Ventimiglia railway station

Ventimiglia
View of the platforms
General information
Location	Piazza Cesare Battisti 18039 Ventimiglia IM Ventimiglia, Imperia, Liguria Italy
Coordinates	43°47′33″N 07°36′36″E
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
Platforms	7
Train operators	Trenitalia SNCF
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	1871 (1871)
Services
Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station Terminus InterCity Bordighera toward Roma Termini Terminus InterCity Bordighera toward Milano Centrale Terminus Treno regionale Vallecrosia toward San Stefano di Magra Bevera toward Fossano Treno regionale Terminus
Other services
Preceding station TER PACA Following station Menton-Garavan towards Mandelieu-la-Napoule or Grasse 4 Terminus
Location Ventimiglia Location in Liguria Ventimiglia Location in Northern Italy Ventimiglia Location in Italy

Ventimiglia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Ventimiglia) is the main station in the Italian town 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 partially in disrepair.

The station is 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 the SNCF.

Location

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

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 with 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 This roof was later superseded by the current building, designed by the architect Roberto Narducci (who also designed 40 other Italian stations), which reflects, like other public buildings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 gymnasium), 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. There are many sidings for storing passenger carriages and a locomotive shed.

Being a border station located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) 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 parts of Italy and France (TER from Cannes and Grasse to Ventimiglia, InterCity from Ventimiglia to Milan and Rome).

Ventimiglia station is electrified at 1.5 kV DC. 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):

• Intercity services Ventimiglia - Savona - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome
• Intercity services Ventimiglia - Savona - Genoa - Milan
• 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/Mandelieu - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Liguria
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy

External links

• Media related to Ventimiglia train station at Wikimedia Commons