The Fabriano-Pergola line, with its over 31 km of tracks between the Cesano Valley and the green hills of the Marche region, was designed at the end of the 19th century as part of a larger railway plan, which would have created a convenient communication line between the Bologna-Ancona and Rome-Ancona lines and to give greater impetus to the area's extractive industries, rich in sulfur. Furthermore, a line through the Apennines would have acquired a certain military importance in the event of a sea attack, being decidedly more protected than the Adriatic line. The only two sections to be inaugurated were between Pergola and Fabriano, in 1895, and between Urbino and Pergola three years later. Work on the connection towards Romagna began in 1914 but soon stopped: already in the early years, passenger traffic was lower than expected, and the demand for mineral transport decreased drastically. The railway suffered extensive damage during the Second World War, and it was necessary to wait until May 1947 for the resumption of service between the Fabriano and Pergola stations, while the rest of the route up to Fermignano was abandoned and definitively decommissioned in the following years. In 2013, the railway service was interrupted and replaced by buses due to a landslide. In September 2021, a new life began for the line, reopened for tourist purposes as part of the Timeless Tracks project of the Fondazione FS Italiane (Italian State Railways Foundation).