Belluno railway station explained

Belluno
Native Name Lang:it
Address:Piazzale della Stazione
32100 Belluno
Borough:Belluno, Belluno, Veneto
Country:Italy
Map Type:Italy Veneto#Italy North#Italy
Coordinates:46.1417°N 12.2097°W
Line:Calalzo–Padua
Train Operators:Trenitalia
Platform:4
Architect:Roberto Narducci
Owned:Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operator:Centostazioni

Belluno railway station (Italian: Stazione di Belluno) serves the town and comune of Belluno, in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1912, it forms part of the Calalzo–Padua railway.

The station is currently owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are regional trains operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

History

The first Belluno railway station, located in Piazza Cesare Battisti, was opened on 11 November 1886, on completion of the Belluno-Cornuda portion of the historical line Belluno–Montebelluna–Treviso.[1]

The current station was opened in 1912, upon the activation of the first leg (up to Longarone) of the Calalzo–Padua railway. The passenger building, which was a project of the architect Roberto Narducci, was constructed in 1928.

Features

There are four tracks running through the station. Three of them are equipped with platforms. Additionally, the station has three sidings used to store trains.

Train services

The station has about one million passenger movements each year.[2] The station is served by the following services:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alessandro Tuzza. Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926. Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926. Trenidicarta.it . Alessandro Tuzza. 26 November 2010. it. etal.
  2. Web site: Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni . Annual flows at the 103 stations . Centostazioni website . Centostazioni . 4 December 2010 . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209060511/http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html . 9 February 2010 .