Campobasso railway station ( it, Stazione di Campobasso) serves the city and ''

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'' of

Campobasso Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sann ...

, in the

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Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

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. Opened in 1883, it is located on 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 by

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

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

Location

Campobasso railway station is situated at Piazza

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, close to the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 5 August 1883, upon the inauguration of the

Baranello Baranello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, th ...

–Campobasso section of the

and the Benevento–Campobasso railway.

Features

The station has a passenger building arranged on multiple levels. It houses the ticket office, waiting room, a kiosk, a restaurant and the headquarters of the Railway Police. The station is attended, and therefore has a room for the management of train movements. In the station yard are three through tracks used for passenger services. These tracks are served by two platforms and connected by a pedestrian underpass. There are other tracks passing through the

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, which is equipped with a detached workshop. The station also has a

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and

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Passenger and train movements

The station has about one million passenger movements each year. The majority of the passengers use the Termoli–Campobasso; the Benevento–Campobasso railway has relatively little traffic. All passenger trains passing through the station stop there. The station is also the originating or terminating point of many trains. The main destinations are

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Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

and Pescara Centrale.

References

External links

History and pictures of Campobasso railway station
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at December 2010.''
{{Italian railway stations Campobasso Railway stations in Molise Railway stations opened in 1883 Buildings and structures in the Province of Campobasso