Orbetello–Monte Argentario Railway Station
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Orbetello–Monte Argentario railway station is an Italian railway station on the Tirrenica railway line, located in the town of
Orbetello Orbetello is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. It is located about south of Grosseto, on the Lagoon of Orbetello, which is home to an important Natural Reserve. History Orbetello was an ancient Etruscan set ...
,
Province of Grosseto The province of Grosseto () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people. Geography The Province of Grosseto completely ...
, Tuscany.


History

The station opened on 15 June 1864 along with the section of the
Pisa–Rome railway The Pisa–Rome railway (also called the ''ferrovia Tirrenica''—"Tyrrhenian Railway") is one of the trunk lines of the Italian railway network. It connects Italy’s northwest with its south, running along the Tyrrhenian coast between the Ita ...
from
Follonica Follonica () is a town and ''comune'' (township) of province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, on the Gulf of Follonica (''Golfo di Follonica''), about northwest of the city of Grosseto. History It was founded in 1834 by Grand Duke Le ...
to Orbetello. In 1912, a railway branch connecting Orbetello to
Porto Santo Stefano Porto Santo Stefano () is a seaport town on the west coast of Italy, in the municipality of Monte Argentario, in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany. It is the municipal seat of Monte Argentario and one of the two major towns that form the township ...
on
Monte Argentario Monte Argentario is a ''comune'' (municipality) and a peninsula belonging to the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about south of Grosseto. The peninsula is connected with the mainland by thr ...
was inaugurated, but it was suppressed in 1944 due to damage from Allied air raids.


Train services and movements

Regular passenger services to the station consist of ''regionale'', ''regionale veloce'', ''Intercity'' and ''
Frecciabianca ''Frecciabianca'' (; from , "white arrow") is a high-speed train operated by Trenitalia, Italy's national train operator, and one of its '' Le Frecce'' brands, along with '' Frecciarossa'' and ''Frecciargento''. was introduced in 2011, replacing ...
'' services, which run frequently to
Grosseto Grosseto () is a city and a ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto and the main city of the Maremma region. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the ...
, Pisa Centrale,
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 li ...
, and Florence SMN.


See also

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History of rail transport in Italy The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of as of 2011. Origins The first Railways were introduced in Italy when it was still a divided country, a few decades before t ...
*
List of railway stations in Tuscany This is the list of the railway stations in Tuscany owned by: * Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a branch of the Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato; * Rete Ferroviaria Toscana (RFT), a branch of La Ferroviaria Italiana. Former stations ...
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Rail transport in Italy The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of of which active lines are . The network has recently grown with the construction of the new High-speed rail in Italy, high-spe ...
*
Railway stations in Italy Most railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by RFI, a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them are operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state. See also: :it:Ferrovie in concessione S ...


References

{{Commonscat Railway stations in Tuscany Orbetello Railway stations in Italy opened in 1864