Torino Porta Susa railway station

Torino Porta Susa
Italian national railways (Ferrovie dello Stato)

View of the station building.
Station statistics
Address Piazza XVIII Dicembre, Turin
Structure at-grade, crossing station
Tracks 5
Other information
Opened 1868
Owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A
Traffic
Passengers () ?

Torino Porta Susa is a railway station in Turin, northern Italy; it is currently the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova. It is located in Piazza XVIII Dicembre, on the end of Via Cernaia, not far from Piazza Statuto. It is being rebuilt and upgraded to improve suburban, regional and long-distance traffic.

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History

The station was built in 1868 during the expansion of the city towards the west. Trains between Torino Porta Nuova and Milan stop at the station, including TGV services between Paris and Milan and other services using the Turin–Milan high-speed line.

Current works

Currently work is underway to rebuild the station in conjunction with the construction of the Turin Passante regional railway. This work involves the quadrupling of tracks through central Turin. At Porta Susa the line is being widened to six tracks with new platforms being built below the Corso Inghilterra roadway. A 300 metre long and 19 metre high glass and steel structure is being built above the tracks to create a new station, which is intended to become the main hub of urban, regional and international rail traffic in Turin. The design of the project was developed by the French architecture studio Arep, which won an international competition.[1] This work is expected to be completed by the end of 2011; the total cost — estimated at €55 million — is being borne entirely by the rail network operator, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI).[2] Plans for the project originally included a 100 metre high office tower for the state railways, Ferrovie dello Stato, although this does not appear to be proceeding at present.

The Turin Metro is finishing construction on a metro station near Porta Susa that will connect the station with Porta Nuova and Lingotto.

Services

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Oulx-Cesana-Claviere-Sestriere
toward Paris-Lyon
 TGV
toward Milan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Le stazioni per l'Alta Velocità (the stations for high-speed" (in Italian). Ferrovie dello Stato. http://www.rfi.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f6711ea1908ea110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD. Retrieved 26 February 2008. 
  2. ^ Mondo, Alessandro (30 December 2007). "La Nuova Porta Susa già in ritardo di un anno" (in Italian). La Stampa . p. 66. 

External links

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