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| Location | Piazzale della Stazione 2-4 44122 Ferrara FE Ferrara,Ferrara,Emilia-Romagna Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 44°50′34″N11°36′14″E / 44.84278°N 11.60389°E /44.84278; 11.60389 | ||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni | ||||
| Line(s) | Padua–Bologna Ferrara–Ravenna–Rimini Suzzara–Ferrara Ferrara–Codigoro | ||||
| Distance | 46.830 km (29.099 mi) fromBologna Centrale | ||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia Ferrovie Emilia Romagna (FER) | ||||
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| Classification | Gold | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 26 January 1862; 163 years ago (1862-01-26) | ||||
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Ferrara railway station (Italian:Stazione di Ferrara) is themain station serving the city andcomune ofFerrara, in theregion ofEmilia-Romagna,northern Italy. Opened in 1862, it forms part of thePadua–Bologna railway, and is also a terminus of three secondary railways, linking Ferrara withRavenna and Rimini,Suzzara, andCodigoro, respectively.
The station is currently managed byRete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of thepassenger building is managed byCentostazioni. Train services on the main line, and on the line to Ravenna and Rimini, are operated byTrenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary ofFerrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
Train services on the other two lines, to Suzzara and Codigoro, are operated byFerrovie Emilia Romagna (FER), which is owned by the region of Emilia-Romagna and most of its provinces.
Be careful when using the small elevators as they are located away from the foot traffic and present a greater theft risk.
Ferrara railway station is situated at Piazzale della Stazione, at the northwestern edge of the city centre, between Via San Giacomo and Viale della Costituzione.
The station was opened on 26 January 1862, together with the rest of theBologna–Ferrara section of the Padua–Bologna railway.[1] Three months later, on 15 April 1862, Ferrara was transformed from aterminal station into a through station, when the next section of that railway, from Ferrara toPontelagoscuro, came into operation.[1]
Today's passenger building, renovated several times over the years, has a central hall with a ticket office and waiting room. In its two lateral wings, there are a bar, restaurant, newsagent and tobacconist, and a bicycle storage area.
The station also has two undergroundpedestrian underpasses that connect the first track with the remaining 5 served by three platforms.
Outside the building, there are a taxi stand, the large parking area for bicycles (300 places), car parking (60 spaces), motorcycle parking (40 spaces), a two lane bus station for urban buses and, across the street, four bus stops for suburban buses.
Currently, thecomune of Ferrara is working on the redevelopment of the station, including the insertion of a new roundabout access from Viale della Costituzione, the construction of public parking for bikes and cars and the addition of special shelters for urban buses.
The station is also affected by work on the extension of theBologna metropolitan railway service (SFM), as it is to be a terminus of an SFM Ferrara–Bologna–Imola line.
Additionally, the station will be a terminus of acommuter service, to be introduced in the urban section (as far asQuartesana) of the FER line to Codigoro.
The station has about 5 million passenger movements each year.[2]
The passenger trains calling at the station includeregional, express,InterCity, andEurostar trains.
A total of about 220 passenger trains serve the station each day.
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