Franzensfeste station
| Franzensfeste / Fortezza | |
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 Reception building
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| Location in the network | Separation station |
| IBNR | 8300089 |
| opening | 1867 |
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| architect | Wilhelm von Flattich |
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| Place / district | Franzensfeste |
| province | Autonomous Province of Bolzano |
| region | Trentino-South Tyrol |
| Country | Italy |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 47 '20 " N , 11 ° 36' 37" E |
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| List of train stations in Italy | |
The Fortezza Station ( Italian Stazione di Fortezza ) is an important transportation hub in South Tyrol . Its importance results from the fact that the Brennerbahn and the Pustertalbahn meet here, which means that it functions as a separation station .
location
The train station is 747 m above sea level, right next to the center of the small community of Franzensfeste at the entrance to the Wipptal, a few kilometers north of Brixen . The narrow, gorge-like valley offers little space here between Eisack , Franzensfester reservoir and mountain slopes and is largely used by transport infrastructure such as the train station, the A22 and the SS 12 .
history
The village of Franzensfeste is one of the younger settlements in South Tyrol: It was only built after the Franzensfeste fortress was built from 1833 to 1838. When the section of the Brenner Railway between Innsbruck and Bozen was opened in 1867, a small wooden station was built on the site of today's train station. As early as 1869, with a view to the Pustertal Railway, which was under construction, work began on expanding the station and building a new reception building . With the completion of the Pustertalbahn in 1871, not only did the importance of the station increase enormously, the village of Franzensfeste also experienced a great boom as a new traffic junction.
After the annexation of South Tyrol by Italy as a result of the First World War , the Franzensfeste train station was given other important additional functions as a goods transfer point, for the military and as a location for customs clearance at the nearby Brenner border. Accordingly, the site was generously expanded from 1924. The buildings were renovated and the track system was expanded in the 1950s.
At the end of the 20th century, the station's space requirement fell sharply. After the construction of the A22 , freight traffic had increasingly shifted to the road, the end of the Cold War brought military interest in the Italian northern border to a standstill, and when Austria joined the EU in 1995, customs duties also disappeared. Large parts of the station area are therefore fallow.
The station has been barrier-free since the platforms were raised and the elevators were built in 2016/2017 .
Buildings
The Franzensfeste train station is characterized by a large number of buildings from various eras. The oldest building stock consists of the reception building designed by Wilhelm von Flattich and a railway keeper's house on the north side from the 19th century. With their wood cladding, these stand out clearly from the rest of the architecture on the Brennerbahn and have been a listed building since 2004. The administration, freight and customs building between the two historic buildings dates from the 1950s. Various extensions were built in the second half of the 20th century.
function
The Franzensfeste station is operationally a separation station between the Brennerbahn and the Pustertalbahn. So here hold international Euro City - distance trains that Germany , Austria and Italy together. The train station is of great importance as a hub in the regional timetable . Local rail transport is handled by Trenitalia and SAD trains , which also operate bus connections to the train station.
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Future prospects
After leaving the Pustertal valley, the Pustertalbahn currently swings north into the Wipptal and ends at Franzensfeste station, which is why passengers traveling from Bruneck towards Brixen and Bozen have to change to a south-facing train. In order to save this majority of passengers the detour and change, the idea of an additional route is in the room, where the Riggertal (a short valley section on the Eisack) would be crossed by a bridge and the trains from the Pustertal no longer exclusively Franzensfeste, but an alternative Head south to Bressanone. This measure would shorten the travel time from Bruneck to Brixen or Bozen. The Franzensfeste station would thus be served by significantly fewer regional trains and lose its attractiveness as a stop for international connections.
The Brenner Base Tunnel, which is currently under construction , will have its South Tyrolean portal just north of the Franzensfeste train station; a little south of the train station, the planned approach route is to run in a tunnel that bypasses Brixen. One of the few above-ground track sections of the Berlin – Palermo railway axis would run through Franzensfeste in the immediate vicinity, which could make the station more interesting for long-distance traffic despite the Riggertal loop. However, details of the future timetables are not yet foreseeable.
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Andreas Gottlieb Hempel: Franzensfeste station. Board of Trustees for Technical Cultural Assets (tecneum.eu), accessed on November 17, 2015 .
- ^ Franzensfeste station: adaptation work has started. Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, November 8, 2016, accessed on June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Riggertalschleife: The planning begins. (No longer available online.) Südtirol Online , June 9, 2015, archived from the original on November 23, 2015 ; accessed on November 17, 2015 .
- ^ Martin Ausserdorfer: Franzensfeste burned down. ff - Südtiroler Wochenmagazin , June 18, 2015, accessed on November 17, 2015 (letter to the editor from the director of the OPET observatory).