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General information | |||||
Location | Piazza Francesco Crispi 72100 Brindisi BR Brindisi, Brindisi, Apulia Italy | ||||
Coordinates | 40°38′04″N 17°56′20″E / 40.63444°N 17.93889°E | ||||
Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni | ||||
Line(s) | Ancona–Lecce Taranto–Brindisi | ||||
Distance | 759.539 km (471.956 mi) from Bologna Centrale 69.169 km (42.980 mi) from Taranto | ||||
Platforms | 8 | ||||
Train operators | Trenitalia | ||||
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Other information | |||||
IATA code | BQD | ||||
Classification | Gold | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 29 April 1865 | ||||
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Brindisi railway station (IATA: BQD) (Italian: Stazione di Brindisi) is the main station serving the city and comune of Brindisi, in the region of Apulia, southern Italy. Opened in 1865, it forms part of the Adriatic Railway (Ancona–Lecce), and is also a junction for, and terminus of, the Taranto–Brindisi 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 on behalf of Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
Location
[edit]Brindisi railway station is situated at Piazza Francesco Crispi, at the southwest edge of the city centre.
History
[edit]The station was opened on 29 April 1865, during an era of economic expansion, upon the inauguration of the Bari–Brindisi section of the Adriatic Railway.[2] Nearly nine months later, on 15 January 1866, the Adriatic Railway was extended from Brindisi to Lecce.[2]
Built like a typical transit station, the passenger building had a structure characterized by a sloping flat roof covering the two through tracks and the pedestrian level crossing between platforms.
On 30 December 1886, Brindisi became a junction station, when the final section of the Taranto–Brindisi railway was opened, between Mesagne and Brindisi.[2]
Features
[edit]Today, the station has eight tracks used by Trenitalia, and a link with the Brindisi Marittima railway station, once connected by ship to Greece, but now dismantled.
The station was included in the Centostazioni program of rehabilitation of the main Italian stations. At Brindisi, the rehabilitation project includes an increase and reorganization of space for passengers with significant improvements in services.
Train services
[edit]The trains stopping at the station range from regional services to InterCity and Eurostar trains. The following list shows the services calling here, and the main stations. Eurostar and Intercity are express services, Treno Regionale are services that stop at all/most stations.
The station is served by the following services:
- High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- High speed services (Frecciabianca) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto - Brindisi - Lecce
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Alessandria - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Bari - Monopoli - Brindisi - Lecce
- Local services (Treno regionale) Taranto - Francavilla Fontana - Brindisi
Preceding station | Trenitalia | Following station | ||
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toward Roma Termini | Frecciargento | Terminus |
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toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward Bologna Centrale | InterCity | Terminus |
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toward Milano Centrale | InterCity | Terminus |
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toward Roma Termini | Intercity Notte | Terminus |
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toward Milano Centrale | Intercity Notte | Terminus |
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toward Milano Centrale | Intercity Notte | Terminus |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | Intercity Notte | Terminus |
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toward Bari Centrale | Treno regionale | toward Lecce |
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toward Foggia | Treno regionale | toward Lecce |
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toward Taranto | Treno regionale | Terminus |
See also
[edit]- Brindisi Marittima railway station
- History of rail transport in Italy
- List of railway stations in Apulia
- Rail transport in Italy
- Railway stations in Italy
References
[edit]- ^ Bus Timetable to Brindisi Airport
- ^ a b c 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]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
External links
[edit] Media related to Brindisi railway station at Wikimedia Commons