Domodossola railway station

Location
	Domodossola Location within Piedmont Domodossola Domodossola (Northern Italy) Domodossola Domodossola (Italy)

Domodossola
Domodossola
	The station building in 2024
General information
Location	Piazza Giacomo Matteotti; Domodossola ; Italy
Coordinates	46°6′55.1″N8°17′46.3″E / 46.115306°N 8.296194°E
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Centostazioni
Line(s)	Domodossola–Locarno line ; Domodossola–Novara line ; Milan–Domodossola line ; Simplon line ;
Distance	55.547 km (34.515 mi) from Arona
Train operators	BLS AG ; Società Subalpina Imprese Ferroviarie [ it ]; Swiss Federal Railways ; Trenitalia ; Trenord ;
Connections	Regional and interurban buses
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	8 September 1888
Electrified	4 May 1947
Services
	Brig towards Genève-Cornavin
Location
Location
	Domodossola Location within Piedmont Domodossola Domodossola (Northern Italy) Domodossola Domodossola (Italy)

Last updated October 26, 2024

Domodossola railway station (Italian : Stazione di Domodossola) serves the city and comune of Domodossola, in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Opened in 1888, it forms a major break of gauge junction between standard gauge lines to Milan, Brig and Novara, and a metre gauge line to Locarno.

The station is managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the commercial area of the passenger building by Centostazioni, while train services on the line to Novara are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. The link with Milan is operated by both Trenitalia and Trenord.

Train services on the line to Brig are operated by BLS AG and Swiss Federal Railways, and those on the line to Locarno by the Società Subalpina Imprese Ferroviarie [ it ] (SSIF). These two lines combine to form an international link, via Domodossola, between the German and Italian speaking parts of Switzerland.

Location

Domodossola railway station is situated at Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, at the eastern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 9 September 1888, together with the rest of the Domodossola–Arona section of the Milan–Domodossola railway.^[1] It was built as part of a railway construction project planned since the 1870s. The aim of the project was to break the isolation of the Ossola valley, by connecting it with Novara and Turin.

On 1 June 1906, Domodossola was extended to become an international facility, upon the opening of the Simplon Tunnel and the Brig–Domodossola railway that passes through it.^[1] The architect was Luigi Boffi who died in 1904, the station was built to his design following his death.

The metre gauge connection between Domodossola and Locarno entered service on 27 November 1923.^[1]

Features

The passenger building has a significant architectural façade, with a string course of Baveno granite and three cornices.

Passenger movements

The station has about 1.4 million passenger movements each year.^[2]

Interchange

From the bus terminal located near the station there are direct buses to the main municipalities in the Ossola valley, and inter-urban routes to Verbania, Omegna and Milan Malpensa Airport.

Services

The following services stop at Domodossola:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

EuroCity/InterRegio/RegioExpress: trains roughly every hour to Brig, with continuing service to Basel SBB, Bern, Genève-Cornavin, and Milano Centrale.
RegioExpress: service every two hours to Milano Centrale.
Regionale:
- service every one or two hours to Novara.
- service every two hours to Milano Porta Garibaldi.
FART: hourly service to Locarno FART.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia</span> Commuter rail network in St. Gallen, Switzerland

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arona railway station</span>

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References

1 2 3 Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
↑ "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 13 December 2010.
↑ "Brig - Domodossola" (PDF) (in German and Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
↑ "Partenza: Stazione di Domodossola (I)" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in Italian). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
↑ "SERVIZIO TRENORD (Lunedì-Venerdì)" (PDF) (in Italian). Trenord. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Informazioni al Pubblico / Linea: Domodossola – Gallarate – Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Trenord. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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[trenidicarta.it-1] 1 2 3 Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

[2] "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 13 December 2010.

[fpf145-3] "Brig - Domodossola" (PDF) (in German and Italian). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

[abfahrt-4] "Partenza: Stazione di Domodossola (I)" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in Italian). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

[5] "SERVIZIO TRENORD (Lunedì-Venerdì)" (PDF) (in Italian). Trenord. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[6] "Informazioni al Pubblico / Linea: Domodossola – Gallarate – Milano" (PDF) (in Italian). Trenord. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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