Domodossola railway station

Domodossola
Location
Address	Piazza Giacomo Matteotti 28845 Domodossola VB
Comune	Domodossola
Province	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Region	Piedmont
Country	Italy
Coordinates	46°06′55″N 08°17′46″E / 46.11528°N 8.29611°E / 46.11528; 8.29611Coordinates: 46°06′55″N 08°17′46″E / 46.11528°N 8.29611°E / 46.11528; 8.29611
Line(s)	Milan–Domodossola Domodossola–Brig Domodossola–Novara Domodossola–Locarno
Distance	55.547 km (34.515 mi) from Arona
Other information
Opened	8 September 1888 (1888-09-08)
Owner	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Manager	Centostazioni
Line operator(s)	Trenitalia SBB-CFF-FFS SSIF
Classification	Gold
Services
Connections
	Regional Interurban
Location map
Domodossola railway station Domodossola railway station (Italy)

Domodossola railway station (Italian: Stazione di Domodossola) serves the city and comune of Domodossola, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1888, it forms a major break of gauge junction between standard gauge lines to Milan, Brig and Novara, and a metre gauge line to Locarno.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services on the lines to Milan and Novara are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Train services on the line to Brig are operated by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS), and those on the line to Locarno by the Società Subalpina Imprese Ferroviarie (SSIF).^[1] These two lines combine to form an international link, via Domodossola, between the German and Italian speaking parts of Switzerland.

Location

Domodossola railway station is situated at Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, at the eastern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 9 September 1888, together with the rest of the Domodossola–Arona section of the Milan–Domodossola railway.^[2] It was built as part of a railway construction project planned since the 1870s. The aim of the project was to break the isolation of the Ossola valley, by connecting it with Novara and Turin.

On 1 June 1906, Domodossola was extended to become an international facility, upon the opening of the Simplon Tunnel and the Brig–Domodossola railway that passes through it.^[2]

The metre gauge connection between Domodossola and Locarno entered service on 27 November 1923.^[2]

Features

The passenger building has a significant architectural façade, with a string course of Baveno granite and three cornices.

Passenger movements

The station has about 1.4 million passenger movements each year.^[3]

Interchange

From the bus terminal located near the station there are direct buses to the main municipalities in the Ossola valley, and inter-urban routes to Verbania, Omegna and Milan Malpensa Airport.

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. ^ it:Società Subalpina Imprese Ferroviarie
2. ^ ^{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 13 February 2011.  (Italian)
3. ^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni [Annual flows at the 103 stations]". Centostazioni website. Centostazioni. http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html. Retrieved 13 December 2010.  (Italian)

External links

Media related to Domodossola railway station at Wikimedia Commons

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at December 2010.