The Lugano–Tesserete railway (Italian: Ferrovia Lugano-Tesserete; LT) was a Swiss metre gauge railway that linked the towns of Lugano and Tesserete, in the canton of Ticino. The line was 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) long, and was electrified at 1000 V DC using overhead lines. It commenced from a terminus adjacent to Lugano station, had 10 stops, a maximum gradient of 6% and a minimum radius of 50 metres (160 ft). At Lugano station, a link track connected to the adjacent Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway, allowing transfer of rolling stock.