Brescia railway station

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Brescia
The passenger building.
The passenger building.
Location Viale della Stazione 7
25122 Brescia
Brescia, Brescia, Lombardy
Italy
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Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s) Milan–Venice
Lecco–Brescia
Brescia–Cremona
Brescia–Iseo–Edolo
Brescia–Parma
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from Milano Centrale
Tracks 11
Train operators Trenitalia
Trenord
Thello
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Other information
Classification Gold
History
Opened 24 April 1854; 170 years ago (1854-04-24)
Location
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Brescia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Brescia ) serves the city and comune of Brescia, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1854, the station forms part of the Milan–Venice railway. It is also the terminus of secondary lines from Cremona, Lecco and Parma, as well as the Brescia–Iseo–Edolo railway.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building, however, is managed by Centostazioni. These companies are subsidiaries of FS, Italy's state-owned rail company. Train services are operated by Trenitalia, Trenord and Thello.

The station has about 20 million passenger movements each year. Work has begun in preparation for the high-speed line between Treviglio and Brescia (construction work will be completed at the end of 2016[1]), which is part of the future Milan-Verona high-speed railway.

Location

Brescia railway station is situated at Viale della Stazione, at the south-western edge of the city centre.

History

Built as a project of the engineer Benedetto Foix, the station was opened on 24 April 1854, upon the inauguration of the Coccaglio - Verona section of the Milan–Venice railway.[2][3]

Features

The passenger building is of a neoclassical style, influenced by neo-Roman elements and medieval style fortifications.

The station yard is equipped with eleven tracks reserved for passenger traffic, three of which are included in the so-called West Yard (Italian: Piazzale Ovest ), which is dedicated to arrivals and departures of trains on the Brescia–Iseo–Edolo railway.

Of the other seven tracks, the first track is generally reserved for trains coming from Milan and heading towards Verona and Venice, while track two is for trains in the reverse direction. Tracks three to seven are dedicated to arrivals and departures of the three Trenord regional rail lines, namely the Brescia–Cremona railway, the Lecco–Brescia railway and the Brescia–Parma railway. Finally, there is a track (called "2° Est") used for some services on the Brescia-Parma line.

Some of the tracks not used for passenger services are dedicated to goods trains to and from Brescia Scalo, while others are used for the storage of rolling stock.

Train services

The following services call at the station:

Domestic (High-speed)

  • High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciarossa) Milan-Venice: Milan - Brescia - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Vicenza - Pauda - Venice
  • High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciabianca) Turin-Venice: Turin - Milan - Brescia - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice - (Trieste)
  • High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciargento) Brescia-Rome: Brescia - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome

From 1 March 2016, Italo NTV launches the new route Brescia-Naples.

  • High-speed train (Italo NTV) Brescia-Naples: Brescia - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples

Domestic

  • Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Milan-Verona: Milan - Treviglio - Brescia - Desanzano del Garda - Peschiera del Garda - Verona
  • Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Brescia-Cremona: Brescia - Manerbio - Verolanuova - Cremona
  • Regional train (Trenord Regional) Brescia-Parma: Brescia - Ghedi - Asola - Piadena - Casalmaggiore - Parma
  • Regional train (Trenord Regional) Brescia-Bergamo: Brescia - Rovato - Bergamo
  • Regional train (Trenord Regional) Brescia-Edolo: Brescia - Iseo - Pisogne - Darfo Corno - Boario Terme - Breno - Capo di Ponte - Edolo
  • Regional train (Trenord Regional) Brescia-Iseo: Brescia - Brescia Ospitaletto - Rovato - Iseo

Cross-border

(CH for Switzerland, F for France, A for Austria, D for Germany)

  • Night train (Thello EuroNight) Paris-Venice: Paris (Gare de Lyon) (F) - Dijon (Ville) (F) - Milan (Centrale) - Milan (Rho-Fiera for Expo 2015) - Brescia - Verona - Padua - Venice (Mestre) - Venice (Santa Lucia)
  • Night train (ÖBB EuroNight) Milan-Vienna/Munich: Milan (Centrale) - Brescia - Verona^ - Vicenza - Padua - Venice (Mestre) - Villach (A) - Klagenfurt (A) - Leoben - Bruck - Vienna (Meidling) (A)
  • Intercity train (SBB-CFF-FFS EuroCity) Geneva-Milan/Venice: Geneva (CH) - Brig (CH) - Milan (Centrale) - (Brescia) - (Verona) - (Padua) - (Venice)

^ Train connects at Verona with DB CityNightLine Rome-Munich

Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
Terminus Frecciargento
toward Roma Termini
Frecciabianca
Terminus
 Frecciabianca
toward Udine
Terminus Treno regionale
toward Bergamo
 Treno regionale
Preceding station   Thello   Following station
Thello
toward Venice
Preceding station   Trenord   Following station
EuroCity
Terminus
 EuroNight
toward Wien Hbf
Treno regionale
Treno regionale Terminus
toward Bergamo
 Treno regionale Terminus
Terminus Treno regionale
toward Cremona
Terminus Treno regionale
toward Parma
toward Edolo
 Treno regionale Terminus

Passenger and train movements

The station is used by 50/60,000 passengers each day, for an annual total of about 20 million passengers.[4]

Long-distance traffic to and from the station is catered for by Frecciargento and Frecciabianca trains. Regional passenger services are mostly operated by Trenord. Trenitalia operates a few regional services per day to Venice and Pisa.

Interchange

Brescia railway station is served by Stazione FS, a station of the Brescia Metro. Near the passenger building there are also two bus stations for suburban public transport: the main bus station and the SIA bus station. The forecourt is also an interchange point for several bus lines. The SIA bus station, with departures to Mantova, Verona, Milan Bergamo (Orio al Serio) Airport and other destinations, is directly linked by a short walkway to the train station's forecourt.

See also

References

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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at January 2011.

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