Rovereto railway station ( it, Ferrovie Stazione di Rovereto) serves the

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in the

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, northeastern Italy. The station was opened in 1859 by the Austrian Empire's Südbahn and transferred to Italy in 1919. Rovereto station is located on the trans-Alpine Brenner Railway connecting

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and

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. The station is currently managed by

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(RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building, however, is managed by

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, whereas train services are operated by

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and ÖBB-DB.

Location

Rovereto railway station is situated at ''Piazzale

Paolo Orsi Paolo Orsi (Rovereto, October 17, 1859 – November 8, 1935) was an Italian archaeologist and classicist. Life Orsi was born in Rovereto, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and now in the province of Trento in Italy. After studying at a g ...

'', the western edge and a five-minute walk to the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 23 March 1859 upon the completion of the Trento-Ala section of the Brenner Railway. Initial train operations were entrusted to the Austrian Empire's Südbahn (Imperial Royal Privileged Southern Railway Company of Austria, Venice and Central Italy / german: Kaiserlich königliche privilegierte Südbahngesellschaft). After Austria-Hungary's defeat in the

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, the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) rewarded Italy with annexation of County of Tyrol's territory south of the Brenner Pass. Ownership of all railway stations from Ala/Ahl-am-Etsch to Brenner, including Rovereto, were consequently transferred to ''Ferrovie dello Stato'' (FS).

Features

The station has three tracks with platforms for passenger trains and additional tracks in the

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, which can be accessed by trucks and other vehicles from ''Via Zeni'' on the opposite side of the station building. There have been plans to transfer the goods yard southwards to Mori railway aistation to make room for a larger, bifrontal station, thus providing access on both sides from ''Piazzale Orsi'' and ''Via Zeni''.

Train services

The station has about two million passenger movements per year and is therefore, in terms of passenger numbers, the third biggest within the region, after Bolzano/Bozen and

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. The following services call at this station: Domestic * High-speed train (

Frecciargento) Bolzano/Bozen-Naples: Bolzano/Bozen - Trento/Trient - Rovereto/Rofreit - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - (Naples) * Regional train (

Regional) Brennero/Brenner-Bologna: Brennero/Brenner - Vipiteno/Sterzing - Fortezza/Franzensfeste - Bressanone/Brixen - Chuisa/Klausen - Bolzano/Bozen - Ora/Auer - Trento/Trient - Rovereto/Rofreit - Ala/Ahl-am-Etsch - Verona - Isola della Scala - Nogara - Mirandola - Bologna * Regional Train (

Regional) Bolzano/Bozen-Ala/Ahl-am-Etsch: Bolzano/Bozen - Laives/Leifers - Ora/Aura - Egna/Neumarkt - Salorno/Salurn - Mezzocorona/Kronmetz - Trento/Trient - Rovereto/Rofreit - Mori - Ala/Ahl-am-Etsch Cross-border (A for Austria, D for Germany) * Intercity train (

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EuroCity) Munich-Verona/Venice: Munich (Hbf) (D) - Rosenheim (D) - Kufstein (A) - Jenbach (A) - Innsbruck (A) - Bolzano/Bozen - Trento/Trient - Rovereto/Rofreit - Verona - (Padua) - (Venice) * Intercity train (

EuroCity) Munich-Verona/Bologna: Munich (Hbf) (D) - Rosenheim (D) - Kufstein (A) - Jenbach (A) - Innsbruck (A) - Bolzano/Bozen - Trento/Trient - Rovereto/Rofreit - Verona - (Bologna)

Interchange

At ''Piazzale Orsi,'' close to railway station building, urban bus routes A, 4, 5, 6 and 7 stop here as well as suburban services to

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and

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References

External links

Description and pictures of Rovereto railway station
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at December 2010.''
{{Italian railway stations Railway stations in Trentino Railway stations opened in 1859