Vicenza railway station

Vicenza
Vicenza
	The passenger building.
Location	Piazzale della Stazione; 36100 Vicenza; Vicenza, Vicenza, Veneto; Italy
Coordinates	45°32′29″N 11°32′27″E
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Centostazioni
Line(s)	Milan–Venice; Vicenza–Schio; Vicenza–Treviso
Platforms	8
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban (AIM); Suburban (FTV) buses;
History
Opened	13 January 1846
Location
	Vicenza Location within Northern Italy

Vicenza railway station (Italian: Stazione di Vicenza) (IATA: VNZ) serves the town and comune of Vicenza, in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1846, it forms part of the Milan–Venice railway, and is also a junction of two branch lines, to Schio and Treviso, respectively.

The station is currently owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). The commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Features

The station has a large passenger building that houses many facilities for passengers, the headquarters of the Railway Police, and the offices of Trenitalia and the station management.

The six through platforms at the station are numbered from 1 to 6. At the far eastern end of the station, there are also two bay platforms (1 Giardino and 2 Giardino), at which trains arrive from and depart to Schio and Treviso. In total, there are eight platform tracks for passengers, plus some tracks for the exclusive use of goods handling, manoeuvering, stabling and storage.

The station is equipped with a locomotive depot, and a short distance away there are major repair shops.

Train services

The following services call at the station: +39 0444 223115

High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice - Trieste
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice - Treviso - Udine
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Verona - Vicenza - Treviso - Udine
Intercity services (EuroCity) Geneva - Lausanne - Brig - Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice
Intercity services (EuroCity) Munich - Innsbruck - Verona - Padua - Venice
Night train (Thello) Paris - Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice
Express services (Regionale Veloce) Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice
Regional services (Treno regionale) Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice
Regional services (Treno regionale) Vicenza - Citadella - Castelfranco Veneto - Treviso
Local services (Treno regionale) Vicenza - Schio

Preceding station	Trenitalia	Following station
Verona Porta Nuova toward Torino Porta Nuova	Frecciabianca	Padova toward Trieste Centrale
Verona Porta Nuova toward Torino Porta Nuova	Frecciabianca	Padova toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Verona Porta Nuova toward Milano Centrale	Frecciabianca via Padua and Venice	Padova toward Udine
Verona Porta Nuova toward Milano Centrale	Frecciabianca via Castelfranco Veneto	Citadella toward Udine
Verona Porta Nuova toward Geneva Cornavin	EuroCity	Padua toward Venice Santa Lucia
Verona Porta Nuova toward Munich Hbf	EuroCity	Padua toward Venice Santa Lucia
San Bonifacio toward Verona Porta Nuova	Treno regionale	Padova toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Altavilla-Tavernelle toward Verona Porta Nuova	Treno regionale	Lerino toward Venice Santa Lucia
Terminus	Treno regionale	San Pietro in Gu toward Treviso Centrale
Terminus	Treno regionale	Anconetta toward Schio
Preceding station	Thello	Following station
Verona Porta Nuova toward Paris-Gare de Lyon	Thello	Padua toward Venice

Renovations

Work on upgrading and enhancement of the entire structure of the station building is currently being completed. The work is financed by an investment of approximately 2.4 million euros by Centostazioni and RFI. To achieve a uniform appearance and enhance the main facades, the front and sides of the building have received a veneer of brick and Vicenza yellow stone.

In addition to the retrofitting of existing facilities, and removal of architectural barriers (with the laying of a new path for the vision-impaired), the station has been equipped with new shopping facilities. The previously existing businesses (bar/pizzeria, a tobacconist, newsagent and bank with door ATM) have been joined by a bookshop (Libreria Mondadori), a perfume shop/convenience store (Schlecker), a phone shop (Smartphone), a costume jewellery shop (4You), a clothing store (Fila), another shop (Zippo), an insurance office and a car rental agency (Major).

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 7.7 million passenger movements each year.[1]

Gallery

Ticketing hall
Hall leading to platform 1 to Venice
Underpass to platforms 2 to 6 for Milan
Platforms 1 and 1 Giardino

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References

"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 Vicenza train station at Wikimedia Commons

CentoStazioni: Information about Vicenza railway station (in Italian)
History and pictures of Vicenza railway station (in Italian)

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at December 2010.

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[1] "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.