Roma Trastevere railway station

Roma Trastevere
The passenger building
Location	Piazza Flavio Biondo 1-20 00153 Roma RM Rome, Rome, Lazio Italy
Coordinates	41°52′22″N 12°27′58″E / 41.87278°N 12.46611°ECoordinates: 41°52′22″N 12°27′58″E / 41.87278°N 12.46611°E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Pisa–Livorno–Roma Roma–Capranica–Viterbo Roma–Fiumicino
Distance	8.221 km (5.108 mi) from Roma Termini
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Rome Tram
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	1 May 1911
Location
Roma Trastevere Location within Rome

Roma Trastevere railway station (Italian: Stazione di Roma Trastevere) is a major railway station serving the city and comune of Rome, Italy. Opened in 1911, it forms part of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome, Rome–Capranica–Viterbo and Rome–Fiumicino railways.

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

Location

Roma Trastevere railway station is situated at Piazza Flavio Biondo, southwest of the city centre. It is at the southern end of the Trastevere district, close to the districts of Marconi and Portuense.

History

The original Roma Trastevere railway station was more centrally located, at Piazza Ippolito Nievo. That station replaced the Roma Porta Portese railway station, which had been opened on 24 April 1859, upon the inauguration of the Rome–Civitavecchia section of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway.

The present station was opened on 1 May 1911, together with minor deviations of both the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway and the Rome–Capranica–Viterbo railway.^[1] The old station continued to operate until 1950 as a goods yard and rolling stock workshop. Its site is now occupied by the FS Experimental Institute.

In recent years, the present station has been the subject of renovations and improvements commissioned by Centostazioni.

Features

View of the platforms

Roma Trastevere's passenger building was designed by Paolo Bo. It is a large structure made up of several conjoined sections, ranging from two to four storeys in height. The ground floor level of the central section provides various facilities to passengers.

The station has six through tracks faced by platforms fitted with shelters and connected by a subway. Operationally, it was previously classified as a junction station, but in 1990 it was downgraded to the status of a stopping point.

Today, the Ferrovie regionali del Lazio FR1, FR3 and FR5 commuter lines all pass through the station, which is also planned to be an interchange with the proposed Line D of the Metropolitana di Roma.

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Lazio
• 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 26 December 2010. External link in |work= (help)

External links

Media related to Roma Trastevere railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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