Chiavari railway station ( it, Stazione di Chiavari) serves the town and ''

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'' of

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, in the

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, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1868, it forms part of the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway, and is situated between

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and

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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 to and from the station 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

The station is located in a passageway between the town centre and the promenade. Originally, there was a railway bridge linking Piazza Nostra dell'Orto (north of the station) and Piazza

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(to the south). In the early seventies, this bridge was demolished and the

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, which connects only the first track, was extended in both directions. Since then, the underpass has been used as a link between the two parts of the city.

Features

The passenger building is a

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structure on two levels, of which only the ground floor is open to the public. The architecture of the building is original and hard to find at Italian railway stations: it is composed of two buildings joined together by a gallery in which there are many amenities for travelers. The station once had a

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with an adjoining

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. However, the goods yard has since been dismantled and replaced by a parking lot for FS employees, and the warehouse has been converted to storage. The architecture of the former warehouse is very similar to that of other Italian railway stations. There are additional buildings, either on one or two levels, housing the RFI technical departments. The architecture of these buildings is very similar to the two bodies that make up the passenger building. The layout of all the buildings is rectangular. The station yard has three tracks dedicated to passenger service. In detail: *Track 1 : the main platform for trains towards

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; *Track 2 : used mainly for trains towards Genoa and sometimes used for overtaking or unusual right hand running of trains; *Track 3 : priority track in both directions. Tracks 4 and 5 are equipped with a starting signal at the Genoa end, and are sometimes used for the overtaking or stopping of short goods trains. During the process of extending the shelter of the platform 2 shelter, which took place in the early 1970s, the passenger service to Genoa was performed using track 4, which had been temporarily fitted with a wooden platform.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 3.4 million passenger movements each year. It is served by trains of all categories, from

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services. The main destinations are Genova Brignole, La Spezia Centrale,

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and Torino Porta Nuova.

Interchange

In front of the passenger building is a bus stop for urban and suburban buses, operated by AMT Extra (formerly ATP).

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