Rosarno railway station

38°29′19.24″N 15°58′12.7″E / 38.4886778°N 15.970194°E / 38.4886778; 15.970194Elevation18 MSLOwned byRete Ferroviaria ItalianaLine(s)Battipaglia–Reggio di CalabriaDistance313 km from BattipagliaPlatforms2 side platforms, 2 island platformsTracks6Train operatorsTrenitaliaConnectionsBuses, taxiConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationClassificationSilverHistoryOpenedDecember 21, 1891; 132 years ago (1891-12-21)Rebuiltc. 1970s; 53 years ago (1970s)Electrified1939; 85 years ago (1939)
Services
Preceding station Trenitalia Following station
Vibo Valentia-Pizzo Frecciarossa Villa San Giovanni
Vibo Valentia-Pizzo
Vibo Valentia-Pizzo
towards Roma Termini
 Frecciargento
InterCity Gioia Tauro
Vibo Valentia-Pizzo InterCity Notte Gioia Tauro
towards Siracusa
Nicotera Gioia Tauro
Mileto
towards Cosenza
 Regionale
Mileto
Location
Rosarno is located in Calabria
Rosarno
Rosarno
Location in Calabria
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Rosarno is located in Italy
Rosarno
Rosarno
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Rosarno railway station (Italian: Stazione di Rosarno) is a railway station of the Italian city of Rosarno, Calabria, part of the Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway.

History

The station was built by Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo as part of the extension of the today known Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway from Gioia Tauro to Nicotera, opened on December 21, 1891.[1]

The original, small, station was after entirely rebuilt during the 1970s in parallel with the construction of the variant direttissima between this station and the Lamezia Terme Centrale station.[2]

Layout

The station has six tracks, two side platforms and two island platforms, which are connected each other with an underpass. The island platform for tracks 2 and 3, because has an elevator, is the only accessible. The station building features the waiting room, a cafe, the ticket machine area and the toilet.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Rosarno:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926". trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ^ Cocchi, Roberto (January 1987). "La Tirrenica meridionale". I Treni Oggi (in Italian) (67).
  3. ^ Trenitalia (14 April 2024). "Orario Tutt'Italia Digitale" [All-Italy Digital Timetable] (PDF) (in Italian). pp. 1242–1266. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

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