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Ventimiglia railway station

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Train operators
  
Trenitalia SNCF

Opened
  
1871

Platforms in use
  
7

Classification
  
Gold

Province
  
Province of Imperia

Ventimiglia railway station

Location
  
Piazza Cesare Battisti 18039 Ventimiglia IM Ventimiglia, Imperia, Liguria Italy

Operated by
  
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni

Line(s)
  
Genoa–Ventimiglia Cuneo–Ventimiglia Marseille–Ventimiglia

Distance
  
147.315 km (91.537 mi) from Genova Piazza Principe

Address
  
18039 Ventimiglia, Province of Imperia, Italy

Similar
  
Sanremo railway station, Taggia‑Arma, Imperia Porto Maurizio r, Savona railway station, Genova Piazza Principe r

Ventimiglia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Ventimiglia) is the main station of the Italian city of Ventimiglia. It is at the end of three rail routes: the Genoa–Ventimiglia line, the Cuneo–Ventimiglia line and the Marseille–Ventimiglia line. It plays an important role not only in rail transport in Liguria, but also in Italy. Despite being an important station, it is in some disrepair.

Contents

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Italian train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

French train services to and from Ventimiglia are operated by SNCF.

Location

Ventimiglia railway station is situated in Piazza Cesare Battisti, near the centre of the city, just north of the old town.

History

The station was opened at the end of 1871 and renamed Ventimiglia International station in 1882, with the construction of a new passenger building, featuring a glass roof over the tracks. This roof was later superseded by the current building, designed by the architect Roberto Narducci (who also designed 40 other Italian stations), which reflects, like other public buildings in Ventimiglia (especially the town hall and the gym), the typical lines of Italian rationalist architecture.

Overview

The station consists of seven through tracks for passenger services, all equipped with platforms and connections to an underpass. Also there are many sidings for storing passenger carriages and a locomotive shed.

Being a border station (located about 9 km from the border with France), passenger train operations have to be carefully managed, taking into account the handover of operations between the Italian and French railways. Trains depart from here to several different parts of Italy and France (EuroCity from Nice to Milan, EuroNight from Nice to Rome and Venice, InterCity from Ventimiglia to Milan and Rome, TGV to Paris).

The station of Ventimiglia is electrified at 1.5 kV. This may seem surprising, because the Italian railway system is electrified at 3 kV DC, and the Marseille–Ventimiglia line is electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz AC. However, the locomotives operating on the line into France have to be multi-system anyway, because Marseille railway station is also electrified at 1.5 kV. The Italian trains operate in the station area at half power.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Avignon - Cannes - Nice - Ventimiglia
  • EuroCity services (Thello) Marseille - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia - Genoa - Milan
  • Intercity services Ventimiglia - Savona - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome
  • Intercity services Ventimiglia - Savona - Genoa - Milan
  • Night services (Russian Railways) Nice - Milan - Innsbruck - Vienna - Warsaw - Minsk - Moscow
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Ventimiglia - Savona - Genoa - Sestri Levante - La Spezia - San Stefano di Magra
  • Local services (Treno regionale) Fossano - Cuneo - Breil sur Roya - Ventimiglia
  • Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Grasse - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia
  • References

    Ventimiglia railway station Wikipedia