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

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'' of Grosseto, in the

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, central Italy. Opened in 1864, it forms part of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway. 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 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. The Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway is a double track main line connecting Pisa with the

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and Rome. Grosseto railway station is roughly at its halfway point. The station is also one of the termini of a single-track non-electrified secondary line to

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. That line continues on from Siena as the Central Tuscany railway, and later as the Leopolda railway, towards

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and

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Location

Grosseto railway station is situated in Piazza

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, near the centre of the city, just north of the old town. Piazza Marconi, often erroneously referred to as Station Square, is known for its statue of a ''

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'' (1953) by sculptor Tolomeo Faccendi.

History

The station was opened on 15 June 1864, upon the opening of the

Follonica Follonica () is a town and ''comune'' (township) of province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, on the Gulf of Follonica (''Golfo di Follonica''), about northwest of the city of Grosseto. History It was founded in 1834 by Grand Duke L ...

–Grosseto and Grosseto–

Orbetello Orbetello is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. It is located about south of Grosseto, on the eponymous lagoon, which is home to an important Natural Reserve. History Orbetello was an ancient Etruscan settlemen ...

sections of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway.

Features

The station complex extends laterally along the western side of the square. The passenger building was re-built after being destroyed by the bombing which occurred in Grosseto in 1943. It is made up of several buildings huddled together, on two levels. At the ground floor level, the passenger building's central facade is characterized by five portals with

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s topped by round arches. These are protected by a canopy protruding from the crease that separates the two levels of the building. At each side of the central facade are open rectangular portals. One of them leads to the bar, and the other to the waiting room. Extending across the mezzanine level of the passenger building is a series of rectangular windows, while in the central part of the main facade at that level is a square

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, which forms a crowning feature. The station yard has five tracks with platforms for the boarding and alighting of passengers. There is also a large goods yard.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 1.5 million passenger movements each year. Trains stopping at the station include Frecciabianca trains, all

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trains to

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, Milano Centrale, Ventimiglia,

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, Napoli Centrale,

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, some express trains to southern Italy and

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and all the regional trains operating on the Tyrrhenian line and the secondary line to Siena. Along the line connecting Grosseto with Siena, at Monte Antico, there is a junction with a secondary line via Buonconvento to

, used by passenger and cargo trains, and another line, which until 1927 was the only connection between

and Grosseto, which connects to the Siena-Chiusi railway at Asciano. The latter line is currently used by historic ''Treno Natura'' trains, which also operate excursions to local castles around

Montalcino Montalcino is a hill town and ''comune'' in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. The town is located to the west of Pienza, close to the Crete Senesi in Val d'Orcia. It is from Siena, from Florence and from Pisa. Monte Amiata is loc ...

. Just before Siena, the line via Buonconvento and the Siena-Chiusi line converge once again to continue into

Interchange

The station is the terminus of many urban and suburban bus lines operated by Autolinee Toscane, the transport company serving the whole of

References

Notes

External links

Description and pictures of Grosseto railway station
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at December 2010.''
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Railway stations in Tuscany Railway stations opened in 1864