Bolzano/Bozen railway station

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Bolzano/Bozen
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View of the station from the platforms
General information
LocationPiazza della Stazione 1 /
Bahnhofplatz 1
39100 Bolzano-Bozen
Bolzano (BZ), Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Italy
Coordinates 46°29′48″N11°21′30″E / 46.49667°N 11.35833°E / 46.49667; 11.35833
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s) Verona–Innsbruck
Bolzano–Merano
Bolzano–Mals
Distance150.23 km (93.35 mi)
from Verona Porta Vescovo
Platforms7 for long distance
4 bay platforms
(1 for regional trains)
Train operators Trenitalia
ÖBB-DB
Connections
  • Urban and interurban buses
Construction
Architect Angiolo Mazzoni
Other information
IATA code BZQ
Classification Gold
History
Opened16 May 1859;165 years ago (1859-05-16)
Rebuilt1927-1929
Bolzano/Bozen railway station
Location
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Location in Trentino
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Location in Northern Italy
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Bolzano/Bozen railway station( IATA : BZQ) (Italian : Stazione di Bolzano, German : Bozen Bahnhof) is the main station of Bolzano, capital of the autonomous province of South Tyrol, in northeastern Italy.

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The station was opened in 1859 by the Austrian Empire's Südbahn. It is located on the trans-Alpine Brenner Railway and a terminus of a branch line to Merano, which continues to become Vinschgau Railway Merano-Mals.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building, however, is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia, ÖBB-DB, Südtirol Bahn and Russian Railways (RZD).

Location

Bolzano/Bozen railway station is situated at Piazza della Stazione / Bahnhofplatz, at the southeastern edge of the city centre and a short, 5-minute walk away.

History

The station was opened on 16 May 1859, upon the completion of the Trento-Bolzano section of the Brenner Railway. It was known as Bozen-Gries Bahnhof. The passenger building was designed by the Bozner architect Sebastian Altmann.

County of Tyrol

In 1864, construction began on the final section of the Brenner Railway between Bolzano and Innsbruck. This section was completed on 24 August 1867.

In 1871, rail services in the area were enhanced by the inauguration of the Puster Valley Railway, which connected Bolzano directly to Maribor through Innichen and Lienz. Train services today require three changes at Brixen, Lienz and Graz and are separately operated by Trenitalia, Südtirol Bahn, ÖBB and Slovenian Railways (SZ).

In 1881, a third railway line, Vinschgau railway, joined the Bolzano/Bozen station through Merano, County of Tyrol's capital city. In order to cater for frequent holiday makers, it was extended in 1906 from Merano to Mals.

From 1898 to 1974, Bolzano/Bozen was the terminus of the Überetsch Railway to Kaltern an der Weinstraße.

Transfer to Italy

After the First World War, the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) rewarded Italy with County of Tyrol's territory south of the Brenner Pass. As a result, Bozen-Gries station was transferred to the Italian railway network and came under the management of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.

From 1927 to 1929, the station building was replaced by one in the style of Italy's fascist regime. It was designed by the architect Angiolo Mazzoni. The facade on the access road to the station was reworked into two half-columns and flanked by two statues, which were crafted by the Austrian artist Franz Ehrenhöfer, to represent electricity and steam. Ehrenhöfer also created masks on the cornices for the station complex, a fountain of St. Christopher and an allegory of Adige above the entrance to the clock tower,

Features

The passenger building hosts the main ticket office, Deutsche Bahn ticket office and a waiting room. Other facilities include a cafe-bar and a newsagent store. There are six platforms for passenger service and additional tracks for freight traffic.

Train services

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Aerial view of the station.

The station has 5.5 million passenger movements per year and is therefore the busiest within the region in terms of passenger numbers. [1]

Between 2010 and 2022, the station has been a stop for the weekly EuroNight train of Russian Railways between Moscow and Nice.

Germany, Austria and South Tyrol

(D for Germany, A for Austria)

Italy

Cross-border

(A for Austria, F for France, CZ for Czech Republic, I for Italy, PL for Poland, BR for Belarus, R for Russia, MN for Monaco)

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References

Notes

  1. "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  2. "Hamburg - Verona - Hamburg 2020". Urlaubs-Express.
  3. "Nice - Moscow Train". Russian Rail. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

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