Reggio Emilia ( it, Stazione di Reggio Emilia) is a railway station serving the city of Reggio Emilia, in the

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, northern Italy. The station opened in 1859 and is located on the Milan–Bologna railway, Reggio Emilia–Ciano d'Enza railway,

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and

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. The train services are operated by

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and

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. The station is currently managed by

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) is the Italian railway infrastructure manager, subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), a state-owned holding company. RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it provides signalling, maintenance and other se ...

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

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of

Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...

(FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. The city gained a high-speed railway station in June 2013,

Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana railway station Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana is a high speed railway station in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The station is located on the Milan–Bologna high-speed railway and Reggio Emilia-Guastalla railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia, Nuovo Traspo ...

Location

Reggio Emilia railway station is situated at Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, at the eastern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 21 July 1859, together with the rest of the

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–

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section of the Milan–Bologna railway. The original passenger building was replaced in the mid-1930s with a new one, designed by the architect

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. A few years later, the 1930s building was destroyed by bombing during

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. It was replaced by the current structure, designed by the architect Roberto Narducci.

Features

Passenger building

The passenger building consists of three sections. The central section has a colonnade of eight columns covered in marble. Between each pair of columns, there is a large window providing light to interior spaces. The two lateral wings extend symmetrically from the central section and are faced with brick. The central section has three levels (of which only the ground floor is accessible to passengers), while the lateral wings are two storeys high. A masonry roof provides weather protection to the entrances at the front of the building, while the entrances on the station yard side are protected by a platform canopy. In May 2007, work was completed on the renovation of the station. The project, financed by RFI and Centostazioni, cost 1.2 million euros. The renovation work was mainly to the passenger building. It included the removal of surplus elements built after the bombings of World War II, the installation of a new lighting system, additional facilities for commercial services, the renovation of public conveniences, and alterations required by laws regulating technological systems.

Station yard

The station yard has five tracks for passenger services. Tracks three and four form part of the main line (track 3 for trains with odd numbers, and track 4 for even numbered trains). The other tracks are loop sidings, and are used for trains terminating or overtaking other trains at Reggio Emilia. All tracks except for track 2 have a platform sheltered by a canopy. The platforms are connected by a

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. There are many other tracks (without a platform) that are used for storing

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or for goods services. The station also has a

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with a

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that has been converted into a warehouse. The design of the goods shed is very similar to that of its counterparts at other Italian railway stations.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Florence - Rome'' *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce'' *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto'' *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce'' *Intercity services ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Termi - Reggio Calabria'' *Intercity services ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce'' *Intercity services ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto'' *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Turin - Milan - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Florence - Rome - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria'' *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Milan - Parma - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce'' *Express services (''Regionale Veloce'') ''Piacenza - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona'' *Express services (''Regionale Veloce'') ''Milan - Piacenza - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Bolgona (- Rimini)'' *Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Parma - Reggio Emilia - Modena - Bologna'' *Local services (''Treno regionale'') ''Guastalla - Bagnolo in Piano - Reggio Emilia'' *Local services (''Treno regionale'') ''Reggio Emilia - Sassuolo'' *Local services (''Treno regionale'') ''Ciano - Reggio Emilia''

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 4 million passenger movements each year. The passenger trains calling at the station include

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, express,

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, InterCity Night,

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services, and a daily pair of

Frecciarossa ''Frecciarossa'' is a high-speed train of the Italian national train operator, Trenitalia, and a member of the train category Le Frecce. The name, which, if spelled "Freccia rossa" means "Red arrow" in English, was introduced in 2008 after i ...

high speed trains. A total of about 165 passenger trains serve the station each day. Their main destinations are Torino Porta Nuova,

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and Bologna Centrale.

References

External links

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