Barletta railway station ( it, Stazione di Barletta) is the main station serving the city and ''

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'' of

Barletta Barletta () is a city, ''comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory belong ...

, in the

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Apulia it, Pugliese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographic ...

southern Italy Southern Italy ( it, Sud Italia or ) also known as ''Meridione'' or ''Mezzogiorno'' (), is a macroregion of the Italian Republic consisting of its southern half. The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ...

. Opened in 1864, it forms part of the Adriatic Railway (Ancona–Lecce), and is also a

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for two other,

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, lines, the Barletta–Spinazzola railway, and the

Bari–Barletta railway The Bari–Barletta railway is a regional railway line in Apulia, Italy, managed by the private company Ferrotramviaria Ferrotramviaria is a private railway company of Italy. Based in Bari, in the Apulia region, it manages the ''Ferrovie del N ...

, operated by

Ferrotramviaria Ferrotramviaria is a private railway company of Italy. Based in Bari, in the Apulia region, it manages the ''Ferrovie del Nord Barese'' network, composed by the Bari–Barletta railway and the Bari metropolitan railway service. Railway services ...

. In the past, the station was also connected with the Port of Barletta, by a line ending at Barletta Marittima railway station, but that connection is now closed. The station is currently managed by

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) is the Italian railway infrastructure manager, subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), a state-owned holding company. RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it provides signalling, maintenance and other ser ...

(RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by

Centostazioni ( en, 100 Stations) is a subsidiary of Italian holding company Ferrovie dello Stato. The company was created to redevelop and manage 103 medium-sized Italian railway stations. History The company was founded in 2001 as ' ( en, Medium Stations ...

. Train services on the Adriatic Railway and the Barletta–Spinazzola railway are operated by

Trenitalia Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transp ...

. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...

(FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Services on the Ferrovie del Nord Barese are operated by

(FT).

Location

Barletta railway station is situated at Piazza Francesco Conteduca, on the southern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 11 August 1864, upon the inauguration of the

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...

–

Trani Trani () is a seaport of Apulia, in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, by railway west-northwest of Bari. It is one of the capital cities of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. History Overview The city of ''Turenum'' appears for the fir ...

section of the Adriatic Railway. On 1 October 1883, the station became a

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junction station, upon the opening of the FNB, which was then a

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

line. The FNB station was, and still is, located in the same station yard, and is connected with the mainline station via a covered walkway, with direct access from Via Vittorio Veneto. On 1 August 1895, the station also became a junction for the then newly opened

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...

Barletta–Spinazzola railway. The since closed link between the station and Barletta Marittima, mentioned above, was opened on 1 August 1895. Between 1959 and 1965, services on the FNB were suspended while that line was converted to standard gauge.

Features

The station has a large passenger building housing several facilities, including a ticket office, waiting room, bar and office of traffic management. Above the ground floor where these services are found, the building is equipped with two additional floors. In the station yard, there are seven through tracks used for passenger service. The first five are used by Trenitalia trains, while the latter two are used as a terminus for FNB trains. The tracks are served by four platforms with shelters and connecting subways. There are other through tracks serving the

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, although it is not used much today, especially in light of the closure of the line to Barletta Marittima. The station also has a locomotive shed.

Train services

The station has about three million passenger movements each year, due mainly to passenger interchanges between different lines and between train and bus. All trains stop at the station, including regional, interregional, express,

InterCity InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at m ...

and

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. The station is also the terminus for all secondary line trains to

Spinazzola Spinazzola is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, southern Italy. People *Pope Innocent XII was born here in the castle of the Pignatelli family, now destroyed. *Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607), Jesuit miss ...

and Bari Centrale (via the FNB), respectively. The destinations of trains departing from the station vary widely, because there are so many trains. The station is served by the following services (incomplete): *High speed services (''Frecciargento'') Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *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 - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Intercity services Rome - Foggia - Bari (- Taranto) *Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Milan - Parma - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Milan - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Turin - Alessandria - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Regional services (''Treno regionale'') Foggia - Barletta - Bari *Bari Metropolitan services (''FR2'') Barletta - Andria - Bitonto - Aeroporto - Bari

References

External links

History and pictures of Barletta railway station
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