Matera Centrale railway station

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Matera Centrale
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Schematic map showing the new underground station (above) and the old surface one (below)
General information
LocationPiazza della Visitazione
75100 Matera
Matera, Matera, Basilicata
Italy
Coordinates 40°39′59.42″N16°36′4.68″E / 40.6665056°N 16.6013000°E / 40.6665056; 16.6013000
Owned by Ferrovie Appulo Lucane
Line(s) Bari-Altamura-Matera [1]
Platforms2 (2 tracks)
Connections
  • Urban and suburban buses
History
Opened1 September 1880;144 years ago (1880-09-01)
Location
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Location within Basilicata
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Matera Centrale
Matera Centrale (Italy)

Matera Centrale is the main railway station in the Italian town of Matera, in Basilicata. It is owned by the Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (FAL), a private company based in Bari, and is the nearest station to the Sassi.

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History

The original station still exists in a different paint scheme. A more modern station is located nearby. The tracks are underground. Stazione ferroviaria di Matera.jpg
The original station still exists in a different paint scheme. A more modern station is located nearby. The tracks are underground.

The station was opened in 1915, as the southern terminal of the line from Bari and Altamura. In 1928 the Matera-Miglionico stretch was opened, part of the line to Ferrandina and Montalbano Jonico, which operated between 1932 and 1972. [2] Originally a surface station, it was transformed into an underground station.

Structure

The station is located in the town's centre in Piazza della Visitazione along Aldo Moro street, near the town hall. The old two-floor station building ( 40°40′0.5″N16°36′5.76″E / 40.666806°N 16.6016000°E / 40.666806; 16.6016000 ), preserved, is next to the modern one, located near a car park built over the original sidings. The modern structure is a one-floor square building with a pair of columns at its entrance. It has a pedestrian underpass to the platforms, serving two narrow gauge tracks (950 mm). The line is not electrified.

Transport

It is served, like the other two stations in the city, Matera Sud (the line terminal) and Matera Villa Longo, by several regional trains to Altamura and Bari Centrale. [3] three other minor stops, Matera Campo Sportivo, Matera Serra Rifusa and Matera Rondinelle, are no longer served by passenger traffic.

A project to rebuild the line to Ferrandina, which has a station on the Battipaglia-Potenza-Metaponto line (linking Salerno and Taranto), has been considered by the Ferrovie dello Stato . Works for the line, projected to use the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge , started in 1986 to give Matera a direct rail link to the national network, following in part the former route. Due to lack of funds construction has ceased, with the works incomplete and structures abandoned. [4] [5] Due to the distance to the town's centre (7 km) of the partly built new FS station, [6] which is located in the frazione of La Martella, it has been proposed to use the former route south of the town and to upgrade Matera Centrale, rebuilt as a multi-level underground station or simply enlarged.

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