Rieti railway station

Rieti railway station (Italian: Stazione di Rieti) serves the city and comune of Rieti, in the region of Lazio, central Italy. Opened in 1883, it is part of the Terni–Sulmona railway.

Rieti
Passengers building as seen from outside the station
LocationPiazza Giuseppe Mazzini
Rieti, province of Rieti, Lazio
Italy
Coordinates42.4058°N 12.8626°E / 42.4058; 12.8626
Owned byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated byFerrovia Centrale Umbra
Line(s)Terni–Sulmona
Tracks4
Other information
ClassificationSilver
History
Opened30 October 1883 (1883-10-30)
Passengers
2007491 per day[1]
Location
Rieti
Location in Lazio
Rieti
Location in Italy

Location

Rieti railway station is located at the center of the city, just outside the medieval walls that enclose the historic city centre on its north side, and south of modern residential neighborhoods Regina Pacis, Madonna del cuore and Micioccoli.

History
A DMU train in the station

The station started operating on 30 October 1883, when the Rocca di Corno-Terni part of the Terni–Sulmona railway was opened. Upon construction, a 200 metres stretch of the nearby medieval walls were demolished, in order to create a new, large passage in the walls, so that arriving passenger could easily access the city centre.

On 25 January 1944 the station was severely damaged in a bombing by USAF Flying Fortress, that also caused the death of the station master Antonio Uncini. Shortly after the building was reconstructed and the line restarted operations in 1946.

In 2009 the former freight area, no longer used, was converted in a bus terminal and depot.[2]

Train movements

Trains stopping in the station are regional trains running from Terni to L'Aquila, operated by Ferrovia Centrale Umbra company, on behalf of Trenitalia, with ALn 776 diesel multiple units.

Even if there is no direct railway between Rieti and Rome, as the construction of such aa railway has been subject of a long debate but never took place,[3] Rome can be reached by catching a train to the Terni station, where direct trains to Rome can be found.[4] In addition, in recent years a direct train from Rieti to Rome, at early morning, and a direct train from Rome to Rieti, in the late evening, were introduced; both train pass through Terni, travel on the Ancona–Orte railway, reach Orte and then travel on the Florence–Rome high-speed railway taking approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Preceding station   Ferrovia Centrale Umbra   Following station
Contigliano
toward Terni
Treno regionale
Cittaducale
toward L'Aquila

See also

References
  1. "Stazioni del compartimento di Ancona" (PDF). Rete Feroviaria Italiana. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. "Cotral, nuovo capolinea: via domani. Ma i bus nuovi quando arrivano?". Il Tempo, Rieti edition. 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. Aldo Fabriani (21 October 2006). "LA lunga storia della questione ferroviaria nel Reatino verrà ripercorsa ..." Il Tempo - edition of Rieti. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  4. Trains departing from the station of Terni
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