Brindisi railway station

Brindisi
Brindisi
	The station in 1870.
General information
Location	Piazza Francesco Crispi; 72100 Brindisi BR; Brindisi, Brindisi, Apulia; Italy
Coordinates	40°38′04″N 17°56′20″E / 40.63444°N 17.93889°E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana; Centostazioni
Line(s)	Ancona–Lecce; Taranto–Brindisi
Distance	759.539 km (471.956 mi); from Bologna Centrale; 69.169 km (42.980 mi); from Taranto
Platforms	8
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Bus to Brindisi – Salento Airport; Urban and suburban buses;
Other information
IATA code	BQD
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	29 April 1865; 158 years ago
Location
	Brindisi Location in Apulia Brindisi Location in Italy

Brindisi railway station (IATA: BQD) (Italian: Stazione di Brindisi) is the main station serving the city and comune of Brindisi, in the region of Apulia, southern Italy. Opened in 1865, it forms part of the Adriatic Railway (Ancona–Lecce), and is also a junction for, and terminus of, the Taranto–Brindisi 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 are operated on behalf of Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Brindisi railway station is situated at Piazza Francesco Crispi, at the southwest edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 29 April 1865, during an era of economic expansion, upon the inauguration of the Bari–Brindisi section of the Adriatic Railway.^[2] Nearly nine months later, on 15 January 1866, the Adriatic Railway was extended from Brindisi to Lecce.^[2]

Built like a typical transit station, the passenger building had a structure characterized by a sloping flat roof covering the two through tracks and the pedestrian level crossing between platforms.

On 30 December 1886, Brindisi became a junction station, when the final section of the Taranto–Brindisi railway was opened, between Mesagne and Brindisi.^[2]

Features

Today, the station has eight tracks used by Trenitalia, and a link with the Brindisi Marittima railway station, once connected by ship to Greece, but now dismantled.

The station was included in the Centostazioni program of rehabilitation of the main Italian stations. At Brindisi, the rehabilitation project includes an increase and reorganization of space for passengers with significant improvements in services.

Train services

The trains stopping at the station range from regional services to InterCity and Eurostar trains. The following list shows the services calling here, and the main stations. Eurostar and Intercity are express services, Treno Regionale are services that stop at all/most stations.

The station is served by the following services:

High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
Intercity services Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
Night train (Intercity Notte) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
Night train (Intercity Notte) Milan - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto - Brindisi - Lecce
Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Alessandria - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
Regional services (Treno regionale) Bari - Monopoli - Brindisi - Lecce
Local services (Treno regionale) Taranto - Francavilla Fontana - Brindisi

Preceding station	Trenitalia	Following station
Bari Centrale toward Roma Termini	Frecciargento	Lecce Terminus
Bari Centrale toward Milano Centrale	Frecciabianca	Lecce Terminus
Bari Centrale toward Torino Porta Nuova	Frecciabianca	Lecce Terminus
Bari Centrale toward Venezia Santa Lucia	Frecciabianca	Lecce Terminus
Ostuni toward Bologna Centrale	InterCity	Lecce Terminus
Ostuni toward Milano Centrale	InterCity	Lecce Terminus
Ostuni toward Roma Termini	Intercity Notte	Lecce Terminus
Ostuni toward Milano Centrale	Intercity Notte	Lecce Terminus
Francavilla Fontana toward Milano Centrale	Intercity Notte	Lecce Terminus
Ostuni toward Torino Porta Nuova	Intercity Notte	Lecce Terminus
San Vito dei Normanni toward Bari Centrale	Treno regionale	San Pietro Vernotico toward Lecce
Carovigno toward Foggia	Treno regionale	San Pietro Vernotico toward Lecce
Mesagne toward Taranto	Treno regionale	Terminus

References

^ Bus Timetable to Brindisi Airport
^ ^a ^b ^c 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 1 January 2011.

External links

Media related to Brindisi railway station at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Bus Timetable to Brindisi Airport

[trenidicarta.it-2] 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 1 January 2011.

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