Arezzo railway station

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Arezzo
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View of the passenger building.
General information
LocationPiazza della Repubblica
52100 Arezzo AR
Arezzo, Arezzo, Tuscany
Italy
Coordinates 43°27′40″N11°52′32″E / 43.46111°N 11.87556°E / 43.46111; 11.87556
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s) Firenze–Roma
Arezzo–Stia (LFI)
Arezzo–Sinalunga (LFI)
Arezzo–Fossato di Vico (1886-1945)
Distance227.370 km (141.281 mi)
from Roma Termini
Platforms7
Train operators Trenitalia
Connections
  • Urban
    Interurban buses
Other information
Classification Gold
History
Opened16 April 1866;157 years ago (1866-04-16)
Location
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Arezzo
Location in Tuscany
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Arezzo
Location in Italy
The station in 1886, a few years after the opening with a train leaving for Fossato di Vico. Stazione di Arezzo 1866.png
The station in 1886, a few years after the opening with a train leaving for Fossato di Vico.

Arezzo railway station serves the city of Arezzo in Tuscany, Italy. This station is the most important in all the province.

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Overview

There is a large operational freight yard.

Arezzo is part of the Centostazioni network which includes the hundred most important stations in Italy.

Two railway companies serve Arezzo:

Arezzo station is near to the interconnections (Arezzo Nord and Arezzo Sud) with the "direttissima" high speed line. This provides connections to Florence in less than 40 minutes covering a distance of 88 kilometres.

This station is part of the "Memorario" project which provides a regular timetable.

Arezzo has 1.126 million passenger movements annually. [1] The following trains stop every day in Arezzo: [2]

The station has a CCTV surveillance on all platforms and in the subway.

All platforms, except for platform 6, are connected by a subway and lifts.

The first platform of the station was originally three rails, to allow the transit of narrow-gauge trains to Fossato di Vico.

Station layout

This station has seven platforms. Only platforms 1 North (service to Pratovecchio) and 6 (service to Sinalunga) are dedicated to LFI trains. All the other platforms are used for Trenitalia services.

Tracks
1N Arezzo-Pratovecchio railway line To Pratovecchio
1 Florence-Rome railway line To Florence
2 Florence-Rome railway line To Florence
3 Florence-Rome railway line To Foligno, Rome, Naples.
4 Florence-Rome railway line To Florence, Milan.
5 Florence-Rome railway line Used for train interchange.
6 Arezzo-Sinalunga railway line To Sinalunga.

Adjacent stations

PreviousLineNext
Chiusi   Florence–Rome high-speed railway line (direttissima: high speed line)  Firenze Campo di Marte
Castiglion fiorentino   Florence-Rome railway line (fast and semi-fast regional trains passing through the low speed line)  Montevarchi
Castiglion fiorentino   Florence-Rome railway line (metropolitan trains passing through the low speed line)  Ponticino
Terminus  Arezzo-Pratovecchio railway line(LFI service)  Giovi
Terminus  Arezzo-Sinalunga railway line(LFI service)  Arezzo Pescaiola

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.rfi.it/cms-file/allegati/rfi/Firenze.pdf Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine , RFI (only Italian)
  2. According to the official train timetable of Trenitalia, In Treno. Consulted on 18 January 2010

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