Porretta Terme railway station

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Porretta Terme
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Porretta Terme railway station in 2008
Location Porretta Terme, Emilia-Romagna
Italy
Coordinates 44°09′21″N10°58′40″E / 44.1558°N 10.9779°E / 44.1558; 10.9779 Coordinates: 44°09′21″N10°58′40″E / 44.1558°N 10.9779°E / 44.1558; 10.9779
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s) Porrettana railway
Tracks4 [1]
Train operators Trenitalia, Trenitalia Tper
ConnectionsLocal buses
Other information
Classification Silver [2]
Location
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Location in Emilia-Romagna
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Porretta Terme (Italian : Stazione di Porretta Terme) is a railway station serving Porretta Terme, part of the municipality of Alto Reno Terme, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. The station is located on the Porrettana railway.

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It is the terminus of Line S1A of Bologna metropolitan railway service.

Train services are operated by Trenitalia and Trenitalia Tper.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FSI), Italy's state-owned rail company.

History

As of 1891, the railway station was named "Bagni della Porretta". [3]

On 24 May 1927, the track from Porretta Terme to Pistoia was electrified with three-phase alternating current; on 28 October, the track from Porretta Terme to Bologna followed. The whole Porrettana line was later converted to direct current on 13 May 1935. [4]

Features

The station consists of four tracks linked by an underpass. [1]

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Porretta Terme".
  2. List of Italian stations and categories Archived 2015-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Planimetria-profilo della linea Porrettana
  4. Giovanni Cornolò, Claudio Pedrazzini, Locomotive elettriche FS, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Parma, 1983, pages 71-72