Brescia railway station

Location
	Brescia Location in Lombardy Brescia Location in Northern Italy Brescia Location in Italy

Brescia
Brescia
	The passenger building
General information
Location	Viale della Stazione 7; 25122 Brescia; Brescia (BS), Lombardy; Italy
Coordinates	45°31′57″N 10°12′46″E / 45.53250°N 10.21278°E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana; Centostazioni
Line(s)	Milan–Venice; Bergamo–Brescia; Brescia–Cremona; Brescia–Iseo–Edolo; Brescia–Parma
Distance	82.842 km (51.476 mi); from Milano Centrale
Tracks	18
Train operators	Trenitalia; Trenord; NTV-Italo
Connections	Brescia Metro; Urban and suburban buses;
Other information
IATA code	BRZ
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	24 April 1854; 170 years ago
Location
Location
	Brescia Location in Lombardy Brescia Location in Northern Italy Brescia Location in Italy

Brescia railway station (IATA: BRZ) (Italian: Stazione di Brescia) is the main station of Brescia, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. The station, opened in 1854, lies on the Milan-Venice railway and is a terminus of three branch lines: Valcamonica Railway to Edolo, Bergamo–Brescia railway and Brescia–Piadena/Cremona railway which branches off towards southeast of the station.

Connection to the Milan-Venice high-speed railway (Milan-Verona section) entered operation on 11 December 2016.^[1] Construction of the section between Brescia and Verona is still underway. Upon completing the entire section, however, some trains might bypass Brescia to run non-stop between Milan and Verona.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building, however, is managed by Centostazioni. These companies are full subsidiaries of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Train services are operated by Trenitalia, Trenord and NTV-Italo.

Location

Brescia railway station is situated at Viale della Stazione, the south-western edge of the city centre.

History

Designed by the engineer Benedetto Foix, Brescia station was opened on 24 April 1854 upon the inauguration of the Milan–Venice Railway.^[2]^[3] The passenger building is constructed in a neoclassical style and influenced by neo-Roman elements and medieval style fortifications.

Train lines

The station has eleven tracks, three of those are bay platforms located at the western end (Italian: Piazzale Ovest). The bay platforms are exclusively used for trains operating on the Valcamonica Railway (Brescia–Iseo–Edolo railway). Additional tracks are dedicated to goods trains to and from Brescia Scalo or used for storage of rolling stock.

The station is used by 60,000 passengers per day and about 20 million passengers per year.^[4]

The following services call at this station:

Domestic (High-speed)

High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciarossa) Milan-Venice: Milan - Brescia - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice
High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciarossa) Turin-Venice: Turin - Milan - Brescia - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice
High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciabianca) Turin-Venice: Turin - Milan - Brescia - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice
High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciargento) Brescia-Rome: Brescia - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome
High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciargento) Bergamo-Rome: Bergamo - Brescia - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome
High-speed train (Italo NTV) Brescia-Naples: Brescia - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples

Domestic

Regional train (Trenord Regional Express) Milan-Verona: Milan - Treviglio - Brescia - Desanzano del Garda - Peschiera del Garda - Verona
Regional train (Trenord Regional) Brescia-Parma: Brescia - Ghedi - Asola - Piadena - Casalmaggiore - Parma
Regional train (Trenord Regional) Brescia-Bergamo: Brescia - Rovato - Bergamo
Regional train (Trenord Regional) Brescia-Edolo: Brescia - Iseo - Pisogne - Darfo Corno - Boario Terme - Breno - Capo di Ponte - Edolo
Regional train (Trenord Regional) Brescia-Iseo: Brescia - Brescia Ospitaletto - Rovato - Iseo
Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Brescia-Cremona: Brescia - Manerbio - Verolanuova - Cremona
Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Bergamo-Pisa: Bergamo - Rovato - Brescia - Cremona - Fidenza - Pontremoli - Massa Centro - Pisa

Cross-border

(CH for Switzerland, A for Austria, D for Germany)

Night train (ÖBB Nightjet) Milan-Munich: Milan - Brescia - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Villach (A) - Salzburg (A) - Rosenheim (D) - Munich (D)
Night train (ÖBB Nightjet) Milan-Vienna: Milan - Brescia - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Villach (A) - Klagenfurt (A) - Leoben (A) - Vienna/Wien (A)
Intercity train (SBB-CFF-FFS EuroCity) Geneva-Milan/Venice: Geneva (CH) - Brig (CH) - Milan (Centrale) - (Brescia) - (Verona) - (Padua) - (Venice)

From June 2017, a new intercity service between Venice and Zürich (CH) will be launched by Trenitalia and SBB-CFF-FFS.

Preceding station	Trenitalia	Following station
Terminus	Frecciargento	Verona Porta Nuova toward Roma Termini
Milano Centrale toward	Frecciabianca	Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione toward
Milano Centrale toward	Frecciabianca	Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione toward
Terminus	Treno regionale	Ponte San Marco-Calcinato toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Rovato toward Bergamo	Treno regionale	Manerbio toward Pisa Centrale
Preceding station	Trenord	Following station
Milano Centrale toward Genève-Cornavin	EuroCity	Peschiera del Garda toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Milano Centrale Terminus	EuroNight	Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione toward Wien Hbf
Rovato toward Milano Centrale	Treno regionale	Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione toward Verona Porta Nuova
Ospitaletto-Travagliato toward Milano Greco Pirelli	Treno regionale	Terminus
Ospitaletto-Travagliato toward Bergamo	Treno regionale	Terminus
Terminus	Treno regionale	San Zeno-Folzano toward Cremona
Terminus	Treno regionale	San Zeno-Folzano toward Parma
Borgo San Giovanni toward Edolo	Treno regionale	Terminus

Interchange

Brescia railway station is connected to Stazione FS of the Brescia Metro.

Two bus stations are located outside the station's passenger building. The main bus terminal, directly linked by a short walkway, has interurban services to Mantova, Verona and airport shuttles to Milan-Bergamo (Orio al Serio) Airport. The smaller, road-side SIA bus station has interurban bus services to Bergamo and various towns and villages of Valcamonica.

References

^ Davide Bacca (2014-11-13). "Il primo convoglio Tav l'11 dicembre del 2016" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
^ 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.
^ Ganzerla, Giancarlo (2004). Binari sul Garda - Dalla Ferdinandea al tram: tra cronaca e storia [Rails on the Garda - From Ferdinandbahn to tramway: between chronicle and history]. Brescia: Grafo. p. 126. ISBN 88-7385-633-0.
^ "La rivoluzione Tav sbarca in stazione" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2015-06-15.

External links

Media related to Brescia railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Description and pictures of Brescia railway station (in Italian)

[1] Davide Bacca (2014-11-13). "Il primo convoglio Tav l'11 dicembre del 2016" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 2015-06-15.

[trenidicarta.it-2] 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.

[3] Ganzerla, Giancarlo (2004). Binari sul Garda - Dalla Ferdinandea al tram: tra cronaca e storia [Rails on the Garda - From Ferdinandbahn to tramway: between chronicle and history]. Brescia: Grafo. p. 126. ISBN 88-7385-633-0.

[4] "La rivoluzione Tav sbarca in stazione" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2015-06-15.

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