Trieste Centrale railway station ( it, Stazione ferroviaria di Trieste Centrale; german: Triest Südbahnhof (former name) is the main station serving the city and municipality (

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) of

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1857, the station is a

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for direct lines to

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and

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, and for the belt line leading to Trieste's

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, near the now closed

Trieste Campo Marzio railway station Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

. Trieste Centrale 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 to and from the station 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

Trieste Centrale railway station is situated at Piazza della Libertà, north of the city centre. It is at the western end of the Borgo Teresiano district, adjacent to the old free

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History

The present day rail network of the city of Trieste is based, for the most part, upon railway lines constructed by the former

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and

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empires. On 27 July 1857, the Austrian railway company '' k.k. Südliche Staatsbahn'' (SStB) completed the construction of Trieste's first railway facilities. They formed part of the Vienna–Trieste railway, via the

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. On the same day, in the presence of the

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, the new

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at Trieste, including its relatively modest original passenger building designed by the engineer

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(Italian: ''Carlo Ghega''), was officially opened. It had been built on reclaimed land, at the site of the present Trieste Centrale. The following year, on 23 September 1858, the station, along with the rest of the line, passed into the ownership of the private railway company Imperial Royal Privileged Southern Railway Company of

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and

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(German: '), following the takeover by that company of the privatised ''k.k. Südliche Staatsbahn''. The inclusion of Trieste in the main axis of the Austrian '' Südbahn'' generated an economic upswing in the largest and most important port city ruled by the Austrian monarchy, and strengthened its position in the

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. Rapid development of trade routes to and from Trieste, and therefore also the city itself, soon led to a decision to replace the original passenger building. The new, more elegant, and richly styled

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structure was designed by Wilhelm von Flattich. Its most notable features were a monumental hall, later known as the Royal Hall, and a majestic glass train hall. Its inauguration took place on 19 June 1878. In 1887, the

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(German: ') opened a new railway line, the Trieste–Hrpelje railway (German: '), from the new port of Trieste to Hrpelje-Kozina, on the Istrian railway. The intended function of the new line was to reduce the Austrian Empire's dependence on the ''Südbahn'' network. Its opening gave Trieste a second station, which was named ''Trieste Sant'Andrea'' (German: '). The two stations were connected by a railway line that in the initial plans had to be an interim solution: the Rive railway (German: '). With the opening of the Jesenice-Trieste railway (part of the network of railway lines known as the Transalpine Railway) in 1906, the St Andrea station was replaced by a new, more capacious, facility, named ''Trieste stazione dello Stato'' (German: '). The original station came to be identified as ''Trieste stazione della Meridionale'' or ''Trieste Meridionale'' (German: '). Following

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and the

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, both stations came under the management of the FS. The original station was later renamed ''Trieste Centrale'', and ''Trieste stazione dello Stato'' became ''Trieste Campo Marzio''. With the addition of the station to the Centostazioni project, it became possible to subject the passenger building to a long restoration and renovation. The work was completed in 2007, and included the full restoration of access from Via Miramare to the Royal Hall.

Features

The renovated station (by Centostazioni in 2007) houses a large passenger building with facilities including a ticket office, central waiting area, chapel, bar, supermarket, bookshop, pharmacy and a new lounge dedicated to high-speed train passengers (Freccia Club, formerly Eurostar Italia). There are offices for the railway police, Trenitalia and its operations management. As a terminal station, Trieste Centrale has nine terminating tracks used for passenger service, which is served by five platforms. In 2009, a terminal was opened for the transport of cars. There are also track sidings, a

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and workshops. Due to its close proximity to the port of Trieste, the station has no

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. The urban bus stops are directly located in front of the station's main entrance. The Autostazione bus station is located to the south and there are long-distance services to Slovenia, Austria and the Balkan Peninsula.

Train services

The station has about six million passenger movements each year. It is served by trains linking it with all of Italy. The station is served by the following services: * High speed services (''Frecciargento'') ''Rome – Florence – Bologna – Padua – Venice – Trieste'' * High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') ''Turin – Milan – Verona – Padua – Venice – Trieste'' * Intercity services ''Rome – Florence – Bologna – Padua – Venice – Trieste'' * Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Rome – Bologna – Venice – Udine – Trieste'' * Express services (''Regionale Veloce'') ''Venice – Portogruaro – Cervignano del Friuli – Trieste'' * Express services (''Regionale Veloce'') ''Venice – Treviso – Udine – Gorizia – Trieste'' * Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Venice – Treviso – Udine – Gorizia – Trieste'' * Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Tarvisio – Carnia – Gemona del Friuli – Udine – Cervignano del Friuli – Trieste'' * Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Ljubljana – Sežana – Trieste'' * Eurocity ''Vienna – Ljubljana – Trieste''

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