Sanremo railway station (1872)
San Remo railway station was the first station of Sanremo; was close in 2001 due to the opening of the new double-track of the Genoa-Ventimiglia railway line from San Lorenzo to Bordighera and was replaced by a new station underground.
San Remo Sanremo (until the eighties) | |
|---|---|
| Italian State Railways (Ferrovie dello Stato) | |
 Building of the old station in 2011 | |
| Location | Piazza Cesare Battisti, 5, Sanremo (IM) |
| Coordinates | 43°48′50″N 7°46′18″E |
| Line(s) | Genoa–Ventimiglia line |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Tracks | 3 + 2 for the freight + 1 rod trains maneuver. |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | at-grade, crossing station |
| History | |
| Opened | January 25, 1872 |
| Closed | September 24, 2001 |
History
It was opened on January 25, 1872, with the opening of the track Savona and Ventimiglia of the Genoa–Ventimiglia line. It was close on September 24, 2001 due to the double-track between San Lorenzo al Mare and Ospedaletti. Soon as it was abandoned, the station was deprived of the overhead line and the tracks to asphalt the sediments and the docks.
From 1913 to 1942 on the square in front of the station it had the interchange Ospedaletti-Sanremo-Taggia tramway.
On April 21, 1942, the Italian Riviera trolleybus was inaugurated and still in service.
The station, previously called with the correct name "Sanremo", assumed the new name "San Remo" in the eighties
Overview
The old San Remo Station building contains 3 tracks, 2 for the freight and 1 rod trains maneuver.
The passenger building still exists as well as the tobacco shop, while the bar and the kiosk, present inside the structure since its inauguration, have been closed.
The area hosts events and exhibitions in what were once the railway freight warehouses. On the former track level there is a parking lot and a stretch of the bike lane opened in 2008.