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

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'' of

Voghera The Castle of Voghera in a 19th-century etching. Voghera ( Vogherese dialect of Emilian: ''Vughera''; Latin: ''Forum Iulii Iriensium'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy. The population was 39,374 ...

, in the

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of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1858, it forms part of the Alessandria–Piacenza railway, and is also the terminus of a railway from Milan via Pavia. 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

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

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(FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Due to its strategic position, the station is an important trading node, and one of the major railway stations in Italy's north-west.

Location

Voghera railway station is situated at Piazzale Guglielmo Marconi, at the northern edge of the town centre.

History

The station was opened on 25 January 1858, together with the rest of the Alessandria–

Casteggio Casteggio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 61 km south of Milan and about 25 km south of Pavia. As of 31 July 2010, it had a population of 6,537 and an area of 17.8 ...

section of the Alessandria–Piacenza railway. On 15 November 1867, the station became a

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, upon the inauguration of the final, Alessandria–Voghera, section of the Milan–Pavia–Voghera railway. On 31 May 1962, the station was the scene of a serious train crash, in which 63 people were killed and 40 injured.

Features

Buildings

Inside the passenger building are the ticket office, waiting room, a bar operated by Chef Express, and most of the offices and rooms. The ticket office has a large plaque, placed in 1988, recalling the Vogherese rail workers who have fallen for freedom or on active service. On the platform adjacent to track 1 are a newsstand and a retailer of tobacco products. Near the newsstand, a plaque unveiled on the 40th anniversary of the 1962 train crash recalls the tragedy. In a lateral building on the Genoa side are the office of the railway police and the public conveniences. Other offices are located in another building, in the direction of Milan. Yet another building once served as the accommodation for visiting rail crew.

Station yard

The station yard has seven tracks used for passenger service: *''Track 1:'' mainly for departing medium and long-distance trains (

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and Eurostar City) to Torino Porta Nuova, as well as some trains to Alessandria; *''Track 2:'' mainly for medium and long-distance trains (regional, IC, Eurostar City) towards

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. In addition to various towns in Emilia, other termini for trains departing from here are

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, Bari Centrale and Lecce; *''Track 3:'' for regional transport: destinations are predominantly

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and Asti; *''Track 4:'' for almost all departing trains heading towards

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. Other destinations are

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, La Spezia Centrale, Livorno Centrale,

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Novi Ligure Novi Ligure (; lij, Nêuve ; pms, Neuvi ) is a city and ''comune'' north of Genoa, in the Piedmont region of the province of Alessandria of northwest Italy. The town produces food, iron, steel, and textiles. It is an important junction for both ...

Arquata Scrivia Arquata Scrivia (local dialect: ''Auquâ'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria. Arquata Scrivia borders the following ...

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; *''Track 5:'' for InterCity and regional trains heading towards Milan. Some Eurocity trains proceed beyond the Lombardian capital, to reach

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and

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in Switzerland; *''Tracks 6 and 7:'' for regional transportation to and from Milan ( Voghera terminus). Other Milanese stations reached by these trains are

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and Milano Greco Pirelli. A regional train departs from here for Sesto San Giovanni, and a train operates with limited stops to Milano Lambrate. *''Dock platform:'' faces in an easterly direction, and used occasionally for regional trains to Piacenza. A platform adjacent to the passenger building is used to provide access to track 1. To serve the other tracks, there are three island platforms, all of them linked with the passenger building via three

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es. The island platforms serving tracks 2/3 and 4/5 have full length canopies; the other island platform, which serves tracks 6/7, has no shelter. There are also other tracks, used only by

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Train services

The station has about 4.5 million passenger movements each year. It is used mainly by commuters, travelling for work or study to and from the cities of Milan and

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the cap ...

. However, as an intersection of two major travel routes, it is also frequently used for changing trains. The station is served by the following service(s): *EuroCity services (''

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'') Marseille - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia - Genoa - Milan

Interchange

In the square outside the station is a bus stop for urban routes operated by the town of Voghera. In the immediate vicinity of the railway station is the suburban bus station, as well as a multi-transport facility. Both are reached from the station's eastern pedestrian underpass, which is longer than the other two underpasses.

Gallery

File:Incidente ferroviario di Voghera (PV).jpg, Plaque on the platform 1 commemorating the incident of 31 May 1962 File:Stazione Ferroviaria di Voghera - Notturno - Fotografia di Tony Frisina.JPG, The passenger building, 20 November 2008

References

External links

Description and pictures of Voghera railway station
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