A closer look
Tortona Station: at a glance
The Tortona station is a railway station located on the line Alessandria-Piacenza and Milano-Genova, and line leader Tortona-Novi Ligure and railway branch of the Giovi.
History
The station was opened in 1858 at the end of the line Alessandria-Piacenza; at the same time, branching was also activated for Novi Ligure .Explore this chapter
Facilities and facilities
The station consists of a passenger building, a large freight area, several service buildings and three counters for the travel service covered by...Explore this chapter
The station consists of a passenger building, a large freight area, several service buildings and three counters for the travel service covered by the wall. The iron floor consists of 34 rails, 5 of which are used for passenger service and served by dock, one without dock used for the fronts and the other 28 belonging to the freight port. Until the early 2000 there were 4 other tracks, then removed; on the first of them there was also a bridge station, not removed and still present. Lato Piacenza and side Alessandria are two fittings for two industries located near the station. The freight port is also equipped with warehouse and loading floor. There is also a connection for an electrical substation in the direction of Alessandria. Also side of Alexandria there is another area goods where are also located service buildings for the working locomotives. Near the warehouse goods there is a bus deposit.
Since 1960 the circulation has been managed by a non- remote controlled ACEI plant, which also integrates branching Alessandria/Novi Ligure by the former Bivio Tortona.
Movement
The station is served by regional trains Trenord regarding the relations Milan - Alessandria and Milan - Novi Ligure - Arquata Scrivia e da Trains Trenitalia ,...Explore this chapter
The station is served by regional trains Trenord with regard to the Milan-Alessandria and Milan-Novi Ligure-Arquata Scrivia and from Trenitalia, regional and long-distance trains, for all other relations. Pure located in Piemonte, for trains with origin or direction Lombardy the station falls within the area of tariff validity Lombardy[3].
Services
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The station has[4]:
Ankle shop
Automatic Swing Machine
Waiting room
Toilets
Bar
Interchanges
The station is adjacent to a bus stop for urban and long-distance cars.Explore this chapter
The station is adjacent to a bus stop for urban and long-distance cars.
Between 1882 and 1934 in the immediate vicinity and connected to the station FS there was the tramway station that served as a terminus for the Tortona-Sale, Tortona-Monleale and for the economic railway Tortona-Castelnuovo Scrivia.
Bus stop
Notes
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- ^ Central Office of State Railway Statistics, Chronological prospectus for railway routes opened to the year from 1839 to 31 December 1926, up Trainsdicarta.it, Alessandro Tuzza, 1927. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ State Railways, Order of Service no. 183, 1916
- ^ TRENORD - Map Regional Service Lombardy (PDF), up trainrd-europe-trenord-endpoint-prd.azureedge.net. Retrieved 29 December 2020 (archived fromoriginal url on 27 October 2020).
- ^ RFI - Station services in Piemonte, up Trainstalia.com (archived fromoriginal url on 25 September 2012).
Bibliography
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- Italian Railway Network, Line 33 Papers And 73, 2003 edition.
- Review of public works and roads, Volume 6, 1913.
- Andrea Amadori, Lorenzo Perosi: documents and unpublished: musical biographical essay on the mo. Lorenzo Perosi (Tortona 1872-Roma 1956): with biographies, photographs, musical manuscripts, unpublished letters concerning Giuseppe Verdi's Perosi, Arrigo Boito, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Arturo Toscanini, Gabriele D'Annunzio, don Luigi Orione, Akademos, 1999.
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