Torregrotta railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Torregrotta, in the north-east of Sicily, Italy. The station also serves nearby villages including Monforte San Giorgio, Roccavaldina and Valdina. It is located on the Palermo–Messina railway and all trains calling there are operated by Trenitalia. The current station, opened on 23 November 2009,[1] replaces an earlier one dating from the early years of the twentieth century and closed on 9 August 2009.[2]
Torregrotta | |||||
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 Night view of the station | |||||
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| Location | Viale Europa Torregrotta, Sicily Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 38°12′24″N 15°21′06″E / 38.20667°N 15.35167°E | ||||
| Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Line(s) | Palermo–Messina | ||||
| Distance | 200.561 km (124.623 mi) from Palermo Centrale | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia | ||||
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| Classification | Bronze | ||||
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| Opened | 23 November 2009 | ||||
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History
editThe section between Messina and San Filippo of the Palermo-Messina Railway was opened on 20 June 1889[3] but no passenger facilities were provided at Torregrotta until the early years of the twentieth century. The first station was originally opened as Scala[4] and later renamed as Roccavaldina - Scala - Torregrotta. It was equipped with an important goods station[5] where a large amount of agricultural products came from surrounding crops. The works for the construction of a new station were contracted in 1999 and began in 2000. On 9 August 2009[2] the first station was closed and on 23 November 2009 the new station was opened as Torregrotta.[1]
Services
editThe typical weekday service from the station is thirty-five trains per day. On Sundays the service is reduced to nine trains.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Linea Messina - Palermo, operative da lunedì le nuove stazioni di Spadafora e Torregrotta". fsnews.it (in Italian). 19 November 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Chiude la linea storica Palemo-Messina tra Rometta e Pace del Mela". ilpendolaremagazine.it (in Italian). 4 August 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ Biviano, Franco (11 May 1997). "Il primo treno" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ Di Vita 1906, p. 299
- ^ Coco et al. 1993, p. 57
- ^ "Train times for Torregrotta railway station" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2013.
Bibliography
edit- Coco, Angelo; De Leo, Nino; Di Stefano, Pietro; Pandolfo, Pippo (1993). Torregrotta, una storia ricostruita (in Italian). Messina: EDAS edition. ISBN 88-7820-080-8.
- Di Vita, Giuseppe (1906). Dizionario geografico dei comuni della Sicilia e delle frazioni comunali: con notizie storiche (in Italian). Palermo: F. Pravatà edition.
External links
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Media related to Torregrotta train station at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceding station | Trenitalia | Following station | ||
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toward Palermo Centrale | Treno regionale | toward Messina |
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