Venezia Mestre railway station
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Venezia Mestre railway station is a junction station
in the comune
of Venice
, Italy
. It is located within the mainland frazione
of Mestre
, and is classified by its owner, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
, as a gold category station.
The station is situated at the 257.907 kilometres (160.3 mi) mark of the Milan–Venice line, and at the 27.778 kilometres (17.3 mi) mark of the Adria–Mestre line. It is also the point of origin of other lines that converge towards the regional capital Veneto
.
Additionally, the station forms the border between the towns of Mestre and Marghera
, which are connected by an overpass and two underpasses, one for pedestrians and the other for both pedestrians and cyclists.
Venezia Mestre is one of Venice's two most important railway stations, the other one being Venezia Santa Lucia
, a terminal station on the island of Venice. Both stations are managed by Grandi Stazioni
, and they are linked with each other by the Ponte della Libertà
(Liberty Bridge) between the mainland and the island.
. It will also be part of the Veneto region's Metropolitan Regional Rail System (SFMR) network, which will involve all of its lines. For better management of the Venezia Mestre railway junction, numerous works are therefore currently underway.
First, the number of platforms at the station is being increased from nine to thirteen, together with crossing loops.
Secondly, and most importantly, work is being done to achieve the partial reactivation of Linea dei Bivi, which has been closed since 1993. The reactivated line will begin at Marocco junction, on the Venice-Udine line, and end almost at the former Mirano junction. It will include the former Orgnano double junction, and Spinea junction, on the Trento–Venice line.
Instead of merging with the Milan-Venice line in the direction of Lombarby's capital, the reborn Bivi line passes over a curved bridge, the Maerne viaduct, which crosses more than four tracks of the Milan line. The reopened Bivi line then joins the Milan-Venice line at the Venice Mestre station throat. This arrangement separates the Trento and Milan lines from each other, and also create an alternative route for trains to Udine.
The new line from the former Orgnano double junction over the Maerne viaduct to Venezia Mestre was officially opened on 30 May 2008 and entered service on 10 June 2008. From 7 June 2008, there was consequential abandonment of the Gruppo Scambi (ex Quadrivio Catene) high speed line between the former Orgnano double junction and just before Venezia Mestre, including the former Venezia Asseggiano railway station. The closed portion of line will be reused as a disused railway bicycle path.
These changes will assign to each incoming line a dedicated track, without any intersections between the lines. In particular, tracks 1 and 2 are assigned to the line from Trieste, tracks 3 and 4 to the Udine line, 5 and 6 to the Padua high speed line, 9, 10 and 11 to the original Padua line, and 12 and 13 to the lines for Adria and Trento. Finally, tracks 7 and 8 will be dedicated to those trains leaving or arriving at Venezia Mestre that do not also leave or arrive from Venezia Santa Lucia.
The Venezia Mestre station building is also being modified with a view to better organization of spaces, and to suit commercial services closely linked to the railway, such as the ticket office. It will also become fully accessible to disabled people, through the construction of lifts to each platform.
In the first half of 2009, all the old paddle type destination boards at the station were replaced with new boards fitted with LED displays.
This article is currently being translated from the Italian language version. Further paragraphs will be published soon.
Junction (rail)
A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge.This implies a physical connection between the tracks of the two routes , 'points' and signalling.one or two tracks each meet at a junction, a fairly simple layout of tracks suffices to...
in the comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
of Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, Italy
Italy
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. It is located within the mainland frazione
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
of Mestre
Mestre
Mestre is a city part of the comune of Venice, in Veneto, northern Italy.The city is connected to Venice by a large rail and road bridge, called Ponte della Libertà ....
, and is classified by its owner, 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...
, as a gold category station.
The station is situated at the 257.907 kilometres (160.3 mi) mark of the Milan–Venice line, and at the 27.778 kilometres (17.3 mi) mark of the Adria–Mestre line. It is also the point of origin of other lines that converge towards the regional capital Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
.
Additionally, the station forms the border between the towns of Mestre and Marghera
Marghera
Marghera is a frazione of the comune of Venice, Italy. It includes the industrial area known as Porto Marghera or Venezia Porto Marghera....
, which are connected by an overpass and two underpasses, one for pedestrians and the other for both pedestrians and cyclists.
Venezia Mestre is one of Venice's two most important railway stations, the other one being Venezia Santa Lucia
Venezia Santa Lucia railway station
Venezia Santa Lucia railway station is a terminal station serving the comune of Venice, Italy. It is also the only railway station in the historic city of Venice ....
, a terminal station on the island of Venice. Both stations are managed by Grandi Stazioni
Grandi Stazioni
' is a member company of Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato group. It was created to rehabilitate and manage, even commercially, the 13 biggest Italian railway stations.-Stations under management:...
, and they are linked with each other by the Ponte della Libertà
Ponte della Libertà
Ponte della Libertà is a road bridge connecting the city of Venice to Mestre, on the mainland of Italy.Designed in 1932 by engineer Eugenio Miozzi, and opened by Benito Mussolini in 1933 as Ponte Littorio, the bridge is the only access for road vehicles to the capital city of Veneto...
(Liberty Bridge) between the mainland and the island.
