A closer look
Sant'Anna-Robella Station: at a glance
The Sant'Anna-Robella station is a railway stop located on the Chivasso-Asti line, mainly serving the locality Robella, located in the municipal area of Montiglio Monferrato, traffic-free since 2011.
History
The Sant'Anna-Robella stop was activated in 1937.Explore this chapter
The Sant'Anna-Robella stop was activated in 1937[1].
Since 2001 the management of the entire line, and with it that of the Sant'Anna-Robella stop, has been charged to Rete Ferroviaria Italiana which for commercial purposes classifies the plant in category "Bronze"[2].
It remained without traffic from September 1, 2011 due to the suspension of traffic on the line[3], due to the instability of the Brozolo tunnel, which required extensive structural interventions to make it safe. This suspension was definitively highlighted from 17 June 2012 by decision of the Piemonte Region which, considering its heavy economic-financial situation, did not intend to start a program to enhance rail transport unlike neighboring Lombardy, decreeing the suspension of service contracts on numerous secondary lines under its jurisdiction[4][5][6].
In view of the reopening of the line for tourist purposes, on 15 May 2022 the stop saw transit for the first time after a decade a special train, consisting of two ALn 668 cars, that carried out a test run in the stretch between Chivasso and Montiglio[7].
From October 2, 2022, on the occasion of the "National Fair of Truffle" in Montiglio, was inaugurated the reopening of the line as a tourist railway and in the stop is transited the steam train coming from Turin, tractioned up to Chivasso with electric locomotor[8].
Facilities and facilities
The stop is equipped with the only railway line racing track. It has a two-storey passenger building.Explore this chapter
The stop is equipped with the only railway line racing track. It has a two-storey passenger building.
Movement
The station was served by Trenitalia regional trains until September 1, 2011, the day when traffic on the line was suspended for infrastructure problems and...Explore this chapter
The station was served by Trenitalia regional trains until 1 September 2011, the day when traffic was suspended on the line for infrastructure problems and replaced by autocorse, while the definitive suspension took place from 17 June 2012 by decision of the Region Piemonte.
Notes
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- ^ State Railways, Order of Service no. 111 of 1937
- ^ www.rfi.it Stations of Piemonte, up rfi.it. Retrieved 19 November 2012 (archived fromoriginal url on 16 May 2013).
- ^ News about I, no. 342, November 2011, p. 4.
- ^ editorial, Bus service on low-frequency railways, in Piemonte Information, 16 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012 (archived fromoriginal url on 13 October 2013).
- ^ Silvia Adorno, Closures in Piemonte, in "I Trains" no. 351 (September) 2012), pp. 14-19
- ^ News about Everything Treno, no. 259, February 2012, p. 7.
- ^ Ferrovie.it - After 12 years a train back to the Asti line - Chivasso, up railways.it.
- ^ The voice of Asti - Sold out for the reopening of the Chivasso-Asti railway line, up lavocediasti.it.
Bibliography
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- Fabio Genua, Asti-Chivasso. A centenary missed, in All train & history, no. 34, second semester 2015, pp. 50-57.
- Review of public works and roads, Volume 8, 1915.
- Fabrizio Torella, Teresa Coltellese, The train stations on the Italian railway network. Define the phenomenon to define opportunities Archived on 26 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine., 2002.
- Italian Railway Network, https://donet.rfi.it/RFIPlatform/viewDocumentWebById.do?docId=%7BAD9F58B4-DA29-4230-A319-7EA17354702E%7D&docType=FL[interrupted link], 2003 edition.
- Francesco Ogliari, Franco Sapi, Sparks in the mountains. History of Italian transport volume 8°. Piemonte- Aosta Valley, edited by the authors, Milan, 1968
- Luigi Ballatore, History of railways in Piemonte, Turin, Editrice Il Punto, 2002. ISBN 88-88552-00-6
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