Parma ( it, Stazione di Parma) is a railway station serving the city of

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

, in the

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. The station opened in 1859 and is located on the

Milan–Bologna railway The Milan–Bologna railway is the northern part of the traditional main north–south trunk line of the Italian railway network. It closely follows the ancient Roman Road, the Via Aemilia. The line was opened between 1859 and 1861 as a single-l ...

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(to La Spezia), Brescia–Parma railway and Parma–Suzzara railway. The train services are operated by

Trenitalia Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transp ...

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

Ferrovie Emilia Romagna Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER) is railway company serving the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. The company also operates buses. The company was formed in 1997 by acquisition by the Emilia-Romagna region of four previous state-owned railway companie ...

. The station is currently managed 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). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

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), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Parma railway station is situated at Piazzale Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, at the northern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was inaugurated on 21 July 1859 together with the extension from

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

. It was rebuilt to the design of the Spanish architect

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between 2007 and 2014.

Features

The passenger building is composed of a large central section and two smaller side buildings, connected by corridors. Inside are the ticket office, waiting room and other public facilities, as well as the headquarters of the railway police and the traffic management department. The upper floor is used by Trenitalia. The station yard has eight tracks used for passenger services. They are served by a total of four platforms, which are equipped with shelters and connected via a

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. The station yard also has a

locomotive shed 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 ...

and a

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. A short distance from the station, along the line towards Milan, is a

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, which is still in use.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Florence - Rome'' *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce'' *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto'' *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce'' *Intercity services ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Termi - Reggio Calabria'' *Intercity services ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce'' *Intercity services ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto'' *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Turin - Milan - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Florence - Rome - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria'' *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Milan - Parma - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce'' *Express services (''Regionale Veloce'') ''Piacenza - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona'' *Express services (''Regionale Veloce'') ''Milan - Piacenza - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Bologna (- Rimini)'' *Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Parma - Reggio Emilia - Modena - Bologna'' *Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Brescia - Ghedi - Asola - Piadena - Casalmaggiore - Parma'' *Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Genoa - La Spezia - Aulla - Pontremoli - Fornovo - Parma'' *Local services (''Treno regionale'') ''Parma - Guastalla - Suzzara''

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 8 million passenger movements each year. Many passenger trains call at the station platforms. They include

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, express,

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services, and a daily pair of

Frecciarossa ''Frecciarossa'' is a high-speed train of the Italian national train operator, Trenitalia, and a member of the train category Le Frecce. The name, which, if spelled "Freccia rossa" means "Red arrow" in English, was introduced in 2008 after i ...

high speed trains. The main destinations of the regional trains are Milan,

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

La Spezia La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second largest city ...

Pontremoli Pontremoli (; local egl, Pontrémal; la, Apua) is a small city, ''comune'' former Latin Catholic bishopric in the province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany region, central Italy. Literally translated, Pontremoli means "Trembling Bridge" (from ''pon ...

and

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

Interchange

The station provides interchange with the Parma trolleybus system, and with urban and suburban buses.

References

External links

Description and pictures of Parma railway station
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Railway stations in Emilia-Romagna Railway stations opened in 1859