Traffic
Venezia Mestre is a crucial part of the railway system of the north east of Italy. An important port for both freight and passengers, it has approximately 500 trains and 85,000 passengers each day. It is also a strategic hub, at which the Milan–Venice, Venice–Udine, Trento–Venice, Venice–Trieste and Adria–Mestre lines converge, and from which a four track main line leads to Venezia Santa Lucia.Future developments
Venezia Mestre will be one of the railway stations on the so-called Pan-European Corridor 5Pan-European corridors
The ten Pan-European transport corridors were defined at the second Pan-European transport Conference in Crete, March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required major investment over the next ten to fifteen years. Additions were made at the third conference in Helsinki in 1997...
. It will also be part of the Veneto region's Metropolitan Regional Rail System (SFMR) network, which will involve all of its lines. For better management of the Venezia Mestre railway junction, numerous works are therefore currently underway.
First, the number of platforms at the station is being increased from nine to thirteen, together with crossing loops.
Secondly, and most importantly, work is being done to achieve the partial reactivation of Linea dei Bivi, which has been closed since 1993. The reactivated line will begin at Marocco junction, on the Venice-Udine line, and end almost at the former Mirano junction. It will include the former Orgnano double junction, and Spinea junction, on the Trento–Venice line.
Instead of merging with the Milan-Venice line in the direction of Lombarby's capital, the reborn Bivi line passes over a curved bridge, the Maerne viaduct, which crosses more than four tracks of the Milan line. The reopened Bivi line then joins the Milan-Venice line at the Venice Mestre station throat. This arrangement separates the Trento and Milan lines from each other, and also create an alternative route for trains to Udine.
The new line from the former Orgnano double junction over the Maerne viaduct to Venezia Mestre was officially opened on 30 May 2008 and entered service on 10 June 2008. From 7 June 2008, there was consequential abandonment of the Gruppo Scambi (ex Quadrivio Catene) high speed line between the former Orgnano double junction and just before Venezia Mestre, including the former Venezia Asseggiano railway station. The closed portion of line will be reused as a disused railway bicycle path.
These changes will assign to each incoming line a dedicated track, without any intersections between the lines. In particular, tracks 1 and 2 are assigned to the line from Trieste, tracks 3 and 4 to the Udine line, 5 and 6 to the Padua high speed line, 9, 10 and 11 to the original Padua line, and 12 and 13 to the lines for Adria and Trento. Finally, tracks 7 and 8 will be dedicated to those trains leaving or arriving at Venezia Mestre that do not also leave or arrive from Venezia Santa Lucia.
The Venezia Mestre station building is also being modified with a view to better organization of spaces, and to suit commercial services closely linked to the railway, such as the ticket office. It will also become fully accessible to disabled people, through the construction of lifts to each platform.
In the first half of 2009, all the old paddle type destination boards at the station were replaced with new boards fitted with LED displays.
Public transport connections
The station is served by several ATVO suburban bus routes, and 15 urban and 2 suburban bus routes operated by ACTV, 9 of them in transit.Urban/suburban buses
- 2 Venezia - Viale don Sturzo
- 9 Stazione FS - Ospedale dell'Angelo
- 11 Fusina/Cà Brentelle - Via Brendole
- 15 Panorama - Aeroporto - Cà Noghera
- 20 Stazione FS - MartellagoMartellagoMartellago is a comune in the Province of Venice, in the Italian region of Veneto. It is located about 15 km northwest of Venice.-External links:*Street map from...
- 21 Stazione FS - Maerne/Martellago
- 25 Panorama - Stazione FS - Cà Sabbioni
- 31 Circolare Stazione FS - q.re Pertini - Via Bissuola - Via Piave - Stazione FS
- 32 Circolare Stazione FS - Via Piave - Via Bissuola - q.re Pertini - Stazione FS
- 53 Montefibre - P.zza XXVII Ottobre
- 85M Stazione FS - Officine Aeronavali
- 86 Stazione FS - Banchina Azoto
- H1 Ospedale dell'Angelo - Terraglio - Stazione FS - Corso del Popolo - Ospedale dell'Angelo
- H2 Ospedale dell'Angelo - Corso del Popolo - Stazione FS - Terraglio - Ospedale dell'Angelo
- N1 Venezia - San Giuliano - Viale San Marco - Piazza XXVII Ottobre - Via Piave - Stazione FS - Venezia (night route)
- 8A Valecenter/Marcon - Mogliano - Stazione FS
- 9 Badoere/Zero Branco - Mogliano - Stazione FS - Montefribe
See also
- MestreMestreMestre is a city part of the comune of Venice, in Veneto, northern Italy.The city is connected to Venice by a large rail and road bridge, called Ponte della Libertà ....
- MargheraMargheraMarghera is a frazione of the comune of Venice, Italy. It includes the industrial area known as Porto Marghera or Venezia Porto Marghera....
- Venezia Santa Lucia railway stationVenezia Santa Lucia railway stationVenezia Santa Lucia railway station is a terminal station serving the comune of Venice, Italy. It is also the only railway station in the historic city of Venice ....
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This article is currently being translated from the Italian language version. Further paragraphs will be published soon.