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Fornovo railway station (Stazione di Fornovo) is a station that serves the Italian town of Fornovo di Taro. It is located on the Parma–La Spezia railway and the Fidenza–Fornovo railway.

Fornovo
General information
Location	Via Gramsci Fornovo di Taro, Parma, Emilia-Romagna
Coordinates	44°41′37″N 10°06′07″E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Parma–La Spezia Fidenza–Fornovo
Platforms	8
Train operators	Trenitalia
Other information
Classification	Silver[1]
History
Opened	2 July 1883; 139 years ago (1883-07-02)
Electrified	1949; 73 years ago (1949)
Location
Fornovo Location in Emilia-Romagna Show map of Emilia-Romagna Fornovo Location in Northern Italy Show map of Northern Italy Fornovo Location in Italy Show map of Italy

Buildings and infrastructure

The station has three tracks for passenger trains (tracks 1, 3 and 4) served by a platform and connected by an overpass and many other tracks for prolonged stops of freight trains, between 255 and 430 m in length. Trains can continue to Parma (direction indicator "2", single track) or to Fidenza (direction indicator "1", single track). The blocking system is of the automatic block type (with fixed currents) both towards Parma and towards Fidenza, while an "electric axle counter" system is used for trains bound for S. Stefano di Magra (Fornovo–Berceto section).

Rail services

As of 2007, the station was used by 1000 people each day.

Services

The station, which RFI manages and classified in 2008 in the silver category,[1] has:

• ticket machines
• waiting room
• toilets
• bar
• railway police station.

Interchanges

• taxi rank
• bus stop (TEP).

References

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