Brindisi railway station is situated at Piazza Francesco Crispi, at the southwest edge of the city centre.
History
The station was opened on 29 April 1865, during an era of economic expansion, upon the inauguration of the Bari–Brindisi section of the Adriatic Railway.[2] Nearly nine months later, on 15 January 1866, the Adriatic Railway was extended from Brindisi to Lecce.[2]
Built like a typical transit station, the passenger building had a structure characterized by a sloping flat roof covering the two through tracks and the pedestrian level crossing between platforms.
On 30 December 1886, Brindisi became a junction station, when the final section of the Taranto–Brindisi railway was opened, between Mesagne and Brindisi.[2]
Features
Today, the station has eight tracks used by Trenitalia, and a link with the Brindisi Marittima railway station, once connected by ship to Greece, but now dismantled.
The station was included in the Centostazioni program of rehabilitation of the main Italian stations. At Brindisi, the rehabilitation project includes an increase and reorganization of space for passengers with significant improvements in services.
Train services
The trains stopping at the station range from regional services to InterCity and Eurostar trains. The following list shows the services calling here, and the main stations. Eurostar and Intercity are express services, Treno Regionale are services that stop at all/most stations.
The station is served by the following services:
High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
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