Tirano railway station ( RFI) is one of two

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s within the town and ''

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'' of

Tirano Tirano ( lmo, Tiràn, german: Thiran) is a town in Valtellina, located in the province of Sondrio in northern Italy. It has 9,053 inhabitants (2016) and is adjacent to the Switzerland-Italy border. The river Adda flows through the town. Main ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1902, it is the terminus of the

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. 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 ser ...

(RFI). Train services are operated by the Lombard railway company

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Location

Tirano (RFI) is situated at the southern side of Piazzale Stazione (Station Square) within the town centre. Tirano's other railway station, Tirano (RhB), is located at the next building on the left and at the western side of the same square.

History

The station was opened on 29 June 1902, upon the inauguration of the Alta Valtellina (Upper Tellina Valley) railway. It was operated initially by the Società

Ferrovia Alta Valtellina The Ferrovia Alta Valtellina (FAV) is a railway line in Italy which connects Sondrio, in Valtellina, to Tirano in Alta Valtellina (Upper Tellina Valley). The railway company was established in 1899 and the line opened in 1902. Many railways in I ...

(FAV) ( en, Alta Valtellina Railway Company). Upon nationalisation of the Italian railways on 1 July 1905, the Alta Valtellina line remained in private ownership. The Ferrovie della Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned railway operator, did not assume ownership of the line until 1970.

Architecture

The ground floor of the passenger building has various services, including a waiting room, ticket office and Trenord Cargo office. From the waiting room, there is access to the upper floors and the now abandoned and unused dormitory rooms.

Train services

The following train services call at this station (incomplete): Domestic * Regional Train (

Regional): Tirano - Sondrio - Lecco - Milan (Centrale) Cross-border All cross-border trains are operated by the

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on metre-gauge tracks. Trains use the adjacent Tirano (RhB) station.

Features

The station has three passenger platforms. From track 2 and track 3, there is access to the

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, which has 5 tracks for loading, unloading and storage of rolling stock plus another two for shunting (switching). There is also an area used by rail heritage group ''ALe 883'' for restoring locomotives.

References

External links

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Webcam overlooking Piazzale Stazione, Tirano

Gruppo ALe883
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at January 2011.'' {{Italian railway stations Province of Sondrio Railway stations in Lombardy Railway stations opened in 1902