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Chivasso railway station

Chivasso
Stazione Chivasso.JPG
Location Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi
10034 Chivasso TO
Chivasso, Turin, Piedmont
Italy
Coordinates 45°11′36″N 07°53′24″E / 45.19333°N 7.89000°E / 45.19333; 7.89000Coordinates: 45°11′36″N 07°53′24″E / 45.19333°N 7.89000°E / 45.19333; 7.89000
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s) Turin–Milan
Chivasso–Aosta
Chivasso–Asti
Chivasso–Alessandria
Distance 27.251 km (16.933 mi) from Torino Porta Nuova
Train operators Trenitalia
Connections
  • Local buses
Other information
Classification Gold
History
Opened 20 October 1856; 160 years ago (1856-10-20)
Location
Chivasso is located in Northern Italy
Chivasso
Chivasso
Location within Northern Italy

Chivasso railway station (Italian: Stazione di Chivasso) serves the town and comune of Chivasso, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1856, it forms part of the Turin–Milan railway, and is also a junction for three other lines, to Aosta, Asti and Alessandria, respectively.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Chivasso railway station is situated at Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, at the northern edge of the town centre.

The station was opened on 20 October 1856, together with the rest of the TurinNovara section of the Turin–Milan railway. Two years later, upon the inauguration of the Chivasso–Aosta railway, the station became a junction station.

In 1887, the line to Casale Monferrato came into operation, and in 1912, the line to Asti was activated.

The station was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II.

The station yard now features six tracks plus a bay platform that serves as the terminus of the line to Asti.

The goods yard, on the south side of the line and west of the station, was taken out of service in the second half of the 1990s and upgraded with the construction of a new bus terminal and the new public library.

The station is served by the following services:

The station has a bus terminal.

This article is based upon a translation of the as at February 2011.


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