Pescara Porta Nuova railway station

Pescara Porta Nuova is a railway station in Pescara, Italy. The station opened in 1883 and is located on the Adriatic railway and Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia.

Pescara Porta Nuova
Pescara Porta Nuova railway station
General information
Location	Piazza Vittorio Colonna 1, Pescara, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo Italy
Coordinates	42°27′26″N 14°12′43″E
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Trenitalia
Line(s)	Adriatic railway Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway
Platforms	3
Other information
Classification	Silver[1]
History
Opened	1883; 141 years ago (1883)
Location Pescara Porta Nuova Location in Abruzzo Show map of Abruzzo Pescara Porta Nuova Location in Italy Show map of Italy

History

Until 1927 the station was named simply Pescara since it is located in the old town of Pescara, located south of the river.

Modernisation

On 15 January 2009 the new passenger building was completed,^[2] designed by the Spanish architect Oriol Bohigas and cost tens of millions of euros. The original building was in a state of decay, and therefore was demolished, however leaving the old front of the building as an element of the new building. The work was carried out as part of the redevelopment of the area "The Mill" (Italian: Il Molino).

The station has three tracks, two of which loops to the Adriatic line. The third is the start of the Rome-Pescara railway. Work is under way to upgrade the station, increasing the number of tracks to 4 and building three platforms to modern European standards, with shelters, subways and various furnishings. The works are carried out by RFI, costing about 10 million. These interventions will help increasing the line speed on the Adriatic. the work will be completed in the first half of 2016.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

• Regional services (Treno regionale) Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Termoli
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano - Tivoli - Rome
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo - Giulianova - Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Pescara toward Rimini		Treno regionale		Pescara Tribunale toward Termoli
Pescara Terminus		Treno regionale		Chieti toward Roma Tiburtina
Pescara toward Teramo		Treno regionale		Pescara San Marco toward Avezzano

References

1. List of Italian stations and categories Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
2. Pescara Porta Nuova, a new face for the station

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at February 2016.