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Udine railway station (Italian: Stazione di Udine) serves the city and comune of Udine, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1860, it is a junction of five lines, to Venice, Trieste, Tarvisio, Cervignano and Cividale, respectively.

Udine
The main entrance.
General information
Location	Viale Europa Unita 33100 Udine UD Udine, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Italy
Coordinates	46°03′22″N 13°14′30″E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Venice–Udine Udine–Trieste Tarvisio–Udine Udine–Cervignano Udine–Cividale
Distance	126 km (78 mi) from Venezia Mestre
Train operators	Trenitalia ÖBB Ferrovie Udine-Cividale
Connections	Urban (SAF) Suburban buses
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	21 July 1860; 162 years ago (1860-07-21)
Location
Udine Location in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Show map of Friuli-Venezia Giulia Udine Location in Northern Italy Show map of Northern Italy Udine Location in Italy Show map of Italy

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

Location

Udine railway station is situated in Viale Europa Unita, at the southern edge of the city centre.

History

The station commenced operations on 21 July 1860 (1860-07-21), upon the inauguration of the Cormons–Udine section of the Venice–Udine railway. Only a few months later, on 3 October 1860, it also became the terminus of the Udine–Trieste railway, in conjunction with the opening of the Cormons–Udine section of that line.[1]

Under the management of Centostazioni, the passenger building underwent a restoration and renovation completed in 2005. The construction work focused on the modernization of the main hall, the construction of a new ticket office and the new information centre. In addition, some spaces were created for commercial use.[2]

Features

The station has a large passenger building that houses many services, including ticketing, two newsagents, bars, a bank, a chapel, a pharmacy, the shops, the Eurostar Club and the headquarters of the Railway Police.

In addition, there are offices of Trenitalia and the station manager. At one time the station was also the home of a military command.

The station yard is equipped with 7 tracks for passenger service (numbered 1 to 8), plus a few tracks for the exclusive use of freight handling, shunting, stabling and storage, including track number 2 which has no platform.

Up to 1 December 2008, the station was equipped with a locomotive shed and workshops.

Passenger and train movements

The movement of passengers at the station is about 7.6 million people a year, which means that the station is the busiest in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in terms of numbers of passengers.[3]

In the station, there are all types of trains for different destinations.

Directly outside the station, in the square, are bus stops for all bus routes to Udine. A few hundred metres away is the bus station, which is a terminus for suburban services. In front of the station is a taxi stand.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

• High speed services (Frecciarossa) Udine - Treviso - Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome
• High speed services (Frecciarossa) Udine - Treviso - Venice - Padua - Verona - Milan
• High speed services (Railjet) Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Udine - Treviso - Venice
• Night train (CityNightLine) Munich - Tarvisio - Udine - Treviso - Venice
• Night train (EuroNight) Vienna - Linz - Salzburg - Villach - Udine - Treviso - Venice
• Night train (Intercity Notte) Trieste - Udine - Venice - Padua - Bologna - Rome
• Express services (Regionale Veloce) Trieste - Gorizia - Udine - Treviso - Venice
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Trieste - Gorizia - Udine - Treviso - Venice
• Regional services (REX) Villach - Tarvisio - Carnia - Gemona del Friuli - Udine
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Tarvisio - Carnia - Gemona del Friuli - Udine - Cervignano del Friuli - Trieste
• Local services (Treno regionale) Udine - Cividale del Friuli

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Terminus		Frecciarossa		Pordenone toward Roma Termini
Terminus		Frecciarossa		Pordenone toward Milano Centrale
Tarvisio Boscoverde toward Wien Hbf		Railjet		Pordenone toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Tarvisio Boscoverde toward Munich		EuroNight		Pordenone toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Tarvisio Boscoverde toward Wien Hbf		EuroNight		Pordenone toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Gorizia Centrale toward Trieste Centrale		Intercity Notte		Codroipo toward Roma Termini
Cormons toward Trieste Centrale		Treno regionale		Codroipo toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Buttrio toward Trieste Centrale		Treno regionale		Basiliano toward Venezia Santa Lucia
Tricesimo-San Pelagio toward Tarvisio Boscoverde		Treno regionale		Palmanova toward Trieste Centrale
Preceding station		ÖBB		Following station
Gemona del Friuli toward Villach Hbf		Treno regionale		Terminus
Preceding station		Ferrovie Udine-Cividale		Following station
Terminus		Treno regionale		Gotthard toward Cividale

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy

References

External links

Media related to Udine train station at Wikimedia Commons

• History and pictures of Udine railway station (in Italian)

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

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