Carrara San Martino railway station, previously named Carrara Città, was a railway station common to two lines, now suppressed, located near the center of

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History

The station of Carrara San Martino was born at the end of the nineteenth century by the desire of businessmen of Carrara to give their city a connection with the railway line, being the station of Carrara-Avenza about 5 km downstream from the city. The station was built as a result of lengthy negotiations conducted by the carrarese General Domenico Cucchiari, fighter of the

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repeatedly decorated for bravery and parliamentarian elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the college of Carrara. The general Cucchiari had distinguished himself in the

battle of San Martino {{Campaignbox Austro Sardinian War In 1859, during the Italian Risorgimento – the Second Italian War of Independence, – there was another greater battle here, more commonly called the Battle of Solferino or the ''Battle of Solferino and San ...

and since the opening of the station was mainly due to his efforts, the inauguration took this name. Hence the name still in use in the area, where today stands the court of Carrara. Ponti di Anderlino abbattuti

The building was inaugurated on 10 September 1866 with the opening of the Avenza-Carrara railway, 4.5 km long, by the Upper Italian Railways."Chronological overview of the features of railway opened to the exercise from 1839 to December 31, 1926"
The station suffered two bombings, the first of 30 December 1944 after which in the station the large containers of gas exploded and 32 people died. The second took place on January 6, 1945 and also hit the bridges of Anderlino, interrupting the line, even in this case were recorded victims.Lucio Benassi

in «carraraonline.com», 18 April 2013. The station was closed on February 29, 1969, like the rest of the line, and officially abolished by decree of the President of the Republic n.1459 of 28 December 1970.

Structure and buildings

The station was equipped with special tracks for freight trains, in addition to passenger lines, being on the line of the Marmifera railway. It was equipped, again for reasons of the Marmifera, even with special department goods stores placed in front of the passenger building. More at the bottom there was the locomotive storage of the station, now demolished. The station also had signs of limit "load goods" and a one was placed right next to the loco storage.Ferrovia Lucca-Aulla.com, Historic Railway Signals in «FerroviaLucca-Aulla.com». URL consulted on 24 October 2013.

References

Bibliography

* Adriano Betti Carboncini, ''I treni del marmo. Ferrovie e tranvie della Versilia e delle Alpi Apuane'', ETR, Salò, 1984. * Elena Tarabella, La ferrovia marmifera privata di Carrara, Università di Pisa, Pisa, 1986. * Daniele Canali, ''La Ferrovia Marmifera di Carrara'', Società Editrice Apuana, Massa, 1995. * Adriano Betti Carboncini, ''Alpi Apuane. Ricordo delle ferrovie marmifere'', Pegaso, Firenze, 2012.

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{{Italian railway stations Carrara San Martino Carrara Railway stations opened in 1866 1866 establishments in Italy

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