Massa Centro railway station

Massa Centro
View of the station platforms.
Location	Piazza IV Novembre 54100 Massa MS Massa, Massa and Carrara, Tuscany Italy
Coordinates	44°01′26″N 10°08′10″E / 44.02389°N 10.13611°ECoordinates: 44°01′26″N 10°08′10″E / 44.02389°N 10.13611°E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa
Distance	43.0 km (26.7 mi) from Pisa Centrale
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Construction
Architect	Roberto Narducci
Other information
Classification	Silver
History
Opened	1 November 1862
Rebuilt	1939
Location
Massa Centro Location within Tuscany

Massa Centro railway station (Italian: Stazione di Massa Centro) serves the town and comune of Massa, in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. Opened in 1862, it forms part of the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway.

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.

Location

Massa Centro railway station is situated in Piazza IV Novembre, to the south of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1862, upon the inauguration of the Massa–Seravezza section of the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway. Five months later, on 15 May 1863, the line was extended from Massa to Sarzana, in the neighbouring region of Liguria.^[1]

In 1939, the passenger building was renovated, to a design of the architect Roberto Narducci.

Features

The station has three tracks for passengers and two through tracks for goods traffic.

Track 1 serves trains bound for Pisa Centrale, and Track 2 is for trains heading for La Spezia Centrale. Track 3 is used as both an exchange platform and for overtaking. The platforms facing all three tracks have long marble canopies and are connected by an underpass.

There are also many monitors showing arrival and departure information in real time.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 1.1 million passenger movements each year.^[2]

All regional trains passing through Massa Centro stop there, as do some InterCity, Eurostar City Italia and Eurostar Italia trains.

Interchange

The station is also served by urban and suburban bus lines.

See also

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

References

1. Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 20 December 2010. External link in |work= (help)
2. "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

External links

Media related to Massa Centro railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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