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

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'' of

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

, in the

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Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

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. Located on the

Pavia–Mantua railway Pavia–Mantua railway is a railway line in Lombardy, Italy. History The section from Pavia to Cremona was opened on 15 December 1866. The section from Cremona to Mantua was opened after the Second Italian War of Independence in 1874. Reference ...

, it is terminus of the lines linking Cremona with Treviglio,

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, Piacenza and Fidenza. The station is currently managed by

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(RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services are operated by

Trenord Trenord is a railway company which is responsible for the operation of regional passenger trains in Lombardy. The company was established by the two main railway companies in Lombardy, Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM), to manage train oper ...

and

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Location

Cremona railway station is situated at Via Dante, at the northern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1863, upon the inauguration of the final section of the Treviglio–Cremona railway, between Casalbuttano and Cremona.

Features

The passenger building at the station consists of a central section and two lateral wings, all of which are on two levels. On the ground floor, there are services for travellers such as a ticket office and waiting room, while the upper floor is used by Trenitalia. Five tracks pass through the part of the station yard bordered by the station platforms. All of these tracks are used for passenger service, with the exception of track 2, which has no platform. Track 1 is accessed by passenger from the platform at the rear of the passenger building. Tracks 3 and 4 are served by an island platform equipped with shelters and linked with the passenger building by two underpasses. There is also a third platform (not accessible to passengers) between tracks 5 and 6, which are used only for cargo handling and storage of

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. In addition to a

goods yard A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are lo ...

, the station is equipped with a locomotive shed and a turntable.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 4.8 million passenger movements each year. Cremona is the terminus of regional services originating from

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

and Treviglio, from

, from Piacenza and from Fidenza. It is also the terminus of the regional routes between Codogno and Cremona, and between Cremona and

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...

, and is connected by direct regional services with Milano Centrale (or Milano Greco Pirelli), via Mantua.

Interchange

Near the passenger building is a bus station, which is served by suburban bus lines. These lines link Cremona with the other major centres in the province and neighboring provinces.

References

External links

Description and pictures of Cremona railway station
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Railway stations in Lombardy Railway stations opened in 1863