Piacenza railway station

Piacenza
The passenger building.
Location	Piazzale Guglielmo Marconi 29121 Piacenza PC Piacenza, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna Italy
Coordinates	45°03′07″N 09°42′22″E / 45.05194°N 9.70611°E / 45.05194; 9.70611Coordinates: 45°03′07″N 09°42′22″E / 45.05194°N 9.70611°E / 45.05194; 9.70611
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Milano–Bologna Alessandria–Piacenza Piacenza–Cremona
Distance	146.823 km (91.232 mi) from Bologna Centrale 96.513 km (59.970 mi) from Alessandria
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Construction
Architect	Roberto Narducci
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	21 July 1859; 157 years ago (1859-07-21)
Rebuilt	1937 (1937)
Electrified	1938 (1938)
Location
Piacenza Location within Northern Italy

Piacenza railway station (Italian: Stazione di Piacenza) serves the city and comune of Piacenza, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. Opened in 1859, it forms part of the Milan–Bologna railway, and is also a terminus of two secondary railways, linking Piacenza with Alessandria and Cremona, respectively.

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.

Piacenza railway station is situated at Piazzale Guglielmo Marconi, at the eastern edge of the city centre.

The station entered service on 21 July 1859, together with the rest of the Bologna–Piacenza section of the Milan–Bologna railway. On 19 January 1860, it became the terminus of another line, the Alessandria–Piacenza railway, upon the completion of the final section of that line, between Trebbia bridge and Piacenza.

The station remained solely a terminal station only until 14 November 1861, when the rest of the line between Bologna and Milan came into operation.

In 1932, the station became a terminus of another secondary line, the newly opened Piacenza–Bettola railway. The following year, 1933, yet another secondary line, the Piacenza–Cremona railway, commenced operations with Piacenza as one of its termini.