Perugia | |||||
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| Location | PiazzaVittorio Veneto 06124 Perugia PG Perugia,Perugia,Umbria Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 43°06′14″N12°22′32″E / 43.10389°N 12.37556°E /43.10389; 12.37556 | ||||
| Elevation | 304 m (997 ft) | ||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni | ||||
| Line(s) | Foligno–Terontola | ||||
| Distance | 39.580 km (24.594 mi) fromFoligno | ||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia Ferrovia Centrale Umbra | ||||
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| Classification | Gold | ||||
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| Opened | 12 December 1866; 158 years ago (1866-12-12) | ||||
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Perugia railway station, also known asPerugia Fontivegge railway station (Italian:Stazione di Perugia; Stazione di Perugia Fontivegge) is themain station serving the city andcomune ofPerugia, in theregion ofUmbria,central Italy. Opened in 1866, it forms part of theFoligno–Terontola railway, which also linksFlorence withRome.
The station is currently managed byRete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of thepassenger building is managed byCentostazioni. Train services are operated by or on behalf ofTrenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary ofFerrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
Regional train services calling at the station are operated byFerrovia Centrale Umbra, which sub-contracts on behalf of Trenitalia.
Perugia railway station is situated at PiazzaVittorio Veneto, in the heavily populated district of Fontivegge, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of the city centre.
The station was opened on 12 December 1866, upon the inauguration of theEllera Corciano–Ponte San Giovanni section of the Foligno–Terontola railway.[1]
The passenger building is a large structure built on three levels. Only the ground floor is accessible to travellers, through a main entrance below three large arches. Adjacent to the main building are two other buildings arranged symmetrically on a single plane.
Inside the entrance to the passenger building is a ticket office. This room is very large. In its middle are four substantial columns, supporting a high ceiling. Dividing the ticket hall from the station yard are three blue and green glass doors.
The waiting room is also very large. It has beautiful wooden benches, which, although antique, are still in very good condition.
Passengers inside the building can also admire a sculpture from Roman times in honor of the sacrifice of Perugia in the war againstHannibal. Above the sculpture are modern style mosaicpictorial maps of Umbria and Perugia.
Extending from the passenger building are several small buildings, including a modern building housing the RFI technical offices.
On the opposite side of the station yard from the passenger building is what remains of the now disusedgoods yard; it has a brick warehouse very similar in style to its counterparts at other Italian stations.
The station yard has four through tracks. Only the second track is used for through trains stopping at the station. All of the others are used for overtaking, or for originating or terminating trains.
Each of the tracks is equipped with a platform and most have a concrete shelter. The one exception is covered instead by a wrought iron canopy. On all platforms, there are light panels displaying the destination, type and time of departure of the train that is stopped or will be stopping at that platform. All platforms are connected by an underpass.
Until recently there was also a fifth track, but this was dismantled because it was little used.
In the former goods yard there are some free tracks and an electrification dock, all of which serve today for the storage of disused or out of service carriages and line maintenance equipment.
The station has about three million passenger movements each year.[2]
Passenger trains are mainlyregional rail services, with occasionalInterCity trains toMilan andEurostar trains. Regional services are operated byFerrovia Centrale Umbra, which sub-contracts on behalf of Trenitalia. InterCity and long-distance services are operated by Trenitalia itself.
About 50 trains call at the station each day. Their main destinations areFirenze Santa Maria Novella,Terontola-Cortona,Foligno andRoma Termini.
Goods services have long since ceased.
The station has several underground car parks, a bus station and, about 100 metres (330 ft) along a path, a stop for the new PerugiaMinimetrò.
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