Brescia railway station

Brescia

The passenger building.

The passenger building.
Location Viale della Stazione 7
25122 Brescia
Brescia, Brescia, Lombardy
Italy
Coordinates 45°31′57″N 10°12′46″E / 45.53250°N 10.21278°E / 45.53250; 10.21278Coordinates: 45°31′57″N 10°12′46″E / 45.53250°N 10.21278°E / 45.53250; 10.21278
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s) Milan–Venice
Lecco–Brescia
Brescia–Cremona
Brescia–Iseo–Edolo
Brescia–Parma
Distance 82.842 km (51.476 mi)
from Milano Centrale
Tracks 11
Train operators Trenitalia
Trenord
Thello
Connections
Other information
Classification Gold
History
Opened 24 April 1854 (1854-04-24)
Location
Brescia railway station
Location of railway station in Brescia

Brescia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Brescia) serves the city and comune of Brescia, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1854, the station forms part of the Milan–Venice railway. It is also the terminus of secondary lines from Cremona, Lecco and Parma, as well as the Brescia–Iseo–Edolo railway.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building, however, is managed by Centostazioni. These companies are subsidiaries of FS, Italy's state-owned rail company. Train services are operated by Trenitalia, Trenord and Thello.

The station has about 20 million passenger movements each year. Work has begun in preparation for the high-speed line between Treviglio and Brescia (construction work will be completed at the end of 2016[1]), which is part of the future Milan-Verona high-speed railway.

Location

Brescia railway station is situated at Viale della Stazione, at the south-western edge of the city centre.

History

Built as a project of the engineer Benedetto Foix, the station was opened on 24 April 1854, upon the inauguration of the Coccaglio - Verona section of the Milan–Venice railway.[2][3]

Features

The passenger building is of a neoclassical style, influenced by neo-Roman elements and medieval style fortifications.

The station yard is equipped with eleven tracks reserved for passenger traffic, three of which are included in the so-called West Yard (Italian: Piazzale Ovest), which is dedicated to arrivals and departures of trains on the Brescia–Iseo–Edolo railway.

Of the other seven tracks, the first track is generally reserved for trains coming from Milan and heading towards Verona and Venice, while track two is for trains in the reverse direction. Tracks three to seven are dedicated to arrivals and departures of the three Trenord regional rail lines, namely the Brescia–Cremona railway, the Lecco–Brescia railway and the Brescia–Parma railway. Finally, there is a track (called "2° Est") used for some services on the Brescia-Parma line.

Some of the tracks not used for passenger services are dedicated to goods trains to and from Brescia Scalo, while others are used for the storage of rolling stock.

Train services

The following services call at the station:

Domestic (High-speed)

From 1 March 2016, Italo NTV launches the new route Brescia-Naples.

Domestic

Cross-border

(CH for Switzerland, F for France, A for Austria, D for Germany)

^ Train connects at Verona with DB CityNightLine Rome-Munich

Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
TerminusFrecciargento
toward Roma Termini
Frecciabianca
Terminus
Frecciabianca
toward Udine
TerminusTreno regionale
toward Bergamo
Treno regionale
Manerbio
Preceding station   Thello   Following station
Thello
toward Venice
Preceding station   Trenord   Following station
EuroCity
Terminus
EuroNight
toward Wien Hbf
Treno regionale
Treno regionaleTerminus
toward Bergamo
Treno regionaleTerminus
TerminusTreno regionale
San Zeno-Folzano
toward Cremona
TerminusTreno regionale
San Zeno-Folzano
toward Parma
Borgo San Giovanni
toward Edolo
Treno regionaleTerminus

Passenger and train movements

The station is used by 50/60,000 passengers each day, for an annual total of about 20 million passengers.[4]

Long-distance traffic to and from the station is catered for by Frecciargento and Frecciabianca trains. Regional passenger services are mostly operated by Trenord. Trenitalia operates a few regional services per day to Venice and Pisa.

Interchange

Brescia railway station is served by Stazione FS, a station of the Brescia Metro. Near the passenger building there are also two bus stations for suburban public transport: the main bus station and the SIA bus station. The forecourt is also an interchange point for several bus lines. The SIA bus station, with departures to Mantova, Verona, Milan Bergamo (Orio al Serio) Airport and other destinations, is directly linked by a short walkway to the train station's forecourt.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Davide Bacca (2014-11-13). "Il primo convoglio Tav l’11 dicembre del 2016" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  2. ↑ Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "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 (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Ganzerla, Giancarlo (2004). Binari sul Garda - Dalla Ferdinandea al tram: tra cronaca e storia [Rails on the Garda - From Ferdinandbahn to tramway: between chronicle and history]. Brescia: Grafo. p. 126. ISBN 88-7385-633-0.
  4. ↑ "La rivoluzione Tav sbarca in stazione" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2015-06-15.

External links

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