Brandizzo railway station explained

Brandizzo
Native Name Lang:it
Address:Piazza Stazione 1, Brandizzo
Borough:Brandizzo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont
Country:Italy
Map Type:Italy Piedmont#Italy North#Italy
Coordinates:45.1788°N 7.8412°W
Line:Turin – Milan
Train Operators:Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Owned:Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operator:Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

Brandizzo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Brandizzo|links=no) serves the town and comune of Brandizzo, in the Piedmont region, of northwestern Italy.[1]

History

The station was activated in 1856, as part of the first section of the Turin-Novara line.[2]

Since 2012 it has been on the SFM2 line of the Turin metropolitan railway service.[3] Trains on this line pass through Turin city centre.

Soon after midnight on 31 August 2023, an empty passenger train being used to transport wagons between stations ran over a team of track maintenance workers. The impact killed five people, while two others were taken to the hospital despite being unharmed.[4] [5]

Structures and plants

The station consists of two through platforms.

Exchanges

Near the station there are stops for various lines of the extra-urban bus network.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RFI website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130516220014/http://www.rfi.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e7547ef3f8639210VgnVCM1000004016f90aRCRD . 2013-05-16 .
  2. https://www.rfi.it/it/stazioni/brandizzo.html Brandizzo
  3. Web site: Turin SFM website.
  4. News: Rocci . Carlotta . 31 August 2023 . Treno travolge operai al lavoro sulla ferrovia, 5 morti nel Torinese . 31 August 2013 . la Repubblica . it.
  5. News: 31 August 2023 . Strage sui binari: cinque operai uccisi dal treno, la vittima più giovane è il messinese Kevin Laganà . 31 August 2023 . Messina Today . it.