Alessandria railway station

Location
	Alessandria Location in Piedmont Alessandria Location in Northern Italy Alessandria Location in Italy

Alessandria
Alessandria
General information
Location	Piazza Eugenio Curiel; 15121 Alessandria AL; Alessandria, Alessandria, Piedmont; Italy
Coordinates	44°54′33″N 08°36′23″E / 44.90917°N 8.60639°E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana; Centostazioni
Line(s)	Turin–Genoa; Chivasso–Alessandria; Alessandria–Piacenza; Novara–Alessandria; Pavia–Alessandria; Alessandria–Cavallermaggiore; Alessandria–Ovada; Alessandria–San Giuseppe di Cairo
Distance	90.075 km (55.970 mi) from Torino Porta Nuova
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses;
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	1 January 1850; 175 years ago
Location
Location
	Alessandria Location in Piedmont Alessandria Location in Northern Italy Alessandria Location in Italy

Alessandria railway station (Italian: Stazione di Alessandria) serves the city and comune of Alessandria, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1850, it forms part of the Turin–Genoa railway, and is also a junction for six other lines, to Chivasso, Piacenza, Novara, Pavia, Cavallermaggiore, Ovada and San Giuseppe di Cairo.

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.

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1850, upon the inauguration of the Asti–Alessandria–Novi Ligure section of the Turin–Genoa railway.^[1]

Passenger and train movements

The station has around 6.5 million passenger movements each year.^[2] There are about 339 trains per day.

The trains stopping at Alessandria are InterCity, express and regional trains. Their main destinations are Turin, Genoa and Novara.

Interchange

The station is also a major interchange with the urban and suburban bus lines operated by AMAG Mobilità, and suburban bus lines operated by Arfea.

References

^ 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 17 December 2010.
^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

External links

Media related to Alessandria train station at Wikimedia Commons

[trenidicarta.it-1] 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 17 December 2010.

[2] "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

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