Merano railway station

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Meran / Merano
Reception building
Reception building
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
IBNR 8300097
opening 1906
Architectural data
architect Konstantin Ritter von Chabert
location
Place / district Meran
province Autonomous Province of Bolzano
region Trentino-South Tyrol
Country Italy
Coordinates 46 ° 40 '23 "  N , 11 ° 8' 57"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 40 '23 "  N , 11 ° 8' 57"  E
Railway lines

List of train stations in Italy
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At the Merano train station ( Stazione di Merano in Italian ), the Bozen – Merano line coming from the south-east and the Vinschgau Railway, which opens up west of South Tyrol, meet. As the train station of one of the most important urban centers in South Tyrol, Merano has the second highest number of passengers in the country.

location

The train station is located at a height of 302  m in the north-west of the city of Merano , which is an important traffic junction for several valleys in the area. The city center can be reached quickly from here. A tunnel provides a direct connection to the MeBo expressway .

history

A first Merano railway station was built at the same time as the local train from Bolzano to Merano by the Bolzano-Meraner Bahn company and put into operation in 1881. It was located a little southeast of the current location at today's Mazzini Square. When the Actiengesellschaft Vinschgaubahn built the line from Meran to Mals, the old station was demolished and relocated to the northwest, where the station, which was inaugurated in 1906, had a much larger plot of land. In line with the increase in importance, additional buildings such as a workshop shed, a locomotive shed, an administration building and a warehouse were built. From 1908 to 1956, the Merano tram provided a connection to the city center.

In 1919 the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane took over the station. In the 1920s and 1930s and after 1960, numerous additions were made on the site, including two apartment blocks and a water tower. Renovations in the reception building date back to the end of the 20th century.

The redesign of the station area into a mobility center is planned for the near future. The winning project of a corresponding competition was presented in 2015.

Buildings

The station area seen from the southeast

The reception building designed by Konstantin Ritter von Chabert is considered to be the architectural highlight of the historic train stations in South Tyrol. His project made use of the Art Nouveau formal language typical of the spa town of that time . In the center there is a high entrance hall with a large glazed round arch on both the street and track sides. One-storey connecting tracts lead away from the entrance hall on both sides, each of which is closed off by a two-storey pavilion at each end. The track-side canopies have ornate cast iron supports .

The reception building has been a listed building since 2004.

function

Operationally, the Merano railway station was originally designed as an intermediate station , but since the electrification of the Bozen – Merano railway line in 1934 it has in fact been used as a double terminus at which all passengers coming from Bolzano or the Vinschgau have to disembark or change. After the end of the electrification of the Vinschgau Railway in a few years, however, continuous railway operations should resume.

Merano station is served by regional trains from Trenitalia and SAD , which also operate regional bus connections to the station. The connection to the inner-city local transport is provided by SASA buses .

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Algund railroad Vinschgau Railway The End
Beginning railroad Bolzano-Merano Merano lower maize

Web links

Commons : Merano railway station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Andreas Gottlieb Hempel: Meran station. Board of Trustees for Technical Cultural Assets (tecneum.eu), accessed on January 15, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Masterplan Mobility Center Merano: The winning project has been determined. Press service of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, July 21, 2015, accessed on January 15, 2016 .