Torino Lingotto train station

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Torino Lingotto
Exterior view of the train station
Exterior view of the train station
Data
Design Through station
Platform tracks 7th
IBNR 8300516
opening 1984
location
City / municipality Turin
Metropolitan city Metropolitan city of Turin
region Piedmont
Country Italy
Coordinates 45 ° 1 '36 "  N , 7 ° 39' 25"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 1 '36 "  N , 7 ° 39' 25"  E
Railway lines
List of train stations in Italy
i11 i16 i16 i18

The Torino Lingotto Railway Station is a mainline and regional train station in the Italian city of Turin and behind Porta Nuova and Porta Susa 's third largest city. It is owned by the FS infrastructure subsidiary RFI and is served by Trenitalia and Arenaways trains.

location

The train station is located near the Fiat site in Turin and also the Turin Olympic Park on the route between Genoa and Turin .

history

In the 1960s, there was a private stopping point for Fiat employees at the site, which was demolished in 1980 after a train station was planned for the double-lane expansion of the line. In 1984 Lingotto station was opened to traffic.

traffic

Long-distance transport

InterCity and night trains that run via Genoa stop in Lingotto . There are direct connections to Genoa , Pisa , Livorno , Rome , Naples and Salerno .

Regional traffic

Lingotto station is served by lines 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 of the Servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Torino .

future

  • The relocation of the main train station from Porta Nuova to Porta Susa will not have any negative effects on Lingotto, except that all trains will now run to Porta Susa and bypass Porta Nuova.
  • The Turin Metro plans to continue its route to Lingotto. The tunnel boring machine reached its future terminus in September 2009, with an opening scheduled for the end of 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.metrotorino.it/eng/lavori.php ( Memento from June 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )