Terni railway station ( it, Stazione di Terni) serves the town and ''

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'' of

Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1866, it forms part of the Ancona–Orte railway, and is also a

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for two secondary lines, the

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and the Terni–Sansepolcro railway. 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 or on behalf of

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

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(FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Regional train services on the Terni–Sansepolcro railway are operated by Ferrovia Centrale Umbra, which sub-contracts on behalf of Trenitalia.

Location

Terni railway station is situated at Piazza

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, at the northern end of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 4 January 1866, upon the inauguration of the

Foligno Foligno (; Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...

–Terni and Terni–

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sections of the Rome–Ancona railway. On 30 October 1883, Terni was transformed into a junction station, with the opening of the final, Terni–Rocca di Corno, section of the Terni–Sulmona railway. Many years later, on 15 July 1915, Terni became the terminus of another secondary line, when the

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–Terni section of the Terni–Sansepolcro railway was opened.

Features

The passenger building is currently being renovated, both inside (thanks to the Centostazioni program) and outside. The renovations include the construction of a terminal for suburban buses, a modern shelter for city buses, and the expansion of the parking lot. These measures will substantially upgrade interchange between rail and urban transport. Inside the passenger building are also other facilities such as toilets, ticket offices, waiting rooms, a newsstand, a tobacconist, restaurant and chapel. In addition, there are offices for the management of rail traffic, and an office of the Railway Police. The station yard has five passenger service through tracks. Many other tracks serve goods traffic and for storage of rolling stock. The passenger tracks are equipped with platforms topped by shelters, and the platforms are connected via an underpass.

Train services

The station has about 2.3 million passenger movements each year. The trains stopping at the station range from regional services to

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and high speed trains. Regional services on the Terni–Sansepolcro railway are operated by Ferrovia Centrale Umbra, which sub-contracts on behalf of Trenitalia. All other train services are operated by Trenitalia itself.

Interchange

The station is the terminus of all ATC urban and suburban bus services. It also has a special parking area for taxis.

References

External links

Description and pictures of Terni railway station
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at January 2011.''
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Railway stations in Umbria Railway stations opened in 1866 1866 establishments in Italy