Rovereto railway station
| Rovereto | |
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| The Piazzale and the passenger building. | |
| Location | |
| Address | Piazzale Paolo Orsi 38068 Rovereto TN |
| Comune | Rovereto |
| Province | Trentino |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Country | Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°53′27″N 11°02′02″E / 45.89083°N 11.03389°ECoordinates: 45°53′27″N 11°02′02″E / 45.89083°N 11.03389°E |
| Line(s) | Verona–Innsbruck |
| Distance | 71.21 km (44.25 mi) from Verona Porta Vescovo |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 23 March 1859 |
| Manager | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni |
| Line operator(s) | Trenitalia |
| Classification | Gold |
| Services | |
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| Connections | |
 | Urban Suburban |
| Location map | |
  Rovereto railway station (Northern Italy)
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Rovereto railway station (Italian: Stazione di Rovereto) serves the city and comune of Rovereto, in the autonomous province of Trentino, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1859, it forms part of the Brenner railway, which links Verona with Innsbruck.
The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
Location
Rovereto railway station is situated at Piazzale Paolo Orsi, at the western edge of the city centre.
History
The station was opened on 23 March 1859, upon the opening of the Trento-Ala portion of the Brenner railway.[1]
The operation of the station, like the rest of the railway, was entrusted to the Imperial Royal Privileged Southern Railway Company of Austria, Venice and central Italy (German: Kaiserlich königliche privilegierte Südbahngesellschaft) until the end of World War I, when, under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919), the province of Trentino was ceded to Italy. Management of the station then passed to the FS.
Features
The station has three tracks with platforms for passenger trains, and some additional tracks in the goods yard, which can be accessed by trucks and other vehicles from Via Zeni.
There are plans to transfer the goods yard to the Mori station and for the construction, in its place, of a larger bifrontal station, with access from both Piazzale Orsi and Via Zeni.[2]
Passenger and train movements
The station has about two million passenger movements each year, and is therefore, in terms of numbers of passengers, the third biggest in the region, after Bolzano/Bozen and Trento.[3]
All types of train passing through Rovereto, including InterCity and Eurostar Italia trains, stop at the station. The main domestic destinations are Verona, Venezia, Trento and Bolzano (Bozen), but passengers also depart for and arrive from other domestic destinations such as Bologna or Rome. The main international links are with Munich and Innsbruck.
Interchange
In Piazzale Orsi, in front of the station, there is a bus stop for urban bus routes A, 4, 5, 6 and 7. In front of the station there are also bus stops for suburban lines: to Trento, Riva del Garda - Arco, Folgaria - Lavarone, Ala - Avio, Ronzo-Chienis, Vallarsa - Pian delle Fugazze. There is also the option of taking a taxi.
A walk from the station to the heart of Rovereto takes about five minutes.
See also
- History of rail transport in Italy
- List of railway stations in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
- Rail transport in Italy
- Railway stations in Italy
References
- ↑ Alessandro Tuzza and others. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it. Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 26 November 2010. (Italian)
- ↑ "Il bilancio 2008 scomette sulla qualità della città" [The 2008 budget bets on the quality of the city]. Comune di Rovereto website. Comune di Rovereto. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2010. (Italian)
- ↑ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website. Centostazioni. Retrieved 4 December 2010. (Italian)
External links
Media related to Rovereto railway station at Wikimedia Commons
This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at December 2010.
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