The station is situated near the connection with the "direttissima" (high speed track). One train an hour passes on the direttissima without stopping. It arrives in Florence in 20 minutes.[1] The other trains pass from the slow line via Pontassieve.
The freight yard is used quite frequently because nearby the station there is a large still mill.
All regional trains stop at the station.
The station has one automatic ticket machine. The ticket office is open from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm. The station also has a waiting room.
There are many monitors (two in the station, two for the platforms 2 and 3) displaying train departures and arrivals.
The station has about 2118 passenger movements daily, or 0.773 million annually.[2] Approximately 140 trains call here daily in each direction. Each hour 4 trains go both southbound and northbound.[1] The first train arrives at 5:07 in the morning and the last one leaves the station at 00:03.
Outside the station there is also a taxi service with numbers displayed on posters outside the station.
Station layout
The station has two platforms with station-roofs, connected by a subway. Platform 1 is used for trains going to Montevarchi, Arezzo, Chiusi, Foligno and Rome . The trains going to Florence use platform 2 while platform 3 is used interchange. The line on which the station is situated is electrified.
The station was opened in 1863 by the Roman Railway Company with the opening of the Pontassieve-Montevarchi was extended a few months later to Terontola. The main building was destroyed by an air raid in the Second World War and was reconstructed in second half of the 20th century.
^ abOrario inTreno, Trenitalia. (only in off-peak hours) according to the timetable on 19 January 2009 .
This information could change please visit the Trenitalia site before planning your journey.
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