Bergamo railway station

Bergamo
The passenger building.
General information
LocationPiazza Guglielmo Marconi
24122 Bergamo BG
Bergamo, Bergamo, Lombardy
Italy
Coordinates45°41′26″N 09°40′30″E / 45.69056°N 9.67500°E / 45.69056; 9.67500
Operated byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni
Line(s)Bergamo–Brescia
Lecco–Bergamo
Seregno–Bergamo
Treviglio–Bergamo
Distance21.882 km (13.597 mi)
from Treviglio
Train operatorsTrenord
Connections
Other information
ClassificationGold
History
Opened22 April 1854; 169 years ago (1854-04-22)
Location
Bergamo is located in Lombardy
Bergamo
Bergamo
Location in Lombardy
Bergamo is located in Northern Italy
Bergamo
Bergamo
Location in Northern Italy
Bergamo is located in Italy
Bergamo
Bergamo
Location in Italy

Bergamo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Bergamo) serves the city and comune of Bergamo, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1854, it is located at the junction of lines to Brescia, Lecco, Seregno and Treviglio.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

The train services are operated by Trenord and Trenitalia.

Location

Bergamo railway station is situated at Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, at the south eastern edge of the city centre.

History

According to the Central Statistical Office of the FS, the station was opened on 22 April 1854, upon the inauguration of the whole of the Bergamo–Brescia railway.[1] However, another source says that the Bergamo–Brescia railway was opened only in stages. According to that source, the Coccaglio-Brescia and Brescia-Verona sections both become operational on 22 April 1854 and were formally opened two days later, while the connection to Bergamo was not completed until 12 October 1857.[2]

Features

The passenger building is connected with the seven through tracks and two platform docks of the station yard by a small pedestrian underpass, which also connects the station with Via Gavazzeni, near a school campus.

The underpass was finally opened in autumn 2008, almost fifty years after it was first proposed.

Train services

The station had about 10.3 million passenger movements in the year 2010.[3]

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

  • Express regional services (Treno regio Express) Milan – Pioltello – Verdello – Bergamo
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Milan – Monza – Carnate – Bergamo
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Lecco – Calolziocorte – Bergamo
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Bergamo – Rovato – Brescia
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Treviglio – Verdello – Bergamo
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Bergamo – Brescia – Cremona – Fidenza – Massa – Pisa (1x per day, usually only in summer months)
  • High Speed Services (both from Italo and Trenitalia) to Rome and Naples, with three couples of trains per day
Preceding station   Trenord   Following station
Verdello-Dalmine
toward Milan Central 		  Trenord
RE2 		  Terminus
Bergamo Ospedale
Treno regionaleTerminus
Ponte San Pietro
toward Lecco
Treno regionaleTerminus
TerminusTreno regionale
Seriate
toward Brescia
Stezzano
toward Treviglio
Treno regionaleTerminus
Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
TerminusTreno regionale
Grumello del Monte

Interchange

The station is connected with the urban transport network by line 1 of the ATB, which links the Old Town with Bergamo's Orio al Serio Airport. Not far away is the bus station, with bus lines to almost all municipalities in the Province, and the terminus of the Bergamo–Albino light rail.

Gallery

  • Entrance to the underpass
    Entrance to the underpass

See also

References

  1. ^ Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. ^ Ganzerla, Giancarlo (2004). Binari sul Garda – Dalla Ferdinandea al tram: tra cronaca e storia [Rails on the Garda – From Emperor Ferdinand to the tram: between chronicle and history]. Brescia: Grafo. pp. 125 and 136. ISBN 88-7385-633-0.
  3. ^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni (in Italian). Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

External links

Media related to Bergamo train station at Wikimedia Commons