: the first joins the Ticino River, while the second flows through the Lomellina (province of Pavia) until it merges with the Po River. The Terdoppio is 86 kilometres (53 mi) long, with an average discharge of 3.7 cubic metres per second (130 cu ft/s) and a drainage basin of about 515 square kilometres (199 sq mi).

Castelletto di Branduzzo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km (28 mi) south of Milan and about 14 km (8.7 mi) southwest of Pavia. Castelletto di Branduzzo borders the following municipalities: Bastida Pancarana, Bressana Bottarone, Casatisma, Lungavilla, Pancarana, Pizzale, Verretto.

Zinasco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km south of Milan and about 10 km southwest of Pavia in the Lomellina. It is formed by two villages, Zinasco Vecchio, known from the 12th century, and Zinasco Nuovo ("Old" and "New Zinasco", respectively). It became part of the Savoy-Piedmont in 1713. Zinasco borders the following municipalities: Bastida Pancarana, Carbonara al Ticino, Cava Manara, Cervesina, Corana, Dorno, Gropello Cairoli, Mezzana Rabattone, Pancarana, Pieve Albignola, Sommo, Villanova d'Ardenghi.

Sommo is a comune (municipality) in the province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, about 40 km south of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Pavia, on the eastern border of Lomellina traditional region. Sommo borders the following municipalities: Bastida Pancarana, Cava Manara, Zinasco.

Voghera railway station (Italian: Stazione di Voghera) serves the town and comune of Voghera, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1858, it forms part of the Alessandria–Piacenza railway, and is also the terminus of a railway from Milan via Pavia. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Due to its strategic position, the station is an important trading node, and one of the major railway stations in Italy's north-west.

The Voghera train crash is considered one of the most serious incidents in the history of the Italian railways. It happened at track three of Voghera railway station, on the night of 31 May 1962. Sixty-four people lost their lives, and 40 were seriously injured.