Alessandria railway station

Alessandria
Location Piazza Eugenio Curiel
15121 Alessandria AL
Alessandria, Alessandria, Piedmont
Italy
Coordinates 44°54′33″N 08°36′23″E / 44.90917°N 8.60639°E / 44.90917; 8.60639Coordinates: 44°54′33″N 08°36′23″E / 44.90917°N 8.60639°E / 44.90917; 8.60639
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s) Turin–Genoa
Chivasso–Alessandria
Alessandria–Piacenza
Novara–Alessandria
Pavia–Alessandria
Alessandria–Cavallermaggiore
Alessandria–Ovada
Alessandria–San Giuseppe di Cairo
Distance 90.075 km (55.970 mi) from Torino Porta Nuova
Train operators Trenitalia
Connections
  • Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification Gold
History
Opened 1 January 1850 (1850-01-01)
Location
Alessandria
Location within Northern Italy

Alessandria railway station (Italian: Stazione di Alessandria) serves the city and comune of Alessandria, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1850, it forms part of the Turin–Genoa railway, and is also a junction for six other lines, to Chivasso, Piacenza, Novara, Pavia, Cavallermaggiore, Ovada and San Giuseppe di Cairo, respectively.

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

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1850, upon the inauguration of the Asti–Alessandria–Novi Ligure section of the Turin–Genoa railway.[1]

Passenger and train movements

The station has around 6.5 million passenger movements each year.[2] There are about 339 trains per day.

The trains stopping at Alessandria are InterCity, express and regional trains. Their main destinations are Turin, Genoa and Novara.

Interchange

The station is also a major interchange with the urban and suburban bus lines operated by ATM Alexandria, and suburban bus lines operated by Arfea.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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 17 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

External links

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