Forlì railway station ( it, Stazione di Forlì) serves the city and ''

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'' of

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

, in the

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. Opened in 1926, it forms part of the

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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. 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.

Location

Forlì railway station is situated at Piazzale Martiri d'Ungheria, to the east of the city centre.

History

Forlì's original station was opened on 1 September 1861, together with the rest of the

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

–Forlì section of the Bologna–Ancona railway. Just over one month later, on 5 October 1861, the new line was extended, from the original Forlì station to Rimini. In 1926, the original station was closed and replaced by the present station. A project of the engineer Enzo Bianchi, the present station is about 100 metres (or yards) to the east of the original station.

Features

The passenger building is rectangular in shape, and has three levels, but only the ground floor is open to the public. The building consists of three sections. The central part has three arched entrances on either side. There are also two turrets on the Piazzale side, at each end of the section. Extending laterally from the central section are two symmetrical wings. Adjacent to the passenger building is the station yard. It has three tracks used for passenger services. In detail: *Track 1: on the main line, is used by odd-numbered stopping trains (southbound); *Track 2: also on the main line, is used by even-numbered stopping trains (heading north); *Track 3: a loop siding, is generally used for overtaking trains. All passenger tracks have a platform sheltered by a canopy. The platforms and connected with each other by a

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. There are also many other tracks (without platforms) that are used for goods services.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') ''Milan - Bologna - Ancona'' *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara (- Foggia - Bari)''

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 2.8 million passenger movements each year. The passenger trains calling at the station are regional, express,

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, Frecciabianca services and one daily Frecciarossa high speed train pair. A total of about 105 passenger trains serve the station each day. Their main destinations are Bologna Centrale,

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

, Rimini, Milano Centrale and Piacenza.

Interchange

Near the station, there is a large car park. The station is also adjacent to a bus terminal. The operator of the bus service is ATR, and the main destination of the buses is

Castrocaro Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole ( rgn, Castruchèira or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Forlì. The ''comu ...

Gallery

File:Vecchia stazione di Forlì.jpg, Passenger building of the original station.

References

External links

Description and pictures of Forlì railway station
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Railway stations in Emilia-Romagna Railway stations opened in 1926 Railway stations in Italy opened in the 1920s