Pescara Centrale railway station (Italian: stazione ferroviaria di Pescara Centrale), also known as Pescara railway station (Italian: stazione ferroviaria di Pescara), is the main railway station of Pescara. The station lies on the Adriatic line from Rimini to Lecce and the trans-Apennine line to Rome. It serves an average of 3.5 million people per year and is a 5-minute walk to the city's main street and to the beach.
Pescara Centrale | |||||
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 Exterior of the station building | |||||
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| Location | Via Enzo Ferrari 65124 Pescara PE Pescara, Pescara, Abruzzo Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 42°28′04″N 14°12′15″E / 42.46778°N 14.20417°E | ||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni | ||||
| Line(s) | Ancona–Lecce (Trenitalia) Rome-Pescara | ||||
| Distance | 349.969 km (217.461 mi) from Bologna Centrale | ||||
| Platforms | 8+2 | ||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia | ||||
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| Classification | Gold | ||||
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| Opened | 1987 | ||||
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The commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni SpA, whereas the Italian Railway Network (RFI) is responsible for the railway infrastructure.
Architecture
editThe former headquarters of Pescara Central Station was a nineteenth-century palace at the same site. The initial draft of a new passenger building was drawn up in 1962 by Corrado Cameli Service Work for the FS. This draft proposed a steel-frame structure of the new station building, but changed to pre-stressed concrete in 1970, when structural calculations were carried out by the Studio Engineer Giovanni Cerasoli and Piero di Pescara, with the advice from the engineer Carlo Guidi Baskets. The modern-day building is one of the earliest constructions to be made of pre-stressed concrete among Italian railway stations.
The new station building was completed in 1987, when all eight railway tracks in and out of the station being raised to viaduct levels to avoid ground level-crossings.
Train services
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The station is served by the following services (incomplete):
- High speed services (Frecciarossa) Milan - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari
- High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
- High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- High speed services (Frecciabianca) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto - Brindisi - Lecce
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Alessandria - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Express services (Regionale Veloce) Milan - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara (weekends only)
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Rimini - Pesaro - Ancona - Civitanova Marche - San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano - Carsoli - Tivoli - Rome
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo - Giulianova - Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo / San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara - Ortona - San Vito Lanciano - Termoli
- Local services (Treno regionale) San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara - Ortona San Vito Lanciano - Lanciano
| Preceding station | Trenitalia | Following station | ||
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toward Milano Centrale | Frecciarossa | toward Bari Centrale |
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toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward Bologna Centrale | InterCity | toward Lecce |
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toward Bologna Centrale | InterCity | toward Taranto |
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toward Milano Centrale | Intercity Notte | toward Lecce |
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toward Milano Centrale | Intercity Notte | toward Lecce |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | Intercity Notte | toward Lecce |
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toward Rimini | Treno regionale | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Treno regionale | toward Roma Tiburtina |
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toward Teramo | Treno regionale | toward Avezzano |
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| Preceding station | Ferrovia Adriatico Sangritana | Following station | ||
toward Teramo | Treno regionale | toward Termoli |
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toward San Benedetto del Tronto | Treno regionale | toward Termoli |
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toward Teramo | Treno regionale | toward Lanciano |
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toward San Benedetto del Tronto | Treno regionale | toward Lanciano |
Interchanges
editThe bus station is located at the front of Pescara Centrale railway station. Bus services include connections within Pescara to Chieti, Lanciano, and Abruzzo Airport (Urban Bus no. 38). Long-distance coaches to Rome-Tiburtina and Bologna have their terminus at this bus station in Pescara.
From the bus station in front of the station there has been a daily connection of ITA Airways by bus, to and from Rome Fiumicino Airport since 1 December 2022, allowing a connection with the airline's hub.
Services
editThe station building hosts a ticket office, automatic ticket machines, two newspaper stands, a cafe bar, and a pharmacy. During the night hours, entry into the station building is only permitted for passengers with valid InterCity Notte (ICN) tickets.