Firenze Rifredi railway station, or Florence Rifredi railway station , serves the city and comune

Comune

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of Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, in the region

Regions of Italy

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 of Tuscany

Tuscany

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, central Italy

Central Italy

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. It is the third most important in Florence, after Firenze Santa Maria Novella and Firenze Campo di Marte

Firenze Campo di Marte railway station

Firenze Campo di Marte is the third railway station of Florence and the eighth station of Tuscany and the biggest station in south Florence. The station is mostly used by commuters going to Florence coming from the nearby countryside-Overview:All regional trains going south and Santa Maria...

. It also forms part of the traditional Bologna–Florence railway, and the railways linking Florence with Prato, Pistoia, Lucca and Viareggio, and Pisa and Livorno, respectively.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...

 (RFI). Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia

Trenitalia

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato

Ferrovie dello Stato

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 (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Firenze Rifredi railway station is situated in Via dello Steccuto, in the district of Rifredi in the north of the city.

Features

The station features nine through tracks used for passenger trains. These are served by five platforms partly covered by canopies. The platforms are connected with each other by a pedestrian underpass.

There is no lift, and this causes severe discomfort to some passengers, especially elderly ones.

Passenger and train movements

The station is served by regional trains

Regional rail

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 direct to Prato, Bologna, Pisa

Pisa Centrale railway station

Pisa Centrale railway station is the central station of the Italian city of Pisa. The station is one of the major railway junctions of Tuscany. Lines serving the station include three long-distance lines: the Pisa–Livorno–Rome line, the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa line and the Pisa–Florence line. Local...

 , Livorno

Livorno Centrale railway station

Livorno Centrale railway station is the main station of the Italian city of Livorno. It is situated in the Piazza Dante on the eastern edge of the town. It is on the Pisa–Livorno–Rome line and handles nearly 5,300,000 passengers annually...

, Pistoia

Pistoia railway station

Pistoia railway station is the station of Pistoia in Piazza Dante. It is on the Maria Antonia railway, which connects Florence and Viareggio and it is at the beginning of the Porrettana railway to Bologna.-Overview:...

, Lucca

Lucca railway station

Lucca railway station is the main station in Lucca and is located on the Florence–Viareggio line and is the terminus of lines to Pisa and Aulla. These lines are served by regional trains only. The station has five platforms for passengers...

, Viareggio

Viareggio railway station

Viareggio railway station serves the city and comune of Viareggio, in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. Opened in 1936, it forms part of the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway, and is also a junction for a secondary line to Lucca....

, Carrara, La Spezia

La Spezia Centrale railway station

La Spezia Centrale railway station is the main station of La Spezia, situated in the Piazza Medaglie d’Oro in the city centre.-Overview:It is the largest of four stations in the municipal area...

, Siena

Siena railway station

Siena railway station serves the city and comune of Siena, in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. Opened in 1935, it forms part the Central Tuscany railway , and is a junction station for a branch line to Grosseto....

, Campiglia Marittima and Grosseto

Grosseto railway station

Grosseto railway station is the main stationserving the city and comune of Grosseto, in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. Opened in 1864, it forms part of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway....

.

For many InterCity

InterCity

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 trains, both northward and southward, Firenze Rifredi is the only station in the city of Florence at which the train stops.

However, Eurostar

Eurostar Italia

Eurostar Italia is a network of Italian high-speed inter-city trains, operated by Trenitalia . Trenitalia states that there are 130 train journeys per day....

 trains stop either at Firenze Santa Maria Novella, or at Firenze Campo Marte.

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Tuscany
• Rail transport in Italy
  Rail transport in Italy
  The Italian railway system is one of the most important infrastructure in the country, with a total length of . The network is recently growing with the construction of the new high speed rail network....
  
  
• Railway stations in Italy
  Railway stations in Italy
  Railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by the RFI division of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them is operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state.-Classification:...
  
  

External links

• Description and pictures of Firenze Rifredi railway station

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