Pesaro railway station

Pesaro
View of the passenger building. View of the passenger building.
Location	Piazzale Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino 61121 Pesaro PU Pesaro, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche Italy
Coordinates
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Bologna–Ancona
Distance	from Bologna Centrale
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Construction
Architect	Roberto Narducci
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	17 November 1861 (1861-11-17)
Location

Pesaro railway station (Italian: Stazione di Pesarocode: it is deprecated ) serves the city and comune of Pesaro, in the region of Marche, central Italy. Opened in 1861, it forms part of the Bologna–Ancona railway.

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

Pesaro railway station is situated at Piazzale Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, southwest of the city centre.

History

File:Stazione Pesaro antica.jpg

The original passenger building.

The station was opened on 17 November 1861, upon the inauguration of the final section of the Bologna–Ancona railway, between Rimini and Ancona.

The original operator of the station was the Società Generalle delle Strade Ferrate Romane (English: General Company for the Roman Railways). In the reorganization of the Italian railways in 1865, the Kingdom of Italy entrusted its operation to the Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali (SFM) (English: Company for the Southern Railways). The latter company retained that function until the nationalization of the Italian railways in 1905.

During its history, the station has suffered severe setbacks, although the city has been constantly developing.

In 1935, the original passenger building was replaced by the present structure, designed by the architect Roberto Narducci.

Features

The station yard has thirteen tracks, of which five are dedicated to passenger traffic.

The passenger tracks are served by three platforms accessible to users through a pedestrian underpass - lifts are available. The busiest passenger tracks are track 2, used by southbound trains, and track 3, which serves northbound trains. Tracks 1, 4 and 5 are used infrequently, generally for trains either originating or terminating in Pesaro.

Gallery

• Stazione-pesaro-binario1.jpg

  View of one of the platforms.

• Stazione-pesaro-vista-parco.jpg

  The station yard, with the passenger building in the background.

• Stazione-pesaroSottopasso.jpg

  Inside the pedestrian underpass.

Train services

The station is served by regional, InterCity and Eurostar Italia trains.

The main origins and destinations of the regional trains are Ravenna, Rimini, Pescara and Ancona.

During the summer, the station serves as a terminus for treni del mare (English: trains of the sea): interregional trains organized by Ferrovie Emilia Romagna, and originating in Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona and Mantua.

The Intercity and Eurostar trains mostly link Pesaro with Roma Termini, Lecce, Ancona and Milano Centrale.

The station is served by the following services (incomplete):

• High speed services (Frecciarossa) Milan - Bologna - Ancona
• High speed services (Italo) Turin - Milan - Bologna - Ancona
• Medium speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
• Medium speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
• Medium speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
• Medium speed services (Frecciabianca) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
• Medium speed services (Frecciabianca) Ravenna - Rimini - Foligno - Terni - Rome
• Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
• Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
• Slow speed local services (Regionale) to other big and small cities in Marche and Emilia-Romagna (Fano, Rimini, Bologna, Piacenza, Ravenna, Ancona ecc...)

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Rimini toward Milano Centrale		[[{{{line}}}]]		Ancona Terminus
Rimini toward Milano Centrale		[[]]		Ancona toward Lecce
Rimini toward Milano Centrale		[[]]		Ancona toward Taranto
Rimini toward Torino Porta Nuova		[[]]		Ancona toward Lecce
Rimini toward Venice Santa Lucia		[[]]		Ancona toward Lecce
Rimini toward Ravenna		[[]]		Falconara Marittima toward Roma Termini
Riccione toward Bologna Centrale		InterCity		Fano toward Lecce
Riccione toward Bologna Centrale		InterCity		Fano toward Taranto
Preceding station		Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori		Following station
Rimini toward Torino Porta Susa		[[{{{line}}}]]		Ancona Terminus

Interchange

The station has a bus terminal for urban and suburban buses.

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in the Marche
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at January 2011.