Corniglia railway station (Stazione di Corniglia) is located on the Genoa–Pisa railway, Italy. It serves Corniglia, which is one of the five towns of the Cinque Terre.
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| Location | Via alla Stazione 20 Corniglia, Vernazza, La Spezia, Liguria | ||||
| Coordinates | 44°07′07″N 9°42′59″E / 44.1186°N 9.71636°E | ||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Line(s) | Pisa–Genoa | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia | ||||
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| Classification | Silver[1] | ||||
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| Opened | 24 October 1874 | ||||
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History
editThe station was inaugurated on 24 October 1874, at the same time as the Sestri Levante–La Spezia line.[2] The station building was built in 1931.[3]
As part of the doubling and upgrading of the line, the station was completely rebuilt. Since then, the distance between the sets of points at each end of the station is 800 m and the useful length for train crossings is 567 m. The rail level was raised by seven metres to avoid massive excavations and work was carried out to channel water flows affecting the line. The new station building was completed in 1959. A building was also built at the entrance to the Guvano tunnel to accommodate staff.[4]
The double-track line was opened between Monterosso and Corniglia on 15 January 1962, including a new station at Vernazza.[5][6]
In June and July 2011, the station was also served by the Treni del Mare ("trains of the sea") managed by the private company Arenaways, which became bankrupt shortly afterwards.
Buildings and infrastructure
editThe station has three platforms; platform 1 is used mainly by trains to La Spezia, platform 3 by trains to Genoa, while platform 2, is used by trains being overtaken.
Services
editThe station, which RFI manages and classified in 2008 in the silver category,[1] has:
toilets
bar.
Rail services
editThe station is served by Trenitalia regional services operated under a contract with the region of Liguria.
References
editFootnotes
edit- ^ a b "Le stazioni oggi in: Liguria". Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Bozzano, Pastore & Serra 2010, p. 109.
- ^ Bozzano, Pastore & Serra 2010, p. 112.
- ^ Mandelli 2013, pp. 28–43.
- ^ Service order no 26 of 1962
- ^ Bozzano, Pastore & Serra 2010, p. 114.
Sources
edit- Bozzano, Corrado; Pastore, Roberto; Serra, Claudio (2010). Tra mare e monti da Genova alla Spezia (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese. ISBN 978-88-88963-38-9.
- Castiglioni, Franco (February 1985). "Cinque Terre, una ferrovia". I Treni (in Italian) (47): 25.
- Castiglioni, Franco (October 1997). "Gallerie delle Cinque Terre". I Treni (in Italian) (186): 34.
- Mandelli, Alessandro (April 2010). "Ferrovia delle Cinque Terre". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (23): 28.
- Mandelli, Alessandro (November 2010). "Trifase alle Cinque Terre". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (24): 22.
- Mandelli, Alessandro (October 2011). "Da Sestri a La Spezia". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (25): 46.
- Mandelli, Alessandro (April 2013). "Il raddoppio della tratta Sestri Levante-La Spezia". La Tecnica Professionale (in Italian) (4). Rome: CIFI.