Porretta Terme ( it, Stazione di Porretta Terme) is a railway station serving
Porretta Terme
Porretta Terme ( Bolognese: ''Puratta'') is a town of the Reno Valley Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Alto Reno Terme, Emilia-Romagna. Porretta Terme is located about south-west of Bologna. Known since Roman times fo ...
, part of the municipality of
Alto Reno Terme
Alto Reno Terme is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It was formed on January 1, 2016, after the merger of Porretta Terme
Porretta Terme ( Bolognese: ''Puratta'') is a town of the Reno Valley Tuscan-Emilian A ...
, in the
region
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of
Emilia-Romagna
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,
northern Italy. The station is located on the
Porrettana railway.
It is the terminus of Line S1A of
Bologna metropolitan railway service
The Bologna metropolitan railway service (Italian: ''servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Bologna'', acronym: ''SFMBO'') is a commuter railway service around the Italian city of Bologna. It is currently under construction.
History
Launched in 1 ...
.
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 tra ...
and
Trenitalia Tper
Trenitalia Tper (TTX) is a company operating train services in the Emilia-Romagna region, in Italy, on railway lines overseen by both Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER).
The current company was born on 1 January 2020 fr ...
.
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 se ...
(RFI), a subsidiary of
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
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 ...
(FSI), Italy's state-owned rail company.
History
As of
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
** Germany takes formal possession of its new Af ...
, the railway station was named "Bagni della Porretta".
On 24 May
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
...
, the track from Porretta Terme to Pistoia was electrified with three-phase alternating current; on 28 October, the track from Porretta Terme to Bologna followed. The whole Porrettana line was later converted to direct current on 13 May
1935.
[Giovanni Cornolò, Claudio Pedrazzini, ''Locomotive elettriche FS'', Ermanno Albertelli Editore, ]Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...
, 1983, pages 71-72
Features
The station consists of four tracks linked by an underpass.
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
* Suburban services (''Treno suburbano'') on line S1A, ''Bologna - Porretta Terme''
* Regional services (''Treno regionale'') Porretta Terme-Pistoia
See also
*
List of railway stations in Bologna
Below is a list of current railway stations in Bologna, Italy.
Active stations
Planned stations (as of 2018)
* Bologna Borgo Panigale Scala railway station
* Bologna Prati di Caprara railway station
* Bologna Zanardi railway station
...
*
List of railway stations in Emilia-Romagna
This is the list of the railway stations in Emilia-Romagna, owned by:
* Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a branch of the Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato;
* Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER).
RFI stations
FER stations
See also
*Rail ...
*
Bologna metropolitan railway service
The Bologna metropolitan railway service (Italian: ''servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Bologna'', acronym: ''SFMBO'') is a commuter railway service around the Italian city of Bologna. It is currently under construction.
History
Launched in 1 ...
References
{{Italian railway stations
Railway stations in Emilia-Romagna