Peschiera del Garda railway station

Peschiera del Garda railway station (Italian: Stazione di Peschiera del Garda) serves the town and comune of Peschiera del Garda, in the region of Veneto, northern Italy. Opened in 1854, it forms part of the Milan–Venice railway.

Peschiera del Garda
LocationPiazzale Stazione 1
37019 Peschiera del Garda VR
 Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Veneto
Italy
Coordinates45°26′19″N 10°42′08″E
Operated byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)Milano–Venezia
Distance124.940 km (77.634 mi)
from Milano Centrale
Train operatorsTrenitalia
Trenord
Connections
Other information
ClassificationGold
History
Opened22 April 1854 (1854-04-22)
Location
Peschiera del Garda
Location in Veneto
Peschiera del Garda
Location in Northern Italy
Peschiera del Garda
Location in Italy

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. The train services are operated by Trenitalia and Trenord.

Location

Peschiera del Garda railway station is situated in Piazzale Stazione, on the eastern bank of the Mincio River, to the east of the town centre on the western bank.

History

The station was opened on 22 April 1854, together with the Verona–Brescia–Coccaglio section of the Milan–Venice railway.[1][2] Between 1859 and 1866, it was a transit station between the international network of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia and that of the Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy.[3]

From 1934 to 1967, the station was adjacent to another station, the FMP station, which was the terminus of a line from Mantua.

Features

The station has a large three storey passenger building. At ground level, there is a main entrance protected by an arched portico, and inside are the usual services to travellers. The upper two levels are used for offices and private residences.[4]

Three tracks pass through the station yard. Each of the outer tracks, one for each direction, is faced by a platform equipped with a wrought iron canopy. The platforms are connected with each other, and with the passenger building, by elevators and a pedestrian underpass. The inside track is used for any crossings or overtaking.[4]

In the goods yard is a goods shed now used for storage. The tracks in the goods yard have been removed and replaced with a parking lot. Other tracks are used for storage of line maintenance equipment.[4]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:[5]

  • High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Milan - Brescia - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice (- Trieste)
  • High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Brescia - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice - Treviso - Udine
  • EuroCity services Geneva - Brig - Milan - Brescia - Veronda - Padua - Venice
  • Night train (EuroNight) Milan - Verona - Venice - Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna [6]
  • Express services (Treno regionale) Milan - Treviglio - Brescia - Desanzano del Garda - Peschiera del Garda - Verona
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Brescia - Desanzano del Garda - Peschiera del Garda - Verona
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Brescia - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice (1x per day)
Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
[[]]
[[]]
toward Udine
toward Brescia
Treno regionale
Preceding station   Trenord   Following station
EuroCity
EuroNight
toward Wien Hbf
Treno regionale
Terminus
toward Brescia
Treno regionale

Passenger and train movements

The station is the second busiest in the province of Verona in terms of passenger movements, after Verona Porta Nuova. It is very crowded by commuters, supplemented by tourists during the summer season.

Every day, regional and Frecciabianca trains stop at the station, linking the Garda with Milan, Turin, Venice and Trieste. The station is also served by a EuroCity service linking Geneva in Switzerland and Venice. A night train stops at the station connecting the area with Wien Hauptbahnhof in Austria.


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]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. Ganzerla, Giancarlo (2004). Binari sul Garda - Dalla Ferdinandea al tram: tra cronaca e storia [Rails on the Garda - From Ferdinandbahn to tramway: between chronicle and history] (in Italian). Brescia: Grafo. p. 125. ISBN 88-7385-633-0.
  3. Elmar Oberegger (2006). "Südbahn-gesellschaft". Eisenbahngeschichte Alpen-Donau-Adria (in German). Elmar Oberegger. Archived from the original on 2006-08-29. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  4. "Peschiera del Garda". Stazioni del Mondo website (in Italian). Stazioni del Mondo. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  5. Timetable for Peschiera del Garda station
  6. EuroNight timetable

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