Melito di Porto Salvo railway station
Melito di Porto Salvo | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Piazza Stazione, Melito di Porto Salvo Italy | ||||
Coordinates | 37°55′00.9″N 15°46′53.06″E / 37.916917°N 15.7814056°E | ||||
Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
Line(s) | Jonica | ||||
Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||
Train operators | Trenitalia | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 10 January 1868 | ||||
Electrified | 18 April 2007 | ||||
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Melito di Porto Salvo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Melito di Porto Salvo) is the main railway station of the Italian city of Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria and it is part of the Jonica railway.
History
[edit]The station was built by Società per le Strade Ferrate Calabro-Sicule as part of the extension of the Jonica railway from Lazzaro to Bianco, opened on 1 October 1868.[1] In 1999, the station was equipped with a new station building[2] and in April 2007 the station and the railway line south of it were electrified.[3]
Layout
[edit]The station has three tracks, one side platform and one island platform. Before 2007, the station had also another track and another side platform, later destroyed by a storm and not rebuilt.[4] The station building features the waiting room, a cafe, the ticket machine area and the toilet.
Services
[edit]The station is served by regional, suburban and InterCity trains operated by Trenitalia.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926". trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Notizie flash". I Treni (in Italian). 211: 6. January 2000.
- ^ "Raddoppio ed elettrificazione della tratta Reggio Calabria-Melito" (PDF). regione.calabria.it (in Italian). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Danni alla stazione di Melito". ferrovieincalabria.com (in Italian). 29 October 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "In Treno orario digitale regionale Calabria-Sicilia" (PDF). trenitalia.com (in Italian). 11 December 2016. pp. 28–34. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
External links
[edit]Media related to Melito di Porto Salvo train station at Wikimedia Commons