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

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'' of

Rieti Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina re ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1883, it is part of the

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Location

Rieti railway station is located at the center of the city, just outside the medieval walls that enclose the historic city centre on its north side, and south of modern residential neighborhoods ''Regina Pacis'', ''Madonna del cuore'' and ''Micioccoli''.

History

The station started operating on 30 October 1883, when the Rocca di Corno-

Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...

part of the

was opened. Upon construction, a 200 metres stretch of the nearby medieval walls were demolished, in order to create a new, large passage in the walls, so that arriving passenger could easily access the city centre. On 25 January 1944 the station was severely damaged in a bombing by USAF

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, that also caused the death of the station master Antonio Uncini. Shortly after the building was reconstructed and the line restarted operations in 1946. In 2009 the former freight area, no longer used, was converted in a bus terminal and depot.

Train movements

Trains stopping in the station are regional trains running from

L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...

, operated by Ferrovia Centrale Umbra company, on behalf of

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, with ALn 776

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s. Even if there is no direct railway between Rieti and

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, as the construction of such a railway has been subject of a long debate but never took place, Rome can be reached by catching a train to the Terni station, where direct trains to Rome can be found.Trains departing from the station of Terni
/ref> In addition, in recent years a direct train from Rieti to Rome, at early morning, and a direct train from Rome to Rieti, in the late evening, were introduced; both train pass through

, travel on the Ancona–Orte railway, reach

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and then travel on the

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taking approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.

References

{{Italian railway stations

1883 establishments in Italy Rieti

Location

History

Train movements

See also

References