Manarola railway station

Manarola
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General information
LocationVia alla Stazione 1
Manarola, Riomaggiore, La Spezia, Liguria
Coordinates44°06′18″N 9°43′45″E / 44.1049°N 9.72922°E / 44.1049; 9.72922
Operated byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)Pisa–Genoa
Platforms2
Train operatorsTrenitalia
Other information
ClassificationSilver[1]
History
Opened24 October 1874; 150 years ago (1874-10-24)
Electrified
  • April 1926; 98 years ago (1926-04)
  • April 1947; 77 years ago (1947-04)
Location
Manarola is located in Liguria
Manarola
Manarola
Location in Liguria
Manarola is located in Northern Italy
Manarola
Manarola
Location in Northern Italy
Manarola is located in Italy
Manarola
Manarola
Location in Italy

Manarola railway station (Stazione di Manarola) is located on the Genoa–Pisa railway, Italy. It serves Manarola, which is one of the five towns of the Cinque Terre.

History

The station was inaugurated on 24 October 1874, at the same time as the Sestri Levante–La Spezia line.[2]

Freight operations were introduced in Manarola on 15 September 1913.[2]

Double track between Manarola and Riomaggiore was opened in 1920 and extended on 14 November 1933 as far as the Gaggiola tunnel and between Riomaggiore and Corniglia on 31 May 1959.[3] In 1959, a new passenger building and a loading area for goods were built, as well as a pedestrian tunnel to connect with the town.[4]

On 1 December 1949, the station became an assuntoria (a station operated by an agent under contract). It is currently operated as an unstaffed halt.

In June and July 2011, the station was also served by the Treni del Mare ("trains of the sea") managed by the private company Arenaways, which became bankrupt shortly afterwards.

Buildings and infrastructure

The station has two platforms; platform 1 is used mainly by trains to La Spezia and platform 2 by trains to Genoa.

A pedestrian tunnel gives access to the town centre. Another pedestrian path, built when the line was built, skirts the cliffs to Riomaggiore. It is a well-known tourist destination now called the Via dell'Amore ("the Way of Love"), although it has been closed for some years due to a landslide.

Services

The station, which RFI manages and classified in 2008 in the silver category,[1] has:

Rail services

The station is served by Trenitalia regional services operated under a contract with the region of Liguria.

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Le stazioni oggi in: Liguria". www.rfi.it. Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Bozzano, Pastore & Serra 2010, p. 109.
  3. ^ Bozzano, Pastore & Serra 2010, pp. 111–114.
  4. ^ Mandelli 2013, pp. 28–43.

Sources

  • Bozzano, Corrado; Pastore, Roberto; Serra, Claudio (2010). Tra mare e monti da Genova alla Spezia (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese. ISBN 978-88-88963-38-9.
  • Castiglioni, Franco (February 1985). "Cinque Terre, una ferrovia". I Treni (in Italian) (47): 25.
  • Castiglioni, Franco (October 1997). "Gallerie delle Cinque Terre". I Treni (in Italian) (186): 34.
  • Mandelli, Alessandro (April 2010). "Ferrovia delle Cinque Terre". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (23): 28.
  • Mandelli, Alessandro (November 2010). "Trifase alle Cinque Terre". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (24): 22.
  • Mandelli, Alessandro (October 2011). "Da Sestri a La Spezia". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (25): 46.
  • Mandelli, Alessandro (November 2013). "Il raddoppio della tratta Sestri Levante-La Spezia (part 2)". La Tecnica Professionale (in Italian) (11). Rome: CIFI.