Lodi railway station is located in Piazzale della Stazione, at the southern edge of the town centre.
History
The station at the turn of the twentieth century.
The station was opened November 14, 1861, right after the Milan–Piacenza section of the Milan–Bologna railway was launched.[1] It has undergone many changes after that.
In the stations heyday, its goods yard was connected with a silk spinning mill a short distance away. This piece of rail connection was closed when the mill shut down.
When further tracks were added, those destined to commuter traffic were increased to four. Around 2004, a fifth track was converted to passenger use. It was previously used mainly for overtaking goods trains on tracks 2 and 3.
In the same period, the goods yard section facing Piazzale della Stazione was converted into a parking lot and into the terminal of coach lines run by LINE. The warehouse adjacent to Platform 1 suffered a similar fate. It was closed, and the area is now used as the LINE ticket office.
Features
View of the station yard.
The passenger building is connected with all tracks (except the first, which is adjacent to it) by a pedestrian underpass. The platforms are equipped with shelters.
The underpass was necessary because the Milan–Bologna railway is one of the busiest in Italy, and was particularly busy before the opening of the Milan–Bologna high-speed railway.
The station yard has five tracks for passenger service, and a number of other tracks for the overtaking of goods trains waiting in the goods yard at the Bologna end of the station. Even tracks 1 and 4 are used for the overtaking of goods trains.
Near the side street Via Spelta is an operating goods yard, where loads of milk are marshalled before leaving the station by rail.
Passenger and train movements
Lodi railway station has about four million passenger movements each year.[2] Most of these movements are commuter trips to and from Milan.
In addition to these connections, Lodi is now a terminus of line S1 of the Milan suburban railway service, which connects Lodi with Saronno via the loop through Milan.
Interchange
The station provides interchange with urban and suburban buses, and taxis.
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