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

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'' of Brindisi, in the

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of Apulia, southern Italy. Opened in 1865, it forms part of the Adriatic Railway (Ancona–Lecce), and is also a

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for, and

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of, the

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. The station is currently managed by

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

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. Train services are operated on behalf of

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

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(FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Brindisi railway station is situated at Piazza Francesco Crispi, at the southwest edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 29 April 1865, during an era of economic expansion, upon the inauguration of the Bari–Brindisi section of the Adriatic Railway. Nearly nine months later, on 15 January 1866, the Adriatic Railway was extended from Brindisi to Lecce. Built like a typical transit station, the passenger building had a structure characterized by a sloping flat roof covering the two through tracks and the pedestrian level crossing between platforms. On 30 December 1886, Brindisi became a junction station, when the final section of the Taranto–Brindisi railway was opened, between

Mesagne Mesagne ( Mesagnese: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brindisi and region of Apulia, on the south-east Italy coast. Its main economic activities are tourism and the growing of olives and grapes. It is the fifth most-populous town of the provin ...

and Brindisi.

Features

Today, the station has eight tracks used by Trenitalia, and a link with the

Brindisi Marittima railway station Brindisi Marittima was a railway station in Brindisi, Italy. The station was opened in 1870 and closed in 2006. It was located on the short Brindisi–Brindisi Marittima railway. History The station was located at the port of Brindisi and connec ...

, once connected by ship to Greece, but now dismantled. The station was included in the Centostazioni program of rehabilitation of the main Italian stations. At Brindisi, the rehabilitation project includes an increase and reorganization of space for passengers with significant improvements in services.

Train services

The trains stopping at the station range from regional services to

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and

Eurostar Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service connecting the United Kingdom with France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Most Eurostar trains travel through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operate ...

trains. The following list shows the services calling here, and the main stations. Eurostar and Intercity are express services, Treno Regionale are services that stop at all/most stations. The station is served by the following services: *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'') Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Milan - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Turin - Alessandria - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Regional services (''Treno regionale'') Bari - Monopoli - Brindisi - Lecce *Local services (''Treno regionale'') Taranto - Francavilla Fontana - Brindisi

References

External links

History and pictures of Brindisi railway station
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