Bari Centrale railway station

Bari Centrale is the main railway station of the Italian city of Bari, capital of Apulia. It is one of the most important railway stations in Italy, with an annual ridership of 14 million.[1]

Bari Centrale
Station façade
LocationPiazza Aldo Moro
70122 Bari
Province of Bari, Apulia
Italy
Coordinates41°07′05″N 16°52′12″E
Owned byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated byGrandi Stazioni
Line(s)
Platforms20
Train operators
ConnectionsUrban and suburban buses
History
Opened1864 (1864)
Services
Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
FrecciarossaTerminus
toward Roma Termini
Frecciargento
toward Lecce
Frecciabianca
toward Lecce
Frecciabianca
toward Taranto
Frecciabianca
toward Lecce
Frecciabianca
toward Lecce
toward Roma Termini
InterCity
toward Taranto
toward Roma Termini
InterCityTerminus
InterCity
toward Lecce
InterCity
toward Taranto
toward Roma Termini
Intercity Notte
toward Lecce
Intercity Notte
toward Lecce
Intercity Notte
toward Lecce
Intercity Notte
toward Lecce
toward Foggia
Treno regionaleTerminus
TerminusTreno regionale
toward Lecce
TerminusTreno regionale
toward Taranto
Preceding station   Ferrovie del Sud Est   Following station
TerminusTreno regionale
TerminusTreno regionale
toward Putignano
Preceding station   Ferrovie Appulo Lucane   Following station
Bari Scalo
toward Potenza Inferiore Scalo
Treno regionaleTerminus
Bari Scalo
Treno regionaleTerminus
Preceding station   Ferrotramviaria   Following station
toward Bitonto
Treno regionaleTerminus
toward Barletta
Treno regionaleTerminus
Treno regionaleTerminus
toward Bitonto
Treno regionaleTerminus
Location
Bari Centrale
Location in Apulia
Bari Centrale
Location in Italy

History

The station was first built in 1864 and between 1865 and 1906 5 more platforms were added. In the first half of the 20th century it was further enlarged and renewed and in 1946, after World War II, the most recent renovation project was started.

Structure and transport
06.11.02 Bari Centrale, 2002

Bari Centrale lies in the middle of the city, at Aldo Moro square (Piazza Aldo Moro). It is a large junction station with 16 platforms for passenger service (13 for FS trains, 3 for FSE).

The station is situated on the lines Ancona-Pescara-Bari-Lecce (FS), Bari-Taranto (FS), Bari-Martina Franca-Taranto (FSE).

The station is divided into 3 areas. The main station is used by Trenitalia and FSE and features 16 platforms. On the west side of Piazza Aldo Moro are the entrances to the Ferrotramviaria and Ferrovie Appulo Lucane stations, with 3 and 2 platforms respectively.

The Centrale is an important transportation hub for the Apulia regional services. For long-distance transport it is served by EuroStar (Frecciargento and Frecciabianca), InterCity and Express trains to Rome, Milan, Bologna, Turin and Venice.

Until 1994 it was served by the express "Parthenon" Athens-Paris.[2]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • High speed services (Frecciarossa) Milan - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari
  • High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
  • High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • High speed services (Frecciabianca) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • Intercity services Rome - Foggia - Bari (- Taranto)
  • Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
  • Night train (Intercity Notte) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Parma - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto - Brindisi - Lecce
  • Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Alessandria - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Foggia - Barletta - Bari
  • Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Gioia del Colle - Taranto
  • Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Conversano - Putignano - Martina Franca
  • Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Casamassima - Putignano
  • Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Altamura - Gravina - Potenza
  • Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Altamura - Matera
  • Bari Metropolitan services (FR1) Bitonto - Palese - Bari
  • Bari Metropolitan services (FR2) Barletta - Andria - Bitonto - Aeroporto - Bari
  • Bari Metropolitan services (FM1) Ospedale - Bari
  • Bari Metropolitan services (FM2) Bitonto - Aeroporto - Bari

Bus services

[3]

  • 100 Bari - Valenzano - Adelfia - Putignano - Alberobello - Martina Franca
  • 110 Bari - Casamassima - Gioia del Colle - Taranto
  • 120 Bari - Triggiano - Capurso - Cellamare - Casamassima - Sammichele
  • 130 Bari - Conversano - Putignano - Noci - Taranto
  • 150 Bari - Monopoli - Fasano - Brindisi
  • A view of the main station
  • A Frecciargento at the station
  • An FSE train at the station
  • The Ferrotramviaria station
  • A train at the Ferrovie Appulo Lucane station
  • Buses loading outside the station

See also

References
  1. "Bari Centrale". Grandi Stazioni. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. Source: "In Treno" - Official FS timetable Summer 1994, Page 32
  3. FSE Bus Timetables Archived April 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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