Pisa San Rossore Railway Station
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Pisa San Rossore railway station ( it, Stazione di Pisa San Rossore) is a
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in the
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city of
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, the second station of the city in terms of passengers, after
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. The station is located next to
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and is served by local trains. It is a ''
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'', situated at the junction of two railway lines: Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa and Lucca–Pisa.


Station

The main facility is currently closed for passengers, but there are many automatic ticket offices, snack machines and a waiting room available. Inside the station there are six platforms (four to
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and
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and two to
Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as one o ...
), all equipped with elevators and connected by a subway.


Interchange

Urban bus lines stops close to the station, and there is a
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station at one of the entrances.


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