Piazza al Serchio railway station ( it, Stazione di Piazza al Serchio) is a railway station located in the Tuscany region of central Italy serving the '' comune'' of Piazza al Serchio. The station is located in the lower part of the village at an altitude of just under 500 m. It was opened on 21 April 1940. The station forms part of the Lucca–Aulla railway and is served exclusively by regional trains operated by Trenitalia, whilst the station itself is managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), both of which are subsidiaries of Italy's state-owned rail company

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).

In memory of the steam locomotives that formerly operated on the Lucca–Aulla railway, an

FS Class 940 The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS; Italian State Railways) Class 940 (Italian: ''Gruppo 940'') is a 2-8-2 steam tank locomotive, derived from the Class 740 tender locomotive. Design The Class 940 was designed for the Apennine mountains railwa ...

locomotive is preserved at the station as a monument. A 15 m turntable that was used to rotate the steam locomotives is also still visible at the site.

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