Pordenone railway station explained

Pordenone
Native Name Lang:it
Address:Via Pola 1
33170 Pordenone PN
Borough:Pordenone, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Country:Italy
Map Type:Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia#Northern Italy#Italy
Coordinates:45.9567°N 12.6544°W
Line:Venice–Udine
Train Operators:Trenitalia
Distance:77.8NaN
from Venezia Mestre
Operator:Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Classification:Gold

Pordenone railway station (Italian: Stazione di Pordenone) serves the city and comune of Pordenone, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1855, the station is located on the Venice–Udine railway. Although it is not a junction or terminal station, it is used by a great many passengers.

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

Location

Pordenone railway station is situated in Via Pola, at the western edge of the city centre.

History

The station became operational on, when the portion of the Venice–Udine railway between Treviso Centrale and Pordenone was opened. In the same year, the next portion of line, to Casarsa, was completed. Only in 1860 did the line reach its final destination, Udine.[1]

Features

The station is equipped with a large passenger building that houses many services, including ticketing, a kiosk, a bar, a bank, and a Club Eurostar.

Train services

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

Passenger and train movements

The movement of passengers at the station is about 3,000,000 people per year, which means that Pordenone is the third busiest station in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in terms of numbers of passengers, after Udine and Trieste Centrale.[2] Passenger traffic is heavy at all hours of the day.

The station is a transit stop for all types of trains. The destinations of the regional trains are: Udine, Venezia Santa Lucia, Sacile, Trieste Centrale and Casarsa. The station is also served by Frecciargento and night trains to Rome and Frecciabianca trains to Milan. International trains operate to Vienna and Munich.

Interchange with the bus is excellent: in the square outside the station are stops for urban and suburban buses. In front of the station there is a taxi stand.

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. www.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. 2 December 2010. it. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100209060511/http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html. 9 February 2010.