Rimini railway station ( it, Stazione di Rimini) is the main station serving the city and ''

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'' of

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 ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1861, it forms part of the

Bologna–Ancona railway The Bologna–Ancona railway is an Italian railway that connects the city of Bologna with the city of Ancona, passing through the Po Valley to Rimini and along the Adriatic coast for the rest of the line. History The concession to build and ope ...

, and is also a terminus of a secondary railway linking Rimini with Ravenna and Modena. 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

Rimini railway station is situated at Piazzale Cesare Battisti, at the northeastern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was constructed by the '' Società Generalle delle Strade Ferrate Romane'' ( en, General Company for the Roman Railways), in 1860–1861. It was opened, in the presence of the then Prince Umberto of Savoy (later

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), on 4 October 1861, together with the rest of the

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–Rimini section of the Bologna–Ancona railway. Very soon afterwards, on 17 November 1861, Rimini was transformed from a temporary

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into a through station, when the final section of that railway, from Rimini to

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, came into operation. The original station building was rather simple in form. It was located not far from the seaside, on the edge of the city, and was flanked by a

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and repair workshop. On 1 July 1865, the whole of the Bologna–Ancona railway, including the station, came under the control of the ''

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'' (SFM) ( en, Company for the Southern Railways). On 10 January 1889, the station became a

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for the newly completed branch line to Ravenna and Ferrara. This development, coupled with exponential growth in passenger traffic, created the need for an expansion of the station and its facilities, and the construction of other outbuildings. Soon enough, a further increase in traffic made it essential to move the passenger building to the south of the locomotive depot and workshop, where there was enough space for a new station yard with wider platforms. The new station building, designed by the architect

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, was opened on 1 November 1914. Between 1915 and 1917, following the entry of Italy into

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, the station was bombarded by the

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. In 1932, it became a terminus of the short narrow gauge international line to San Marino, which ended at the apron of the station, adjacent to platform 1. In late 1938, in conjunction with electrification of the line to Ancona, important works were carried out to upgrade the station's facilities. However, between 1943 and 1944, after the outbreak of

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, the station and its surrounds were repeatedly hit by allied bombing, in nearly 400 air raids. In the wake of World War II, damaged buildings were repaired. In 1963, new train control equipment was installed. In 1978, the station yard was further expanded, to 10 tracks equipped with platforms. Since the start of the 21st century, some tracks and the

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have been closed, and the

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converted into a car park.

Features

The first station building was built in the classical style of the time. Its central section was on two levels, and it had two lateral wings, with adjacent service buildings. At that time, there were more than four platforms. The current passenger building, completed in 1914, was built with pretensions to elegance and functionality, and is now located amongst the historic buildings in the city. At the time of its completion, the number of tracks used for passenger services grew to seven. In the 1970s, three more platform tracks were added. Centostazioni has recently been renovating the passenger building with a simultaneous internal reorganization and change of use to the character of a shopping centre.

Train services

The station has more than 5 million passenger movements each year. Many of the passengers are commuters arriving from and departing for

Bologna Centrale Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

and

. The station is also heavily used by tourists holidaying on the

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. The passenger trains calling at the station include

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trains and a pair of

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trains operating between Rimini and

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 ...

. The station is served by the following services (incomplete): *High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') Milan - Bologna - Ancona *High speed services (''Italo'') Turin - Milan - Bologna - Ancona *High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') Milan - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia – Bari *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *High 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 *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Milan - Parma - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Milan - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto - Brindisi - Lecce *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Turin - Alessandria - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce

Interchange

The station provides interchange with local bus routes serving the urban and surrounding areas, including the Rimini–Riccione trolleybus line.

References

External links

Description and pictures of Rimini railway station
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