Orte railway station

Orte
Location
Address	Piazza Giovanni XXIII 3 01028 Orte VT
Comune	Orte
Province	Viterbo
Region	Lazio
Country	Italy
Coordinates	42°26′14″N 12°24′32″E / 42.43722°N 12.40889°E / 42.43722; 12.40889Coordinates: 42°26′14″N 12°24′32″E / 42.43722°N 12.40889°E / 42.43722; 12.40889
Line(s)	Firenze–Roma Roma–Ancona Civitavecchia–Orte
Distance	82.503 km (51.265 mi) from Roma Termini
Other information
Opened	1 April 1865 (1865-04-01)
Platforms	7
Manager	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line operator(s)	Trenitalia
Classification	Gold
Services
Connections
	Urban Suburban to Viterbo, Terni, Gallese, Canepina.
Location map
Orte railway station Orte railway station (Italy)

Orte railway station (Italian: Stazione di Orte) serves the town and comune of Orte, in the region of Lazio, central Italy. Opened in 1865, it forms part of the Florence–Rome railway and the Rome–Ancona railway.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. 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

Orte railway station is situated in Piazza Giovanni XXIII in the locality of Orte Scalo, approximately two kilometres southeast of the town centre.

History

The station was opened on 1 April 1865, upon the inauguration of the Rome–Orte section of the Rome–Ancona railway.^[1] On 4 January 1866, the station ceased to be a terminus, when the line was extended further southeast, as far as Foligno.^[1]

Between 1928 and 1961, Orte was the junction for a branch line to Civitavecchia. From then until 1994, that line was operated only between Capranica and Orte. The line is currently disused, but in September 2010 a contract was let for its reconstruction.

Features

The single storey passenger building is made of brick with a colonnade facing the Piazza. It houses a bar, newsstand, ticket office, waiting room and toilets. The station features seven tracks for passenger service, including five through tracks and two terminating tracks. There is also a large goods yard used for the overnight storage of goods trains.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 3.0 million passenger movements each year.^[2]

Some InterCity and Eurostar City trains passing through the station stop there. Frequent regional trains link Orte with nearby destinations, including Rome, Florence, Fiumicino Airport, Foligno, Terontola, Terni, Perugia and Viterbo.

The station is also the terminus of the Ferrovie regionali del Lazio FR1 commuter service from Fiumicino Airport.

See also

	Trains portal
	Architecture portal
	Italy portal

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 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 26 December 2010.  (Italian)
2. ^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni [Annual flows at the 103 stations]". Centostazioni website. Centostazioni. http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html. Retrieved 4 December 2010.  (Italian)

External links

Media related to Orte at Wikimedia Commons

• Description and pictures of Orte railway station (Italian)

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