Avezzano railway station

Avezzano

Avezzano railway station
Location Piazza Matteotti, Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo
 Italy
Coordinates 42°02′22″N 13°25′34″E / 42.03944°N 13.42611°E / 42.03944; 13.42611Coordinates: 42°02′22″N 13°25′34″E / 42.03944°N 13.42611°E / 42.03944; 13.42611
Operated by Trenitalia
Line(s) Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway
Avezzano-Roccasecca railway
Platforms 5
Other information
Classification Silver [1]
History
Opened 28 July 1888 (1888-07-28)
Location
Avezzano
Avezzano
Avezzano (Italy)

Avezzano is a railway station in Avezzano, Italy. The station opened in 1888 and is located on the Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway and Avezzano-Roccasecca railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia.

The locomotivve Mone Velino on display.

Exposed as a monument at the station is the locomotive called Monte Velino (number 8), one of the ten used by Alessandro Torlonia to transport beet from Fucino to the sugarbeet factory. The engine was placed on a track specially made in front of Villa Torlonia on the occasion of the celebrations related to the centenary of the 1915 earthquake. This locomotive is considered one of the symbols of post-earthquake Avezzano.

History

The original buildings, inside and outside the station, were destroyed by the 1915 earthquake.[2] The new building was restored after World War II.[3]

Train Services

The station is served by the following service(s):

Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
Celano-Ovindoli
toward Pescara
Treno regionale
Scurcola Marsicana
Celano-Ovindoli
toward Teramo
Treno regionaleTerminus
TerminusTreno regionale
Capistrello
toward Cassino

References

  1. ↑ List of Italian stations and categories Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ The earthquake and the railways
  3. ↑ Avezzano station
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