Trento railway station serves the city and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

of Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

, capital

Capital City

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 of the autonomous region

Regions of Italy

The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....

 of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, northeastern Italy

Northeast Italy

Northeast Italy is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics , a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency...

. Opened in 1859, it forms part of the Brenner railway (Verona–Innsbruck)

Brenner railway

The Brenner Railway is a major line connecting the Austrian and Italian railways from Innsbruck and Verona climbing the Wipptal , passing over the Brenner Pass and descending down the Eisack Valley to Bolzano and then down the Adige Valley from Bolzano to Rovereto and from there along the...

, and is also a junction

Junction (rail)

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 with the Valsugana railway, which connects Trento with Venice

Venezia Santa Lucia railway station

Venezia Santa Lucia railway station is a terminal station serving the comune of Venice, Italy. It is also the only railway station in the historic city of Venice ....

.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

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 (RFI). However,the commercial area of the passenger building

Station building

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 is managed by Centostazioni

Centostazioni

' is a member company of Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato group. It was created to rehabilitate, develop and manage 103 medium sized Italian railway stations.-History:...

. 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.

Adjacent to the station is another station, the Trento terminus of the metre gauge

Metre gauge

Metre gauge refers to narrow gauge railways and tramways with a track gauge of . In some African, American and Asian countries it is the main gauge. In Europe it has been used for local railways in France, Germany, and Belgium, most of which were closed down in mid 20th century. Only in Switzerland...

 Trento-Malè-Marilleva railway (FTM).

Location

Trento railway station is situated at Piazza Dante, at the northern edge of the city centre.

Features

The passenger building houses the ticket office and waiting room as well as other facilities such as a bar and a newsstand.

The station yard has four tracks equipped with platforms: the adjacent sidings are used mainly for trains traversing the Valsugana railway. The platforms are connected by both underpass and elevator.

There are also a locomotive shed and a turntable.

The goods yard is situated at Roncafort, a short distance to the north along the Brenner railway.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 5.5 million passenger movements each year, and is therefore the second busiest in the region in terms of numbers of passengers, after Bolzano/Bozen

Bolzano/Bozen railway station

Bolzano/Bozen railway station serves the city and comune of Bolzano-Bozen, in the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, northeastern Italy...

.

All trains passing through Trento, including InterCity

InterCity

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 and Eurostar Italia

Eurostar Italia

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 trains, stop at the station. The main domestic destinations are Verona

Verona Porta Nuova railway station

Verona Porta Nuova is the main railway station of the Italian city of Verona near the city centre in the square of Piazzale 25 Aprile. It was originally opened in 1852, but was substantially rebuilt between 1910 and 1922. It was rebuilt again between 1946 and 1949 after being largely destroyed by...

, Venezia

Venezia Santa Lucia railway station

Venezia Santa Lucia railway station is a terminal station serving the comune of Venice, Italy. It is also the only railway station in the historic city of Venice ....

, Bassano del Grappa and Bolzano/Bozen, but passengers also depart for and arrive from other domestic destinations such as Bologna or Rome. The main international links are with Munich

München Hauptbahnhof

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 and Innsbruck

Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof

is the Hauptbahnhof at Innsbruck, the capital city of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. Opened in 1853, it is one of the country's busiest railway stations, with around 25,000 passenger movements daily....

.

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
• 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:...
  
  

Further reading

• Paola Pettenella (ed), La stazione di Trento di Angiolo Mazzoni, "Quaderni di Architettura" n. 1, Electa, Milano, 1994

External links

• Description and pictures of Trento railway station

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