Torino Porta Susa railway station
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Torino Porta Susa | |||||
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 Turin Porta Susa railway station | |||||
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| Location | Piazza XVIII Dicembre, Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 45°04′21″N 07°39′57″E / 45.07250°N 7.66583°E | ||||
| Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| IATA code | ITT | ||||
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| Opened | 1868 | ||||
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Torino Porta Susa (IATA: ITT) is a railway station in Turin, northern Italy; it is the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova. It is located in Corso Inghilterra.
History
[edit]The station was built in 1868 during the expansion of the city towards the west. Trains between Torino Porta Nuova and Milan stop at the station, including TGV services between Paris and Milan and other services using the Turin–Milan high-speed line.
Reconstruction
[edit]In April 2006, reconstruction of the station began in conjunction with the Turin Passante regional railway. This involved quadrupling of the number of tracks that run through central Turin. At Porta Susa station, the line was widened to six tracks with new platforms being built beneath the thoroughfare Corso Inghilterra. A 300-metre long, 19-metre high glass and steel structure has been built above the tracks to create a new station, which is intended to become Turin's main hub of urban, regional and international rail traffic.
The project was developed by the Paris-based studio, Silvio d'Ascia Architecture, in collaboration with AREP and Agostino Magnaghi, after the team had won an international competition.[1] The station was inaugurated on 14 January 2013 by Prime Minister Mario Monti.[2] The total cost – estimated at €65 million – was borne entirely by the rail network operator, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI).[3] Plans for the reconstruction project also included a 100-metre high office tower for the Italian State Railways, Ferrovie dello Stato.
The Turin Metro opened a metro station at Porta Susa, which provides additional connections with Porta Nuova and Lingotto.
Train services
[edit]The station is served by the following services:
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon - Chambéry - Turin - Milan
- High speed services (Frecciarossa) Paris - Lyon - Chambéry - Turin - Milan
- High speed services (Frecciarossa) Turin – Milan – Bologna – Florence – Rome
- High speed services (Frecciarossa) Turin – Milan – Bologna – Reggio Emilia – Florence – Rome – Naples – Salerno
- High speed services (Italo) Turin - Milan - Bologna - Reggio Emilia - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
- High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Milan - Brescia - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice - Trieste
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Milan - Parma - Rome - Naples - Salerno
- Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Milan - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Florence - Rome - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria
- Express services (Regionale Veloce) Turin - Chivasso – Santhià – Vercelli – Novara – Milan
- Express services (Regionale Veloce) Turin - Chivasso – Ivrea – Aosta
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Turin - Chivasso - Santhià - Biella
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Turin – Asti – Alessandria – Ronco – Genoa
- Turin Metropolitan services (SFM1) Rivarolo - Turin - Chieri
- Turin Metropolitan services (SFM2) Pinerolo - Turin - Chivasso
- Turin Metropolitan services (SFM4) Turin - Alba
- Turin Metropolitan services (SFM6) Turin - Asti
- Turin Metropolitan services (SFM7) Fossano - Turin
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
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| Oulx-Cesana-Claviere-Sestriere towards Paris-Lyon | TGV inOui | Novara towards Milan | ||
| Preceding station | Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori | Following station | ||
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| Torino Porta Nuova Terminus | Torino–Salerno | Milano Centrale towards Salerno | ||
| Preceding station | Turin SFM | Following station | ||
| Torino Rebaudengo Fossata towards Pont Canavese | SFM1 | Torino Lingotto towards Chieri | ||
| Torino Rebaudengo Fossata towards Chivasso | SFM2 | Torino Lingotto towards Pinerolo | ||
| Torino Rebaudengo Fossata towards Torino Stura | SFM4 | Torino Lingotto towards Bra | ||
| SFM6 | Torino Lingotto towards Asti | |||
| SFM7 | Torino Lingotto towards Fossano | |||
Metro services
[edit]Turin Metro service M1 serves the station.
- M1: Fermi - Porta Susa - Porta Nuova - Lingotto
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Le stazioni per l'Alta Velocità (the stations for high-speed" (in Italian). Ferrovie dello Stato. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
- ^ "Italian premier opens rebuilt Turin Porta Susa station". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Mondo, Alessandro (30 December 2007). "La Nuova Porta Susa già in ritardo di un anno". La Stampa (in Italian). p. 66.
External links
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Media related to Torino Porta Susa railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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