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Railway station in Novara, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Novara railway station (Italian: Stazione di Novara) is the main station serving the city and comune of Novara, in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Opened in 1854, it forms part of the Turin–Milan and is the origin point of the lines to Arona, to Alessandria, to Biella, Varallo, Domodossola and Luino.
Main entrance to the passenger building. | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Piazza Garibaldi 28100 Novara NO Novara, Novara, Piedmont Italy | ||||
Coordinates | 45°27′03″N 08°37′31″E | ||||
Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni | ||||
Line(s) | Turin–Milan Arona–Novara Novara–Alessandria Biella–Novara Varallo–Novara Novara–Gozzano–Domodossola | ||||
Distance | 98.940 km (61.478 mi) from Turin Porta Nuova[1] 65.528 km (40.717 mi) from Alessandria | ||||
Platforms | 13 | ||||
Train operators | Trenitalia, Trenord, SNCF | ||||
Connections | ![]()
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Other information | |||||
Classification | Gold | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 3 July 1854 | ||||
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The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
The rain services are operated by Trenitalia, SNCF and Trenord.
A second station, the Novara Nord railway station, is located a short distance away, and serves as the terminus of the Saronno–Novara railway, which is owned by Trenord.
Novara railway station is situated at Piazza Garibaldi, at the northeastern edge of the city centre.
The station was opened on 3 July 1854, upon the opening of the Novara–-Mortara portion of the Arona–Alessandria railway.[2]
The passenger station is equipped with fifteen tracks and passing loops, of which thirteen (10 platform and three loops, and 2 north and 1 south) are numbered for passenger service. Track 1 and the tracks of the first three platforms (2-3, 4-4A-5, and 6-6A-6B-7) are served directly from the subway and have a roof, though not for its entire length. The last three tracks are accessible from the platform of the tracks 6 and 7 with a track level crossing. Tracks 3 and 4 serve the Turin–Milan railway, while other tracks are mostly used by trains on the other, terminating, lines.
The goods yard is distinctly separated from the passenger station and is linked to the incoming lines by two lines connected in a triangle, starting from one end of the passenger station. This allows the goods yard to receive goods trains without having to occupy sections of line reserved for passenger services. At the end of the goods yard is the Centro Intermodale Merci (CIM), built at the turn of the twenty-first century, while along the track north of the triangle is the new Novara Nord railway station. Finally, the goods yard is linked with the Treno Alta Velocità (TAV) by a couple of tracks that are bypassed by the FNM line to Novara Nord.
The station has about 9.4 million passenger movements each year, making it the seventh busiest Centostazioni station in terms of passenger movements.[3] There are about 350 trains per day, including any Trenitalia train replacement buses.
Trains stopping at Novara include TGV, Frecciabianca, Intercity Notte and regional trains, along with line S6 on the Milan suburban rail service. The most important domestic destinations of these trains are Turin, Milan and Venice, but passengers also depart for and arrive from other domestic destinations, such as Genoa, Biella and Vercelli. The main international links are with Paris.
Many of the station's passenger movements are arrivals from neighboring cities, with a large presence of students in the morning. However, the predominant component is commuter traffic to Milan, and, to a lesser extent, Turin. This traffic leads to overflowing commuter trains, even though each of them is made up of twelve carriages. Combined with the many and repeated delays, the uncomfortable travelling conditions have led to numerous protest actions, with resonance at the national level.
Goods traffic, which is also significant, is characterized by the presence of the CIM and a related rolling highway to northern Europe. Even the passage of goods trains in transit is not negligible.
The station is served by the following services:
Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
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Torino Porta Susa towards Paris-Lyon |
TGV inOui | Milan Terminus | ||
Trenitalia | ||||
toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | Intercity Notte | toward Salerno |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | Intercity Notte | toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | Treno regionale | toward Milano Centrale |
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Borgo Vercelli toward Chivasso | Treno regionale | Terminus | ||
Nibbia toward Biella San Paolo | Treno regionale | Terminus | ||
Caltignaga toward Domodossola | Treno regionale | Terminus | ||
toward Arona | Treno regionale | Terminus | ||
Terminus | Treno regionale | Garbagna toward Alessandria |
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Trenord | ||||
Terminus | Trenord R25 |
Garbagna toward Mortara | ||
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
Terminus | Trenord S6 |
Trecate towards Treviglio |
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