Imperia Porto Maurizio railway station

Imperia Porto Maurizio
Location	Piazza Caduti sul Lavoro 18100 Imperia IM Imperia, Imperia, Liguria Italy
Coordinates	43°52′47″N 08°01′03″E / 43.87972°N 8.01750°ECoordinates: 43°52′47″N 08°01′03″E / 43.87972°N 8.01750°E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Genoa–Ventimiglia
Distance	109.00 km (67.73 mi) from Genova Piazza Principe
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification	Silver
History
Opened	1872
Location
Imperia Porto Maurizio Location within Northern Italy

Imperia Porto Maurizio railway station (Italian: Stazione di Imperia Porto Maurizio) is one of two stations serving the city and comune of Imperia, in the Liguria region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1872, it forms part of the Genoa–Ventimiglia railway, and is situated just over two thirds along the way from Genoa towards Ventimiglia.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Imperia's other railway station, Imperia Oneglia, is located 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) to the east.

Location

Imperia Porto Maurizio railway station is situated in Piazza Caduti sul Lavoro, near the centre of the city.

Features

The passenger building has two storeys. Only the ground floor is open to the public. The building is made of brick, is painted brown, and has nine single-light windows with round arches accompanied by cornices.

The station once had a goods yard with an adjoining goods shed. However, the goods yard has since been dismantled and replaced by a parking lot for RFI and Trenitalia employees, and the goods shed has been converted to storage. The architecture of the former goods shed is very similar to that of other Italian railway stations.

There is also a small one-storey building that houses the station chapel. All of the station buildings are rectangular in shape.

The station yard comprises three tracks. Each of them has a platform sheltered by a canopy. The platforms are connected by an underpass.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 600,000 passenger movements each year.^[1] It is served by both regional and InterCity trains. The main destinations of passengers embarking at the station are Ventimiglia, Genoa and Milano Centrale.

Train services

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

• EuroCity services (Thello) Marseille - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia - Genoa - Milan

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Sanremo toward Marseille-St-Charles		Thello		Diano Marina toward Milano Centrale

Interchange

In the square in front of the station, there are bus stops for the following lines:

• Sanremo-Andora (public transport by Riviera Trasporti);
• Imperia's urban service.

There is also a taxi rank in the square.

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Liguria
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy

References

1. "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

External links

Media related to Imperia Porto Maurizio railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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