Genova Sampierdarena railway station ( it, Stazione di Genova Sampierdarena) is located in Piazza Montano, in the
Sampierdarena
Sampierdarena (also San Pier d'Arena; Ligurian: San Pè d'ænn-a) is a major port and industrial area of Genoa, in northwest Italy. With San Teodoro it forms the West Central (Centro Ovest) ''municipio''.
Geography
Sampierdarena lies on t ...
district of
Genoa
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,
Italy
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. It is Genoa's third most important railway station, after
Genova Piazza Principe and
Genova Brignole.
The station is owned by
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) is the Italian railway infrastructure manager, subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), a state-owned holding company. RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it provides signalling, maintenance and other ser ...
(RFI), a subsidiary of the
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...
(FS) group. The commercial area of the station building is managed by
Centostazioni
( en, 100 Stations) is a subsidiary of Italian holding company Ferrovie dello Stato. The company was created to redevelop and manage 103 medium-sized Italian railway stations.
History
The company was founded in 2001 as ' ( en, Medium Stations ...
. RFI internally classifies the facility in its ''gold'' category.
About 7,000,000 passengers use the station each year.
History
The original nucleus of the station was built in 1853 at the completion of Genoa-Busalla section of the
Turin–Genoa railway
The Turin–Genoa railway line is a major Italian rail line, connecting the cities of Turin and Genoa. It is 169 km long.
History
The Kingdom of Sardinia (Savoy) had started building railways late compared to other European countries and dec ...
.
The station was then enlarged with the construction of the
Genoa–Ventimiglia railway
The Genova-Ventimiglia railway runs along the coast of the Liguria region of Italy. It was opened as a single track line between Genova and Savona in 1868, and between Savona and Ventimiglia in 1872, mostly running along a coastal corniche.
The ...
and the
Asti–Genoa railway, for which it is also a
junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated on or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming lines. At a station with platforms running from left to right, the minimum ...
.
Features
Genova Sampierdarena has six tracks for passenger traffic. The first four, located on the north side of the station, are for the three lines passing through the station, while tracks 5 and 6, parallel to the coast, serve the line to
Ventimiglia
Ventimiglia (; lij, label=Intemelio, Ventemiglia , lij, label= Genoese, Vintimiggia; french: Vintimille ; oc, label= Provençal, Ventemilha ) is a resort town in the province of Imperia, Liguria, northern Italy. It is located southwest of ...
via
Savona
Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italy, Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.
Savona used to be one of the chie ...
.
Alongside tracks 5 and 6 are two entrances that connect directly with the new ''Fiumara'' park area. The other entrances are in Piazza Nicolò Montano (interchange with numerous bus lines), Via Paolo Reti and Via Stefano Dondero.
The station is used mainly for metropolitan, regional and interregional traffic.
In the near future, work will begin on renovations involving most of the station. Initially, two new terminating tracks will be created to accommodate trains on the line from Giovi, and the underpass will be restructured with the addition of elevators and the likely construction of a new underpass. The platforms will then be rebuilt and fitted with wind barriers.
Interchange
Near the station are the termini of several lines of the local suburban public transport network,
AMT (Genoa). These join together to head into the city centre: lines 18 and 18/ (direct to
Ospedale San Martino), and 20 (trolley-bus line towards the neighborhood of Foce, where the last stop is a few hundred meters (or yards) from
Fiera di Genova).
Additionally, there are the coach lines 62 (direct to the Coronata area, in the district of
Cornigliano
Cornigliano, also called Cornigliano Ligure (to distinguish it from similar namesake Corigliano; lij, Cornigén) is a western quarter of the Italian city of Genoa.
Geography
Cornigliano lies on the coast about 7 kilometres west of the center ...
), 63 (from the station to the Gallino hospital in
Pontedecimo
Pontedecimo is a district on the far northern outskirts of the Italian city of Genoa, and is located in the Polcevera valley
Val Polcevera is one of the main valleys crossing Genoa, taking its name from the eponymous river. It is one of two vall ...
), 66 (which has its other terminus in the Dinegro area, not far from the homonymous
Metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
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* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
station) and 165 (a circular line that connects the station with the Villa Scassi hospital, passing through the central Via Cantore). In the Via Paolo Rieti area, a few tens of meters (or yards) from the station, there is an AMT terminus served by buses showing ''Sampierdarena Rimessa'' on their destination boards.
For the bus lines passing through and around the station, there are several bus stops in each direction served by buses connecting the city centre with the western districts, and
Val Polcevera
Val Polcevera is one of the main valleys crossing Genoa, taking its name from the eponymous river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river f ...
(lines 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 respectively, the latter operating only in the very early morning and evening).
Within walking distance of the station are the stops served by the Volabus, the AMT fast bus link between the Genova Piazza Principe railway station and
Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
Genoa Airport ( it, link=no, Aeroporto di Genova) also named Christopher Columbus Airport ("Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo" in Italian) (), and commonly named ''Aeroporto di Genova-Sestri Ponente'' (Genoa-Sestri Ponente Airport), after the city ...
.
[AMT network as at May 2008.]
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
Sampierdarena Smistamento
The nearby Sampierdarena Smistamento yard is Genoa's main freight marshalling yard.
Directly connected with the cargo port and the Genova Marittima Bacino railway station by a submarine tunnel, Sampierdarena Smistamento is composed of three separate yards:
*Forni;
*Polcevera;
*Piazza d'armi (now abandoned).
Sampierdarena Smistamento is also used as an exit for the Cargo Division
locomotive depot
The motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is the place where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained when not being used. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine shed ...
located just to the north, in the district of
Rivarolo.
See also
*
Railway stations in Genoa
The city and ''comune'' of Genoa, capital of the region of Liguria, northwestern Italy, has twenty six railway stations and stops in use today.
The majority of these stations is managed by RFI. Four remaining stations, Genova Piazza Manin an ...
*
List of railway stations in Liguria
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Railway stations in Italy
Most railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by RFI, a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them are operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state. See also: :it:Ferrovie in concessione
S ...
References
External links
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Sampierdarena
Sampierdarena (also San Pier d'Arena; Ligurian: San Pè d'ænn-a) is a major port and industrial area of Genoa, in northwest Italy. With San Teodoro it forms the West Central (Centro Ovest) ''municipio''.
Geography
Sampierdarena lies on t ...
Railway stations opened in 1853
Railway stations in Italy opened in 1853