Pescara railway station
Pescara | |
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Exterior of the station building. | |
Location |
Via Enzo Ferrari 65124 Pescara PE Pescara, Pescara, Abruzzo Italy |
Coordinates | 42°28′04″N 14°12′15″E / 42.46778°N 14.20417°ECoordinates: 42°28′04″N 14°12′15″E / 42.46778°N 14.20417°E |
Operated by |
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni |
Line(s) |
Ancona–Lecce (Trenitalia) Roma-Pescara |
Distance |
349.969 km (217.461 mi) from Bologna Centrale |
Platforms | 8+2 |
Train operators | Trenitalia |
Connections |
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Other information | |
Classification | Gold |
History | |
Opened | 1987 |
Location | |
Pescara Location within Abruzzo |
Pescara railway station (Italian: stazione ferroviaria di Pescara), also known as Pescara Centrale railway station (Italian: stazione ferroviaria di Pescara Centrale) is the main railway station of Pescara. The station lies on the Adriatic line from Rimini to Lecce and the trans-Apennine line to Rome. It serves an average of 3.5 million people per year and is a 5-minute walk to the city's main street and 20-minute walk to the beach.
The commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni SpA, whereas the Italian Railway Network (RFI) is responsible for the railway infrastructure.
Architecture
The former headquarters of Pescara Central Station was a nineteenth-century palace at the same site. The initial draft of a new passenger building was drawn up in 1962 by Corrado Cameli Service Work for the FS. This draft proposed a steel-frame structure of the new station building, but changed to pre-stressed concrete in 1970, when structural calculations were carried out by the Studio Engineer Giovanni Cerasoli and Piero di Pescara, with the advice from the engineer Carlo Guidi Baskets. The modern-day building is one of the earliest constructions to be made of pre-stressed concrete among Italian railway stations.
The new station building was completed in 1987, when all eight railway tracks in and out of the station being raised to viaduct levels to avoid ground level-crossings.
Train services
The station is served by the following services (incomplete):
- High-speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- High-speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
- High-speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- High-speed services (Frecciabianca) Venice - Padua - Verona - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Intercity services Milan - Parma - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Intercity services Milan - Parma - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Bolgona - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - (Taranto) - Brindisi - Lecce
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Alessandria - Bolgona - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Rimini - Pesaro - Ancona - Civitanova Marche - San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano - Carsoli - Tivoli - Rome
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo - Giulianova - Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo / San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara - Ortona - San Vito Lanciano - Termoli
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo / San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara - Ortona - Lanciano
Preceding station | Trenitalia | Following station | ||
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toward Milano Centrale | Eurostar Italia | toward Lecce |
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toward Milano Centrale | Eurostar Italia | toward Taranto |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | Eurostar Italia | toward Lecce |
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toward Venice Santa Lucia | Eurostar Italia | toward Lecce |
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Giulianova toward Bologna Centrale | InterCity | Vasto-San Salvo toward Lecce |
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Giulianova toward Bologna Centrale | InterCity | Vasto-San Salvo toward Taranto |
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toward Milano Centrale | InterCity Night | toward Lecce |
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toward Milano Centrale | InterCity Night | toward Lecce |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | InterCity Night | toward Lecce |
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Montesilvano toward Rimini | Treno regionale | Terminus | ||
Terminus | Treno regionale | toward Roma Tiburtina |
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Montesilvano toward Teramo | Treno regionale | toward Avezzano |
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Preceding station | Ferrovia Adriatico Sangritana | Following station | ||
Montesilvano toward Teramo | Treno regionale | toward Termoli |
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Montesilvano toward San Benedetto del Tronto | Treno regionale | toward Termoli |
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Montesilvano toward Teramo | Treno regionale | toward Lanciano |
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Montesilvano toward San Benedetto del Tronto | Treno regionale | toward Lanciano |
Interchanges
The bus station is located at the front of Pescara Centrale railway station. Bus services include connections within Pescara to Chieti, Lanciano and Abruzzo Airport (Urban Bus no. 38). Long-distance coaches to Rome-Tiburtina and Bologna have their terminus at this bus station in Pescara.
Services
The station building hosts a ticket office, automatic ticket machines, two newspaper stands, a cafe bar and a pharmacy. During the night hours, entry into the station building is only permitted for passengers with valid InterCity Notte (ICN) tickets.
See also
- History of rail transport in Italy
- List of railway stations in Abruzzo
- Rail transport in Italy
- Railway stations in Italy
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