Brandizzo railway station

Brandizzo
General information
Location	Piazza Stazione 1, Brandizzo Brandizzo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont Italy
Coordinates	45.1788°N 7.8412°E / 45.1788; 7.8412
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Turin – Milan
Train operators	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Connections	Local buses
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Brandizzo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Brandizzo) serves the town and comune of Brandizzo, in the Piedmont region, of northwestern Italy.^[1]

History

The station was activated in 1856, as part of the first section of the Turin-Novara line.^[2]

Since 2012 it has been on the SFM2 line of the Turin metropolitan railway service.^[3] Trains on this line pass through Turin city centre.

Soon after midnight on 31 August 2023, an empty passenger train being used to transport wagons between stations ran over a team of track maintenance workers. The impact killed five people, while two others were taken to the hospital despite being unharmed.^[4][5]

Structures and plants

The station consists of two through platforms.

La croce fu attribuita ad un operaio a seguito dell'incidente

Services

Preceding station	Turin SFM			Following station
Chivasso Terminus		SFM2		Settimo towards Pinerolo

Exchanges

Near the station there are stops for various lines of the extra-urban bus network.

References

1. "RFI website". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16.
2. Brandizzo rfi.it
3. "Turin SFM website".
4. Rocci, Carlotta (31 August 2023). "Treno travolge operai al lavoro sulla ferrovia, 5 morti nel Torinese". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 31 August 2013.
5. "Strage sui binari: cinque operai uccisi dal treno, la vittima più giovane è il messinese Kevin Laganà". Messina Today (in Italian). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.