Vicenza railway station

Vicenza
The passenger building. The passenger building.
Location	Piazzale della Stazione 36100 Vicenza Vicenza, Vicenza, Veneto Italy
Coordinates
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Centostazioni
Line(s)	Milan–Venice Vicenza–Schio Vicenza–Treviso
Platforms	8
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban (AIM) Suburban (FTV) buses
History
Opened	13 January 1846 (1846-01-13)
Location

Vicenza railway station (Italian: Stazione di Vicenzacode: it is deprecated ) (IATA: VNZ) serves the town and comune of Vicenza, in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1846, it forms part of the Milan–Venice railway, and is also a junction of two branch lines, to Schio and Treviso, respectively.

The station is currently owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. 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.

Features

The station has a large passenger building that houses many facilities for passengers, the headquarters of the Railway Police, and the offices of Trenitalia and the station management.

The six through platforms at the station are numbered from 1 to 6. At the far eastern end of the station, there are also two bay platforms (1 Giardino and 2 Giardino), at which trains arrive from and depart to Schio and Treviso. In total, there are eight platform tracks for passengers, plus some tracks for the exclusive use of goods handling, manoeuvering, stabling and storage.

The station is equipped with a locomotive depot, and a short distance away there are major repair shops.

Train services

The following services call at the station: +39 0444 223115

• High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice - Trieste
• High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice - Treviso - Udine
• High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Verona - Vicenza - Treviso - Udine
• Intercity services (EuroCity) Geneva - Lausanne - Brig - Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice
• Intercity services (EuroCity) Munich - Innsbruck - Verona - Padua - Venice
• Night train (Thello) Paris - Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice
• Express services (Regionale Veloce) Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Vicenza - Citadella - Castelfranco Veneto - Treviso
• Local services (Treno regionale) Vicenza - Schio

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Verona Porta Nuova toward Torino Porta Nuova		Frecciabianca		Padova toward Trieste Centrale
Verona Porta Nuova toward Torino Porta Nuova		Frecciabianca		Padova toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Verona Porta Nuova toward Milano Centrale		Frecciabianca via Padua and Venice		Padova toward Udine
Verona Porta Nuova toward Milano Centrale		Frecciabianca via Castelfranco Veneto		Citadella toward Udine
Verona Porta Nuova toward Geneva Cornavin		EuroCity		Padua toward Venice Santa Lucia
Verona Porta Nuova toward Munich Hbf		EuroCity		Padua toward Venice Santa Lucia
San Bonifacio toward Verona Porta Nuova		Treno regionale		Padova toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Altavilla-Tavernelle toward Verona Porta Nuova		Treno regionale		Lerino toward Venice Santa Lucia
Terminus		Treno regionale		San Pietro in Gu toward Treviso Centrale
Terminus		Treno regionale		Anconetta toward Schio
Preceding station		Thello		Following station
Verona Porta Nuova toward Paris-Gare de Lyon		Thello		Padua toward Venice

Renovations

Work on upgrading and enhancement of the entire structure of the station building is currently being completed. The work is financed by an investment of approximately 2.4 million euros by Centostazioni and RFI. To achieve a uniform appearance and enhance the main facades, the front and sides of the building have received a veneer of brick and Vicenza yellow stone.

In addition to the retrofitting of existing facilities, and removal of architectural barriers (with the laying of a new path for the vision-impaired), the station has been equipped with new shopping facilities. The previously existing businesses (bar/pizzeria, a tobacconist, newsagent and bank with door ATM) have been joined by a bookshop (Libreria Mondadori), a perfume shop/convenience store (Schlecker), a phone shop (Smartphone), a costume jewellery shop (4You), a clothing store (Fila), another shop (Zippo), an insurance office and a car rental agency (Major).

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 7.7 million passenger movements each year.

Gallery

• Stazione Vicenza.jpg

  Ticketing hall

• Stazione Vicenza2.JPG

  Hall leading to platform 1 to Venice

• Vicenza staz ferr sottopassaggio.jpg

  Underpass to platforms 2 to 6 for Milan

• Stazione Vicenza.JPG

  Platforms 1 and 1 Giardino

External links

Media related to Vicenza train station at Wikimedia Commons

• CentoStazioni: Information about Vicenza railway station (Italian)
• History and pictures of Vicenza railway station (Italian)

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at December 2010.