Monfalcone railway station explained

Monfalcone
Native Name Lang:it
Address:Piazza della Stazione 1
34074 Monfalcone GO
Borough:Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Country:Italy
Map Type:Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia#Northern Italy#Italy
Coordinates:45.8075°N 13.5436°W
Line:Venice–Trieste
Udine–Trieste
Train Operators:Trenitalia
Distance:117.746NaN
from Venezia Mestre
Operator:Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Classification:Silver

Monfalcone railway station (Italian: Stazione di Monfalcone) serves the town and comune of Monfalcone, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeastern Italy.

Opened in 1860, the station is a junction between the Venice–Trieste railway and the Udine–Trieste railway.

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

Location

Monfalcone railway station is situated at Piazza della Stazione, at the northeastern edge of the town centre.

History

The station became operational on, upon the opening of the Galleria–Cormons section of the Udine–Trieste railway. On 11 June 1894, the station was connected with that of Cervignano, thus completing the Venice–Trieste railway from Venice via Portogruaro.[1]

Features

Services inside the station include ticketing, ticket machines, a lounge, a bar and a kiosk.

Passenger and train movements

The station is a transit stop for all regional trains on the Venice–Trieste railway and the Udine–Trieste railway.

The movement of passengers at the station is about 1.7 million people per year, making Monfalcone the fourth busiest station in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in terms of numbers of passengers, after Udine, Trieste Centrale and Pordenone.[2]

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

See also

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. 3 December 2010. it. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100209060511/http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html. 9 February 2010.