Foggia railway station

Foggia
The passenger building.
Coordinates	41°27′56″N 15°33′22″E / 41.46556°N 15.55611°E / 41.46556; 15.55611Coordinates: 41°27′56″N 15°33′22″E / 41.46556°N 15.55611°E / 41.46556; 15.55611
Operated by	Trenitalia Ferrovie del Gargano
Line(s)	Naples–Foggia Ancona–Lecce Foggia–Manfredonia Lucera–Foggia Foggia–Potenza
Distance	526.027 km (326.858 mi) from Bologna Centrale
Construction
Architect	Roberto Narducci
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	25 April 1864 (1864-04-25)
Services
Location
Foggia railway station Foggia railway station (Italy)

Foggia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Foggia) serves the city and comune of Foggia, in the region of Apulia, Southern Italy. Opened in 1864, it forms part of the Adriatic Railway (Ancona–Lecce), and is the terminus of the Naples–Foggia railway. It is also a junction for several other, secondary lines, namely the Foggia–Manfredonia, Lucera–Foggia and Foggia–Potenza railways.

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.

Foggia railway station is situated at Piazzale Vittorio Veneto, at the north eastern edge of the city centre.

The station was opened on 25 April 1864, upon the inauguration of the Ortona–Foggia section of the Adriatic Railway. Just under four months later, on 11 August 1864, the Adriatic Railway was extended from Brindisi to Trani.

On 30 December 1886, Foggia became a junction station, when the first two sections of the Naples–Foggia railway were opened, between Bovino-Deliceto and Foggia via Cervaro. The number of lines terminating at Foggia was expanded on 12 July 1885, with the opening of the Foggia–Manfredonia railway, and again on 2 August 1887, upon the completion of the Lucera–Foggia railway.

On 18 September 1897, a line branching from the Naples–Foggia railway at Cervaro was completed to form a link between Foggia and Potenza. By the end of the nineteenth century, the station had therefore become a crucial junction between the lines that running between the north and south of Italy and those linking the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian seas.