Benevento railway station

Benevento
Benevento
	Benevento–Cancello (EAV)
Distance	100.859 km (62.671 mi) from Foggia
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	City buses;
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	18 April 1868; 156 years ago
Location
	Benevento Location in Campania Benevento Location in Italy

Benevento railway station (

Cancello

, respectively.

The station is currently managed by

Ferrovie dello Stato

(FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Train services on the Cancello line are operated by Ente Autonomo Volturno,^[1] which is owned by the Consorzio UnicoCampania^[2] group.

Location

Benevento railway station is situated at Piazza Vittoria Colonna, northwest of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 18 April 1868, upon the inauguration of the Casalduni–Benevento section of the Naples–Foggia railway.^[3]

On 1 August 1868, the station became a through station, when the next section of the Naples–Foggia railway was completed, between Benevento and Montecalvo Irpino.^[3] Over the years, several other lines converged on the station.

During its life, the station has undergone several changes, such as the construction of a new passenger building, and the restructuring of its underpasses. At the start of 2007, it was completely automated.

Features

The current passenger building is a two-storey structure that was built during the late 1960s. It is formed of a central section featuring five large arched windows, and two lateral wings. At ground floor level, there are services for passengers, while the first floor houses Trenitalia offices. There is also an office of the railway police.

In the station yard, there are five through tracks used for passenger services. The station yard also has three platforms equipped with shelters and joined via a

pedestrian underpass

. Additionally, there are some dock platforms for terminating trains to and from Naples.

The station also has a

locomotive shed

for diesel locomotives.

Train services

The station has about 800,000 passenger movements each year.^[4] In recent years, the number of passenger movements has fallen appreciably, due to poor patronage on some of the converging lines.

All passenger trains passing through the station stop there, including Eurostar Italia and InterCity trains.

The station is also the terminus of regional trains Sannio Express to and from Campobasso, regional from and to Caserta, closed regional rail from and to Salerno (served by buses),regional rail to and from Napoli Centrale, closed regional rail to and from Avellino (served by buses) and closed regional rail from and to Foggia.

The station is served by the following services (incomplete):

High speed trains (Frecciarossa) Naples - Caserta - Benevento - Foggia - Bari
High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
High speed trains (Italo) Milan - Reggio Emilia - Bologna - Firenze - Rome - Benevento - Foggia - Bari
Intercity services Rome - Caserta - Benevento - Foggia - Bari
Intercity services Rome - Caserta - Benevento - Foggia - Bari - Taranto
Night train (Intercity Night) Rome - Benevento - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
Regional trains (Treno regionale) Naples - Aversa - Caserta - Benevento
Regional trains (Treno regionale) Campobasso - Benevento - Avellino - Salerno (served by buses)

Preceding station	Trenitalia	Following station
Caserta toward Napoli Centrale	Frecciarossa	Foggia toward Bari Centrale
Caserta toward Roma Termini	Frecciargento	Foggia toward Lecce
Caserta toward Roma Termini	InterCity	Ariano Irpino toward Taranto
Telese-Cerreto toward Roma Termini	InterCity	Ariano Irpino toward Bari Centrale
Caserta toward Roma Termini	Intercity Notte	Foggia toward Lecce
Ponte Casalduni toward Napoli Centrale	Treno regionale	Terminus
Campobasso Terminus	Treno regionale	Avellino toward Salerno
Preceding station	Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori	Following station
Roma Termini toward Milano Centrale	Italo	Foggia toward Bari Centrale

Interchange

The station has a city bus terminal for buses operated by AMTS, the local bus service.

References

^ it:MetroCampania NordEst
^ it:Consorzio UnicoCampania
^ ^a ^b Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

External links

Media related to Benevento railway station at Wikimedia Commons

History and pictures of Benevento railway station (in Italian)

[1] t:MetroCampania NordEst

[2] t:Consorzio UnicoCampania

[trenidicarta.it-3] Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

[4] "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

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