Barga-Gallicano railway station (Italian: Stazione di Barga-Gallicano) is a railway station located in the Tuscany region of central Italy serving the comunes of Barga and Gallicano. The station is situated roughly midway between the two towns from which it takes its name, in the Mologno frazione of Barga, on the east bank of the Serchio river.[2]
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 Barga-Gallicano's passenger building | ||||||
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| Location | Barga, Province of Lucca, Tuscany Italy | |||||
| Coordinates | 44°4′5.2″N 10°27′7.64″E / 44.068111°N 10.4521222°E | |||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | |||||
| Line(s) | Lucca–Aulla | |||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia | |||||
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| Classification | Bronze | |||||
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| Opened | 27 July 1911[1] | |||||
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Barga-Gallicano forms part of the Lucca–Aulla railway. The station is served exclusively by regional trains operated by Trenitalia, whilst the station itself is managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), both of which are subsidiaries of Italy's state-owned rail company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).[3]
History
editThe station was opened in 1911[1] with citizens of both local towns present to celebrate the arrival of a FS Class 290 locomotive operating the first service of the morning.[4]
When it was opened, access to the station from Gallicano relied on a boat crossing over the Serchio. A bridge connecting the town to the station was built 12 years later, in 1923.[4]
A former railway goods warehouse situated adjacent to the station platform was converted into local church Chiesa di Mologno[5] with the addition of a small bell tower.[2]
Gallery
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Platform & Chiesa di Mologno -
Station sign -
Approaching train
References
edit- ^ a b Ufficio Centrale di Statistica delle Ferrovie dello Stato (1927). Alessandro Tuzza (ed.). Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926 (in Italian). Rome, Italy.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Traggiai, Johnny. "Stazione di Barga-Gallicano 35+274" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Salento, Angelo; Pesare, Giuseppe (4 July 2015). From Liberalisation to Appropriation: The Trajectory of Italian Railways. London: Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ a b Marzi, Paolo (30 September 2016). "Un compleanno speciale. I 105 anni della stazione Barga-Gallicano". il Giornale di Gallicano (in Italian).
- ^ il Giornale di Barga (3 November 2008). "Acquistata la chiesa di Mologno" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 September 2023.
External links
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Media related to Barga-Gallicano railway station at Wikimedia Commons