Ferrara railway station

Ferrara railway station (Italian: Stazione di Ferrara) is the main station serving the city and comune of Ferrara, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. Opened in 1862, it forms part of the Padua–Bologna railway, and is also a terminus of three secondary railways, linking Ferrara with Ravenna and Rimini, Suzzara, and Codigoro, respectively.

Ferrara
The passenger building.
LocationPiazzale della Stazione 2-4
44122 Ferrara FE
Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna
Italy
Coordinates44°50′34″N 11°36′14″E
Operated byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s)Padua–Bologna
Ferrara–Ravenna–Rimini
Suzzara–Ferrara
Ferrara–Codigoro
Distance46.830 km (29.099 mi)
from Bologna Centrale
Train operatorsTrenitalia
Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER)
Connections
  • Urban and suburban buses
Other information
ClassificationGold
History
Opened26 January 1862 (1862-01-26)
Location
Ferrara
Location in Emilia-Romagna
Ferrara
Location in Northern Italy
Ferrara
Location in Italy

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services on the main line, and on the line to Ravenna and Rimini, are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Train services on the other two lines, to Suzzara and Codigoro, are operated by Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER), which is owned by the region of Emilia-Romagna and most of its provinces.

Location

Ferrara railway station is situated at Piazzale della Stazione, at the northwestern edge of the city centre, between Via San Giacomo and Viale della Costituzione.

History

The station was opened on 26 January 1862, together with the rest of the Bologna–Ferrara section of the Padua–Bologna railway.[1] Three months later, on 15 April 1862, Ferrara was transformed from a terminal station into a through station, when the next section of that railway, from Ferrara to Pontelagoscuro, came into operation.[1]

Features
Overview of Piazzale della Stazione.

Today's passenger building, renovated several times over the years, has a central hall with a ticket office and waiting room. In its two lateral wings, there are a bar, restaurant, newsagent and tobacconist, and a bicycle storage area.

The station also has two underground pedestrian underpasses that connect the first track with the remaining 5 served by three platforms.

Outside the building, there are a taxi stand, the large parking area for bicycles (300 places), car parking (60 spaces), motorcycle parking (40 spaces), a two lane bus station for urban buses and, across the street, four bus stops for suburban buses.

Redevelopment work

Currently, the comune of Ferrara is working on the redevelopment of the station, including the insertion of a new roundabout access from Viale della Costituzione, the construction of public parking for bikes and cars and the addition of special shelters for urban buses.

The station is also affected by work on the extension of the Bologna metropolitan railway service (SFM), as it is to be a terminus of an SFM Ferrara–Bologna–Imola line.

Additionally, the station will be a terminus of a commuter service, to be introduced in the urban section (as far as Quartesana) of the FER line to Codigoro.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 5 million passenger movements each year.[2]

The passenger trains calling at the station include regional, express, InterCity, and Eurostar trains.

A total of about 220 passenger trains serve the station each day.


See also

References
  1. 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]. www.trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. www.centostazioni.it (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

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