Poggio Rusco railway station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poggio Rusco
General information
LocationPoggio Rusco, Lombardy
Italy
Coordinates44°58′54″N 11°07′29″E / 44.9818°N 11.1246°E / 44.9818; 11.1246Coordinates: 44°58′54″N 11°07′29″E / 44.9818°N 11.1246°E / 44.9818; 11.1246
Operated byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)Verona–Bologna railway,
Tracks6
Train operatorsTrenitalia, Trenitalia Tper
History
Opened1888
Location
Poggio Rusco is located in Lombardy
Poggio Rusco
Poggio Rusco
Location in Lombardy
Poggio Rusco is located in Northern Italy
Poggio Rusco
Poggio Rusco
Location in Northern Italy
Poggio Rusco is located in Italy
Poggio Rusco
Poggio Rusco
Location in Italy

Poggio Rusco railway station (Italian: Stazione di Poggio Rusco) is a railway station serving Poggio Rusco, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy.

It is located at the junction of the Verona–Bologna railway and the . It is the terminus of Line S3 of Bologna metropolitan railway service.

Train services are operated by Trenitalia and Trenitalia Tper.

The station is managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI).

History[]

Poggio Rusco railway station in 1907

The station was opened in 1888, when the Suzzara–Ferrara railway line was completed.[1] It was located east of the town centre; the junction to the then projected Bologna–Verona railway line was already envisaged.

On 26 October 2008, the stretch from Poggio Rusco to was double-tracked.[2][3] A new alignment between Poggio Rusco and was inaugurated on 14 December 2008.[4]

Features[]

The station consists of 6 tracks.

Train services[]

The station is served by the following service(s):

  • Suburban services (Treno suburbano) on line S3, Bologna - Poggio Rusco

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Alessandro Muratori, Ferrovia Suzzara-Ferrara: passato presente futuro in cento anni di esercizio, Editoriale del Garda, 1988, p. 6 (ISBN 88-85105-00-9)
  2. ^ RFI S.p.A. Circolare compartimentale di Bologna CC 24/2008. pp. 3-6.
  3. ^ Impianti FS, in "I Treni" n. 310 (dicembre 2008), p. 7
  4. ^ RFI S.p.A. Circolare compartimentale di Verona CC 37/2008. pp. 3-7.
Retrieved from ""