Varese railway station

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Varese
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General information
LocationPiazzale Trieste
21100 Varese VA
Varese, Varese, Lombardy
Coordinates 45°49′00″N08°49′56″E / 45.81667°N 8.83222°E / 45.81667; 8.83222
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s) Porto Ceresio–Milan railway
Distance18.458 km (11.469 mi)
from Gallarate
Train operators Trenord
Connections
  • Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification Gold
History
Opened26 September 1865;159 years ago (1865-09-26)
ElectrifiedOctober 14, 1901 (1901-10-14)
Location
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Location in Lombardy
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Location in Northern Italy
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Varese railway station (Italian : Stazione di Varese) serves the town and comune of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1865, it is located on the Porto Ceresio–Milan railway.

Contents

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Train services are operated by the lombard railway company Trenord.

Location

Varese railway station is situated at Piazzale Trieste, on the eastern edge of the city centre. It should not be confused with the town's other railway stations, Varese Nord and Varese Casbeno.

History

The station was opened on 26 September 1865, as end station of the line from Gallarate. [1] It remained a terminal station until 18 July 1894, when the section to Porto Ceresio was opened. [1]

Features

The station yard has five tracks equipped with platforms, two of which are reserved for terminating trains and Line S5 suburban services to and from Milan and Treviglio.

Until the early 1990s, there were active goods services along the lines to Varese, and the station had a goods yard. Since then, following the termination of goods services, that yard has been transformed, with the agreement of FS, into a car parking station.

In addition to the five tracks used for passenger service, there are some tracks near the station used to store rolling stock that is out of service. These tracks are also a base for rail vehicles used for local line maintenance.

Train movements

The station is the terminus of line S5 of the suburban rail service to Milan. It is also the terminus of Trenord regional trains for Milano Porta Garibaldi and Porto Ceresio on Lake Lugano, near the border with Switzerland.

As from 2018, Varese railway station has become international, upon the opening of the new Varese–Arcisate (I)–Stabio (CH)–Mendrisio railway, which branches off at Arcisate from the Varese-Porto Ceresio line, and then enters Switzerland at Stabio. On the new line, regional trains link Varese with Mendrisio, and there will also be direct trains between Malpensa Airport and Lugano.

Interchange

The station is located a few hundred metres (or yards) from Piazzale Fratelli Kennedy, which has a bus station for urban bus lines, and from the suburban bus stops at Varese Nord railway station, with which, according to a municipal project, it should be unified.

Unification of the two stations would no doubt be useful to facilitate interchange of passengers between trains of the two different railway companies serving the two stations. However, it would also be difficult to achieve, because the two stations, as well as being at a slight difference in altitude, are separated by a market square and the Piazzale Kennedy bus station.

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References

  1. 1 2 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. Retrieved 7 January 2011.

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Preceding station Trenord Following station
Induno Olona
towards Porto Ceresio
RE5 Gallarate
Terminus S5 Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone
towards Treviglio
Preceding station TILO Following station
Induno Olona S40 Terminus
Induno Olona
towards Airolo
S50 Gallarate