Perugia railway station, also known as Perugia Fontivegge railway station ( it, Stazione di Perugia; Stazione di Perugia Fontivegge) is the main station serving the city and ''

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'' of

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1866, it forms part of the Foligno–Terontola railway, which also links

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

with

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. The station is currently managed by

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(RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by

Centostazioni ( en, 100 Stations) is a subsidiary of Italian holding company Ferrovie dello Stato. The company was created to redevelop and manage 103 medium-sized Italian railway stations. History The company was founded in 2001 as ' ( en, Medium Stations ...

. Train services are operated by or on behalf of

Trenitalia Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transp ...

. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

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

Location

Perugia railway station is situated at Piazza

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, in the heavily populated district of Fontivegge, about southwest of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 12 December 1866, upon the inauguration of the Ellera Corciano–

Ponte San Giovanni Ponte San Giovanni is a ''frazione'' of the city of Perugia, Italy. It has 13,296 inhabitants and is one of the largest and most populated neighbourhoods in the capital city of Umbria. It is also the seat of the eighth ward of the city of Perugia ...

section of the Foligno–Terontola railway.

Features

Buildings

The passenger building is a large structure built on three levels. Only the ground floor is accessible to travellers, through a main entrance below three large arches. Adjacent to the main building are two other buildings arranged symmetrically on a single plane. Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Perugia

Inside the entrance to the passenger building is a ticket office. This room is very large. In its middle are four substantial columns, supporting a high ceiling. Dividing the ticket hall from the station yard are three blue and green glass doors. The waiting room is also very large. It has beautiful wooden benches, which, although antique, are still in very good condition. Passengers inside the building can also admire a sculpture from Roman times in honor of the sacrifice of Perugia in the war against

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. Above the sculpture are modern style mosaic

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of Umbria and Perugia. Extending from the passenger building are several small buildings, including a modern building housing the RFI technical offices. On the opposite side of the station yard from the passenger building is what remains of the now disused

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; it has a brick warehouse very similar in style to its counterparts at other Italian stations.

Station yard

The station yard has four through tracks. Only the second track is used for through trains stopping at the station. All of the others are used for overtaking, or for originating or terminating trains. Each of the tracks is equipped with a platform and most have a concrete shelter. The one exception is covered instead by a wrought iron canopy. On all platforms, there are light panels displaying the destination, type and time of departure of the train that is stopped or will be stopping at that platform. All platforms are connected by an underpass. Until recently there was also a fifth track, but this was dismantled because it was little used. In the former goods yard there are some free tracks and an electrification dock, all of which serve today for the storage of disused or out of service carriages and line maintenance equipment.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about three million passenger movements each year. Passenger trains are mainly

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services, with occasional

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trains to

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and

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trains. Regional services are operated by Ferrovia Centrale Umbra, which sub-contracts on behalf of Trenitalia. InterCity and long-distance services are operated by Trenitalia itself. About 50 trains call at the station each day. Their main destinations are Firenze Santa Maria Novella, Terontola-Cortona,

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 ...

and

Roma Termini Roma Termini (in Italian, ''Stazione Termini'') is the main railway station of Rome, Italy. It is named after the district of the same name, which in turn took its name from ancient Baths of Diocletian (in Latin, ''thermae''), which ...

. Goods services have long since ceased.

Interchange

The station has several underground car parks, a bus station and, about along a path, a stop for the new Perugia

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References

External links

Description and pictures of Perugia railway station
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