Chivasso railway station

Chivasso
Location
Address	Piazza Guiseppe Garibaldi 10034 Chivasso TO
Comune	Chivasso
Province	Turin
Region	Piedmont
Country	Italy
Coordinates	45°11′36″N 07°53′24″E / 45.19333°N 7.89°E / 45.19333; 7.89Coordinates: 45°11′36″N 07°53′24″E / 45.19333°N 7.89°E / 45.19333; 7.89
Line(s)	Turin–Milan Chivasso–Aosta Chivasso–Asti Chivasso–Casale Monferrato
Distance	27.251 km (16.933 mi) from Torino Porta Nuova
Other information
Opened	20 October 1856 (1856-10-20)
Manager	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line operator(s)	Trenitalia
Classification	Gold
Connections
	Local buses
Location map
Chivasso railway station Chivasso railway station (Italy)

Chivasso railway station (Italian: Stazione di Chivasso) serves the town and comune of Chivasso, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1856, it forms part of the Turin–Milan railway, and is also a junction for three other lines, to Aosta, Asti and Casale Monferrato, respectively.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Chivasso railway station is situated at Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, at the northern edge of the town centre.

History

The station was opened on 20 October 1856, together with the rest of the Turin–Novara section of the Turin–Milan railway.^[1] Two years later, upon the inauguration of the Chivasso–Aosta railway, the station became a junction station.^[1]

In 1887, the line to Casale Monferrato came into operation, and in 1912, the line to Asti was activated.^[1]

The station was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during the World War II.

Features

The station yard now features six tracks plus a bay platform that serves as the terminus of the line to Asti.

The goods yard, on the south side of the line and west of the station, was taken out of service in the second half of the 1990s and upgraded with the construction of a new bus terminal and the new public library.

Interchange

The station has a bus terminal.

See also

	Trains portal
	Architecture portal
	Italy portal

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Piedmont
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Alessandro Tuzza and others. "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. Alessandro Tuzza. http://www.trenidicarta.it/aperture.html. Retrieved 10 February 2011.  (Italian)

External links

Media related to Chivasso at Wikimedia Commons

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at February 2011.