Bologna Central Station

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Bologna Central
Bologna-Stazione Centrale-DSCF7236.JPG
Station forecourt
Data
Location in the network Junction station
Platform tracks 20th
IBNR 8300217
opening 1864
Website URL www.grandistazioni.it
Architectural data
architect Gaetano Ratti
location
City / municipality Bologna
Metropolitan city Metropolitan city of Bologna
region Emilia-Romagna
Country Italy
Coordinates 44 ° 30 '22 "  N , 11 ° 20' 31"  E Coordinates: 44 ° 30 '22 "  N , 11 ° 20' 31"  E
Railway lines

Milan – Bologna
Padua – Bologna
Verona – Bologna
Bologna – Ancona
Bologna – Florence
Bologna – Pistoia
Bologna – Portomaggiore

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Bologna Centrale is the main train station of Bologna , the capital of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna . The station has an important node function in the Italian railway network, which already link between the high-speed line Bologna-Florence and Verona-Bologna railway is. Since December 2008, the high-speed line from Milan has also ended at the Bologna hub . All three routes are part of TEN axis No. 1 . With 20 tracks, it is one of the largest through stations in Europe.

history

Bologna train station was built in 1864. However, there is little and unclear information about this. It is known, however, that ten years later a new train station was built on the same site.

The building as it is known today was designed by architect Gaetano Ratti, who was trained at the local Clementine Academy. Inspired by the neoclassical style, the characteristic facade opens up into nine entrances and is surmounted by the clock tower with its marble columns. The hall is reminiscent of the architecture of the Florentine Renaissance .

Today, Bologna Centrale is the fifth largest train station in Italy in terms of passenger frequency (approx. 58 million travelers per year). Due to its location between the metropolitan areas of Rome / Florence and Milan , the station has a train volume of around 800 trains per day. The station is the center of the S-Bahn- like local transport system Servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Bologna .

Bologna attack in 1980

Terrorist attack

On August 2, 1980, at 10:25 a.m., an IED detonated in the station building , which consisted of a 20 kg TNT mixture. The cargo was placed in a suitcase that stood next to the wall in a waiting room. The explosion killed 85 people and injured more than 200.

In addition, the main clock of the train station (which can be seen in the picture on the left side of the main building) stopped at the exact time of the explosion and was not put back into operation as a memorial. The atrocity is known in Italy as the Strage di Bologna .

Underground station

Bologna Centrale High Speed ​​Underground Station 2013.

The supplementary underground station for high-speed traffic according to a plan by Arata Isozaki was realized in three levels. A level with shops (-15 m) and a level with parking spaces (-7 m) were built above the underground station (−23 m). Project partners were Ove Arup and M + P & Partners. The new facility for rail traffic was opened on June 8, 2013.

On December 10, 2017, the 5.5-kilometer link from the underground station to the line to Padua was opened. With the additional more than fifty daily trains from Padua, almost all long-distance trains now use the underground station.

Web links

Commons : Bologna Centrale Train Station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GrandiStazioni
  2. ↑ http://www.arup.com/Projects/Bologna_Railway_Station.aspx
  3. ^ Mas: Underground station opened in Bologna . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 8-9 (2013), p. 416.
  4. ↑ New connection line in Bologna in operation in: Eisenbahn Magazin 3/2018, ISSN 0342-1902, page 37