Brindisi railway station

Brindisi
The station in 1870.
Location
Address	Piazza Francesco Crispi 72100 Brindisi BR
Comune	Brindisi
Province	Brindisi
Region	Apulia
Country	Italy
Coordinates	40°38′04″N 17°56′20″E / 40.63444°N 17.93889°E / 40.63444; 17.93889Coordinates: 40°38′04″N 17°56′20″E / 40.63444°N 17.93889°E / 40.63444; 17.93889
Line(s)	Ancona–Lecce Taranto–Brindisi
Distance	759.539 km (471.956 mi) from Bologna Centrale 69.169 km (42.980 mi) from Taranto
Other information
Opened	29 April 1865 (1865-04-29)
Platforms	8
Manager	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line operator(s)	Trenitalia
Classification	Gold
Services
Connections
	Urban Suburban
Location map
Brindisi railway station Brindisi railway station (Italy)

Brindisi railway station (Italian: Stazione di Brindisi) is the main station serving the city and comune of Brindisi, in the region of Apulia, southern Italy. Opened in 1865, it forms part of the Adriatic Railway (Ancona–Lecce), and is also a junction for, and terminus of, the Taranto–Brindisi railway.

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 on behalf of Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Brindisi railway station is situated at Piazza Francesco Crispi, at the southwest edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 29 April 1865, during an era of economic expansion, upon the inauguration of the Bari–Brindisi section of the Adriatic Railway.^[1] Nearly nine months later, on 15 January 1866, the Adriatic Railway was extended from Brindisi to Lecce.^[1]

Built like a typical transit station, the passenger building had a structure characterized by a sloping flat roof covering the two through tracks and the pedestrian level crossing between platforms.

On 30 December 1886, Brindisi became a junction station, when the final section of the Taranto–Brindisi railway was opened, between Mesagne and Brindisi.^[1]

Features

Today, the station has eight tracks used by Trenitalia, and a link with the Brindisi Marittima railway station, once connected by ship to Greece, but now being dismantled.

The station was included in the Centostazioni program of rehabilitation of the main Italian stations. At Brindisi, the rehabilitation project includes an increase and reorganization of space for passengers with significant improvements in services.

Train services

The trains stopping at the station range from regional services to InterCity and Eurostar trains. The following list shows the services calling here, and the main stations. Eurostar and Intercity are express services, Treno Regionale are services that stop at all/most stations.

The station is served by the following services:

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Apulia
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy

References

External links

Media related to Brindisi railway station at Wikimedia Commons This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at January 2011.

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