Alessandria railway station
Alessandria
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Location | Piazza Eugenio Curiel 15121 Alessandria AL Alessandria, Alessandria, Piedmont Italy |
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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 |
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Train operators | Trenitalia |
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Classification | Gold |
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Opened | 1 January 1850 |
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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.
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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
- History of rail transport in Italy
- List of railway stations in Piedmont
- Rail transport in Italy
- Railway stations in Italy
References
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at December 2010.