''Torregrotta railway station'' is a railway station serving the small town of
Torregrotta
Torregrotta ( Sicilian: ''Turri'') is a small town and municipality (''comune'') in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
It is the twelfth most populous municipa ...
, in the north-east of
Sicily
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. The station also serves nearby villages including
Monforte San Giorgio
Monforte San Giorgio ( Sicilian: ''Munforti'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
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Roccavaldina
Roccavaldina ( Sicilian: ''Roccavaddina'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
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and
Valdina
Valdina ( Sicilian: ''Vaddina'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Valdina borders the following municipalities: Roccavaldin ...
. It is located on the
Palermo–Messina railway and all trains calling there are operated by
Trenitalia
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. The current station, opened on 23 November 2009,
replaces an earlier one dating from the early years of the twentieth century and closed on 9 August 2009.
History
The section between Messina and San Filippo of the Palermo-Messina Railway was opened on 20 June 1889 but no passenger facilities were provided at Torregrotta until the early years of the twentieth century.
The first station was originally opened as ''Scala'' and later renamed as ''Roccavaldina - Scala - Torregrotta''. It was equipped with an important goods station where a large amount of agricultural products came from surrounding crops.
The works for the construction of a new station were contracted in 1999 and began in 2000. On 9 August 2009
[ the first station was closed and on 23 November 2009 the new station was opened as ''Torregrotta''.][
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Services
The typical weekday service from the station is thirty-five trains per day. On Sundays the service is reduced to nine trains.
See also
*Berlin–Palermo railway axis
The Berlin–Palermo railway axis (german: Eisenbahnachse Berlin–Palermo, it, Asse ferroviario Berlino-Palermo) is project No. 1 of the Trans-European high-speed rail network ( TEN-R), which involves the creation of a high-speed rail line betw ...
* List of railway stations in Sicily
*Railway stations in Italy
Most railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by RFI, a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them are operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state. See also: :it:Ferrovie in concessione
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* Rail transport in Italy
*History of rail transport in Italy
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Railway stations in Sicily
Railway stations opened in 2009
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