Pavia railway station
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Pavia railway station serves the city and comune
Comune
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of Pavia
Pavia
Pavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...

, in the region
Regions of Italy
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 of Lombardy
Lombardy
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, northern Italy
Northern Italy
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. Opened in 1862, it forms part of the Milan–Pavia–Voghera railway, and is also a terminus of four secondary railways, linking Pavia with Alessandria, Cremona, Vercelli and Stradella.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...

 (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building
Station building
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 is managed by Centostazioni
Centostazioni
' is a member company of Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato group. It was created to rehabilitate, develop and manage 103 medium sized Italian railway stations.-History:...

. Train services are operated by Trenitalia
Trenitalia
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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato
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 (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Pavia railway station is situated at Piazzale della Stazione, a short distance to the west of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 10 May 1862, upon the simultaneous completion of two sections of railway line. They were the Milan
Milan
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–Pavia section of what was to become the Treviglio–Pavia–Voghera railway, and the final section of the Alessandria–Pavia railway. The opening of these two sections of line made it possible for the first time to travel by train between Milan and Genoa
Genoa
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.

Recent renovation work at the station was performed mainly on the passenger building. The lobby was made more spacious and comfortable by the removal of the walls separating the waiting room and the lobby. That space is now equipped with seats, local trades and other services. The lighting was also replaced, and appropriate technical alterations were made to comply with legal requirements. Architectural barriers were removed, the public conveniences were restructured, and new elevators were installed at the underpass and on the platforms. Routine maintenance was also carried out on the plastering, and windows and canopies were restored.

Features

The passenger building consists of three parts: the central one is on two levels, and is home to the majority of services for passengers. At ground level, it has five arches that provide access to the building, and on top of its facade at first floor level is an analogue station clock. The other two parts of the building have a structure very similar to one another. They extend symmetrically from the central body and have six arches. These two parts house the local technical and commercial spaces.

The station once had a goods yard with an adjoining goods shed
Goods shed
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, but the former has been dismantled and the latter converted for use as a storage facility. The architecture of that facility is very similar to that of other Italian railway stations.

The station yard has five tracks, all equipped with a platform sheltered by a canopy and connected with the other platforms by an underpass. In detail:
  • Bay platform: used by trains to and from Codogno
  • Track 1: deviates from the main rail path through the station, and is used for the overtaking of trains with odd numbers or for trains terminating in Pavia.
  • Track 2: one of the two main paths through the station, and is used by trains with odd numbers.
  • Track 3: the other main path, is for stops by trains with even numbers.
  • Track 4: another deviating path, is used for overtaking of trains with even numbers or trains that have Pavia as the terminus station.
  • Track 5: this track is also on a deviating path, and is used sporadically.


There are two other tracks, not served by platforms, which are used for goods trains, or for short term storage of machinery involved in line maintenance.


Passenger and train movements

The station has about 8.7 million passenger movements each year.

Passenger services are operated exclusively by Trenitalia on behalf of the Region of Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

.

The trains are regional services
Regional rail
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, Eurostar City
Eurostar Italia
Eurostar Italia is a network of Italian high-speed inter-city trains, operated by Trenitalia . Trenitalia states that there are 130 train journeys per day....

 and InterCity
InterCity
InterCity is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe...

 trains. Their main destinations are Milano Centrale, Codogno and Alessandria
Alessandria railway station
Alessandria railway station serves the city and comune of Alessandria, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1850, it forms part of the Turin–Genoa railway, and is also a junction for six other lines, to Piacenza, Arona, Pavia, Cavallermaggiore, Ovada and San Giuseppe di Cairo,...

.

See also

  • History of rail transport in Italy
  • List of railway stations in Lombardy
  • Rail transport in Italy
    Rail transport in Italy
    The Italian railway system is one of the most important infrastructure in the country, with a total length of . The network is recently growing with the construction of the new high speed rail network....

  • Railway stations in Italy
    Railway stations in Italy
    Railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by the RFI division of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them is operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state.-Classification:...


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