Avellino railway station

Avellino
View of the station building
Location	Via Francesco Tedesco, 646 83100 Avellino AV Avellino, Avellino, Campania Italy
Coordinates	40°55′17.04″N 14°49′13.62″E / 40.9214000°N 14.8204500°ECoordinates: 40°55′17.04″N 14°49′13.62″E / 40.9214000°N 14.8204500°E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Cancello–Benevento Avellino-Lioni-Rocchetta
Distance	82 km (51 mi) from Napoli Centrale
Platforms	3 (5 tracks)
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification	Silver
History
Opened	1879
Location
Avellino Location within Campania

Avellino is the main railway station of the Italian city of Avellino, in the region of Campania. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy, and is classified Silver.^[1]

Geography

Situated in the western suburb of Avellino, 2,5 km far from city centre, the station also serves the town of Atripalda, whose territory borders with it. The end track of the RA02 motorway from Salerno is located 500 m south of the station.

History

The station was opened in 1879, as the northern terminal of the line from Mercato San Severino, extended to Benevento in 1891. The line to Lioni and Rocchetta Sant'Antonio followed in 1895.

Structure and transport

Avellino station has a large two-floor building. It counts five tracks for passenger service and three for goods wagons, with a shed located in front of the main building. North of the station is a brief line serving the industrial park of Pianodardine. Both lines, Cancello–Benevento and Avellino-Rocchetta Sant'Antonio, are not electrified and have a single track.

The station is a hub for regional transport of Campania and is served by regional trains, principally to Benevento and Salerno.^[2] Periodically it is also served by some trains to Nocera Inferiore and Napoli Centrale (Naples). Once per day it is linked to Roma Termini (Rome) by an interregional train via Caserta and Cassino. From the end of the 1990s to the first half of the 2000s, Avellino was the terminal of a night express train to Milano Centrale (Milan); that linked it also with the cities of Rome, Florence and Bologna.

The line to Rocchetta Sant'Antonio-Lacedonia was closed on December 2010.^[3] An FS-owned bus link, Avellino-Lioni, is the remaining service on this line.

See also

• Railway stations in Italy
• List of railway stations in Campania
• Rail transport in Italy
• History of rail transport in Italy

References

1. (Italian) Classification of Italian Station: Campania Archived September 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (RFI website)
2. (Italian) 2010-2011 timetable of Avellino station
3. (Italian) Article about the closure of the line

External links

Media related to Avellino railway station at Wikimedia Commons