Imperia Porto Maurizio railway station

Imperia Porto Maurizio
General information
Location	Piazza Caduti sul Lavoro 18100 Imperia IM Imperia, Imperia, Liguria Italy
Coordinates	43°52′47″N 08°01′03″E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Genoa–Ventimiglia
Distance	109.00 km (67.73 mi) from Genova Piazza Principe
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification	Silver
History
Opened	1872; 153 years ago (1872)
Closed	11 December 2016; 8 years ago (11 December 2016)
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Imperia Porto Maurizio railway station (Italian: Stazione di Imperia Porto Maurizio) was one of two stations serving the city and comune of Imperia, in Liguria, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1872, it formed part of the Genoa–Ventimiglia railway, and was situated just over two thirds along the way from Genoa towards Ventimiglia. It was replaced on 11 December 2016, along with Imperia's other former railway station, Imperia Oneglia, 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) to the east, by a new inland station, simply named Imperia, situated on a new double-track line replacing the old coastal route.^[1]

The station was managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), however, the commercial area of the passenger building was managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station were operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Imperia Porto Maurizio railway station was situated in Piazza Caduti sul Lavoro, near the centre of the city.

Features

The passenger building has two storeys. Only the ground floor was open to the public. The building is made of brick, painted brown, and has nine single-light windows with round arches accompanied by cornices.

The station once had a goods yard with an adjoining goods shed. However, the goods yard had since been dismantled and replaced by a parking lot for RFI and Trenitalia employees, and the goods shed had been converted to storage. The architecture of the former goods shed is very similar to that of other Italian railway stations.

There is also a small one-storey building that housed the station chapel. All of the station buildings are rectangular in shape.

The station yard comprises three tracks. Each of them has a platform sheltered by a canopy. The platforms are connected by an underpass.

Passenger and train movements

The station had about 600,000 passenger movements each year.^[2] It was served by both regional and InterCity trains. The main destinations of passengers embarking at the station were Ventimiglia, Genoa and Milano Centrale.

Train services

The station was last served by the following service(s):

• EuroCity services (Thello) Marseille - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia - Genoa - Milan

Preceding station	Trenitalia			Following station
Sanremo towards Marseille-St-Charles		Thello		Diano Marina towards Milano Centrale
San Lorenzo-Cipressa toward Ventimiglia		Treno regionale		Imperia Oneglia toward Genova Brignole

The old and new lines of the Genoa–Ventimiglia railway that pass through Imperia

Interchange

In the square in front of the station, there were bus stops for the following lines:

• Sanremo-Andora (public transport by Riviera Trasporti);
• Imperia's urban service.

There was also a taxi rank in the square.

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Liguria
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy

References

1. "Treni, iniziata l'era del raddoppio Andora-San Lorenzo" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
2. "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

External links

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