Torino Porta Susa railway station
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Torino Porta Susa is a railway station in Turin
, northern Italy
; it is currently the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova
. It is located in Piazza XVIII Dicembre, on the end of Via Cernaia, not far from Piazza Statuto. It is being rebuilt and upgraded to improve suburban, regional and long-distance traffic.
stop at the station, including TGV
services between Paris
and Milan and other services using the Turin–Milan high-speed line.
(RFI). Plans for the project originally included a 100 metre high office tower for the state railways, Ferrovie dello Stato
, although this does not appear to be proceeding at present.
The Turin Metro
is finishing construction on a metro station near Porta Susa that will connect the station with Porta Nuova and Lingotto
.
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
; it is currently the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova
Torino Porta Nuova railway station
Torino Porta Nuova station is currently the main railway station of Turin. It is the third busiest station in Italy for passenger flow after Rome Termini and Milan Central, with about 192,000 journeys per day and 70 million travellers a year and a total of about 350 trains per day. It is...
. It is located in Piazza XVIII Dicembre, on the end of Via Cernaia, not far from Piazza Statuto. It is being rebuilt and upgraded to improve suburban, regional and long-distance traffic.
History
The station was built in 1868 during the expansion of the city towards the west. Trains between Torino Porta Nuova and MilanMilan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
stop at the station, including TGV
TGV
The TGV is France's high-speed rail service, currently operated by SNCF Voyages, the long-distance rail branch of SNCF, the French national rail operator....
services between Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Milan and other services using the Turin–Milan high-speed line.
Current works
Currently work is underway to rebuild the station in conjunction with the construction of the Turin Passante regional railway. This work involves the quadrupling of tracks through central Turin. At Porta Susa the line is being widened to six tracks with new platforms being built below the Corso Inghilterra roadway. A 300 metre long and 19 metre high glass and steel structure is being built above the tracks to create a new station, which is intended to become the main hub of urban, regional and international rail traffic in Turin. The design of the project was developed by the French architecture studio Arep, which won an international competition. This work is expected to be completed by the end of 2011; the total cost — estimated at €55 million — is being borne entirely by the rail network operator, Rete Ferroviaria ItalianaRete 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). Plans for the project originally included a 100 metre high office tower for the state railways, Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...
, although this does not appear to be proceeding at present.
The Turin Metro
Turin Metro
The Metropolitana di Torino is a VAL metro system connecting Turin city centre, Italy, with the neighbouring city of Collegno. It is operated by Gruppo Torinese Trasporti , a public company controlled by the municipality of Turin...
is finishing construction on a metro station near Porta Susa that will connect the station with Porta Nuova and Lingotto
Lingotto
Lingotto is a district of Turin, Italy, that named the Lingotto building in Via Nizza, which once was a huge automobile factory, constructed by Fiat. Built from 1916 and opened in 1923, the design was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars...
.