Pesaro railway station ( it, Stazione di Pesaro) serves the city and ''

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'' of

Pesaro Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1861, it forms part of the

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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 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

Pesaro railway station is situated at Piazzale

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, southwest of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 17 November 1861, upon the inauguration of the final section of the Bologna–Ancona railway, between

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...

and

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

. The original operator of the station was the '' Società Generale delle Strade Ferrate Romane'' ( en, Roman Railways General Company). In the reorganization of the Italian railways in 1865, the

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entrusted its operation to the ''

Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali The Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali (Italian: ''Company for the Southern Railways'', ''SFM'') was an Italian railway company established in 1862. In 1885 it took the control of the so-called "Rete Adriatica" (''Adriatic Network'', ''R ...

'' (SFM) ( en, Company for the Southern Railways). The latter company retained that function until the nationalization of the Italian railways in 1905. During its history, the station has suffered severe setbacks, although the city has been constantly developing. In 1935, the original passenger building was replaced by the present structure, designed by the architect

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Features

The station yard has thirteen tracks, of which five are dedicated to passenger traffic. The passenger tracks are served by three platforms accessible to users through a

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- lifts are available. The busiest passenger tracks are track 2, used by southbound trains, and track 3, which serves northbound trains. Tracks 1, 4 and 5 are used infrequently, generally for trains either originating or terminating in Pesaro.

Gallery

File:Stazione Pesaro antica.jpg, The original passenger building. Image:Stazione-pesaro-binario1.jpg, View of one of the platforms. Image:Stazione-pesaro-vista-parco.jpg, The station yard, with the passenger building in the background. Image:Stazione-pesaroSottopasso.jpg, Inside the pedestrian underpass.

Train services

The station is served by

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and High speed trains. The main origins and destinations of the regional trains are

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 ...

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and Ancona. During the summer, the station serves as a terminus for ''treni del mare'' ( en, trains of the sea): interregional trains organized by

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, and originating in

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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. ...

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 ...

and

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. The Intercity and High speed trains mostly link Pesaro with

Roma Termini Roma Termini (in Italian, ''Stazione Termini'') is the main railway station of Rome, Italy. It is named after the district of the same name, which in turn took its name from ancient Baths of Diocletian (in Latin, ''thermae''), which ...

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

and Milan Central. The station is served by the following services (incomplete): *High speed services (''FrecciaRossa'') Turin - Milan - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara *High speed services (''FrecciArgento'') Milan - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Bari *Medium speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Medium speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto *Medium speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Medium speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Medium speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Ravenna - Rimini - Foligno - Terni - Rome *Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto *Slow speed local services (''Regionale'') to other big and small cities in Marche and Emilia-Romagna (Fano, Rimini, Bologna, Piacenza, Ravenna, Ancona ecc...)

Interchange

The station has a bus terminal for urban and suburban buses, with direct links to the city of Urbino.

References

External links

Description and pictures of Pesaro railway station
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