Vercelli railway station

Vercelli railway station (Italian: Stazione di Vercelli) is the main station serving the city and comune of Vercelli, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1856, it forms part of the Turin–Milan railway, and is also a junction station for two other lines, to Valenza and Pavia, respectively.

Vercelli
The passenger building.
LocationPiazza Roma
13100 Vercelli VC
Vercelli, Vercelli, Piedmont
Italy
Coordinates45°19′47″N 08°24′59″E
Operated byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s)Turin–Milan
Vercelli–Valenza
Vercelli–Pavia
Distance77.054 km (47.879 mi)
from Torino Porta Nuova
Train operatorsTrenitalia
Connections
  • Urban and suburban buses
Other information
ClassificationGold
History
Opened20 October 1856 (1856-10-20)
Location
Vercelli
Location in Piedmont
Vercelli
Location in Northern Italy
Vercelli
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 are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Vercelli railway station is situated at Piazza Roma, at the northwestern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 20 October 1856, upon the opening of the Torino Porta Susa–Novara section of the Turin–Milan railway.[1]

Features

The passenger building is made up of three components: the central part has two levels and a large lobby consisting of five arches. The single storey lateral wings spread symmetrically from the central part, and are smaller. The building is made of brick. It is painted grey at ground floor level, and a rose colour above that level.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Milan - Brescia - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice - Trieste
  • Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Milan - Parma - Rome - Naples - Salerno
  • Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Milan - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Florence - Rome - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria
  • Express services (Regionale Veloce) Turin - Chivasso – Vercelli – Novara – Milan
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Chivasso - Vercelli - Novara
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Vercelli - Mortara - Pavia
Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
Frecciabianca
Intercity Notte
toward Salerno
Intercity Notte
Treno regionale
San Germano Vercellese
toward Chivasso
Treno regionale
Borgo Vercelli
toward Novara
TerminusTreno regionale
Palestro
toward Pavia

Train services to Casale Monferrato finished on 14 June 2013.

Passenger and train movements

The station has around 3.5 million passenger movements each year.[2] There are about 138 trains per day.

The trains stopping at Vercelli are Frecciabianca, Intercity Notte and regional trains. Their main destinations are Novara, Turin and Milan.

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. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  2. "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

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