Pescara Porta Nuova railway station

Pescara Porta Nuova is a railway station in Pescara, Italy. The station opened in 1883 and is located on the Adriatic railway and Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia.

Pescara Porta Nuova
Pescara Porta Nuova railway station
LocationPiazza Vittorio Colonna 1, Pescara, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo
Italy
Coordinates42°27′26″N 14°12′43″E
Owned byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated byTrenitalia
Line(s)Adriatic railway
Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway
Platforms3
Other information
ClassificationSilver [1]
History
Opened1883 (1883)
Location
Pescara Porta Nuova
Location in Abruzzo
Pescara Porta Nuova
Location in Italy

History

Until 1927 the station was named simply Pescara since it is located in the old town of Pescara, located south of the river.

Modernisation

On 15 January 2009 the new passenger building was completed,[2] designed by the Spanish architect Oriol Bohigas and cost tens of millions of euros. The original building was in a state of decay, and therefore was demolished, however leaving the old front of the building as an element of the new building. The work was carried out as part of the redevelopment of the area "The Mill" (Italian: Il Molino).

The station has three tracks, two of which loops to the Adriatic line. The third is the start of the Rome-Pescara railway. Work is under way to upgrade the station, increasing the number of tracks to 4 and building three platforms to modern European standards, with shelters, subways and various furnishings. The works are carried out by RFI, costing about 10 million. These interventions will help increasing the line speed on the Adriatic. the work will be completed in the first half of 2016.

Train services

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

  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Termoli
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano - Tivoli - Rome
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo - Giulianova - Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano
Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
toward Rimini
Treno regionale
Pescara Tribunale
toward Termoli
Terminus
Treno regionale
toward Teramo
Treno regionale
toward Avezzano

References
  1. List of Italian stations and categories Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Pescara Porta Nuova, a new face for the station

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at February 2016.


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