Porretta Terme (Italian: Stazione di Porretta Terme) is a railway station serving Porretta Terme, part of the municipality of Alto Reno Terme, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. The station is located on the Porrettana railway.
Porretta Terme | |||||
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 Porretta Terme railway station in 2008 | |||||
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| Location | Porretta Terme, Emilia-Romagna Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 44°09′21″N 10°58′40″E / 44.1558°N 10.9779°E | ||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Line(s) | Porrettana railway | ||||
| Tracks | 4[1] | ||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia, Trenitalia Tper | ||||
| Connections | Local buses | ||||
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| Classification | Silver[2] | ||||
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It is the terminus of Line S1A of Bologna metropolitan railway service.
Train services are operated by Trenitalia and Trenitalia Tper.
The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FSI), Italy's state-owned rail company.
History
editAs of 1891, the railway station was named "Bagni della Porretta".[3]
On 24 May 1927, the track from Porretta Terme to Pistoia was electrified with three-phase alternating current; on 28 October, the track from Porretta Terme to Bologna followed. The whole Porrettana line was later converted to direct current on 13 May 1935.[4]
Features
editThe station consists of four tracks linked by an underpass.[1]
Train services
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The station is served by the following service(s):
- Suburban services (Treno suburbano) on line S1A, Bologna - Porretta Terme
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Porretta Terme-Pistoia
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Porretta Terme".
- ^ List of Italian stations and categories Archived 2015-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Planimetria-profilo della linea Porrettana
- ^ Giovanni Cornolò, Claudio Pedrazzini, Locomotive elettriche FS, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Parma, 1983, pages 71-72