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Vercelli railway station (Italian: Stazione di Vercelli) is the main station serving the city and comune of Vercelli, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1856, it forms part of the Turin–Milan railway, and is also a junction station for two other lines, to Valenza and Pavia, respectively.

Vercelli
The passenger building.
General information
Location	Piazza Roma 13100 Vercelli VC Vercelli, Vercelli, Piedmont Italy
Coordinates	45°19′47″N 08°24′59″E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Turin–Milan Vercelli–Valenza Vercelli–Pavia
Distance	77.054 km (47.879 mi) from Torino Porta Nuova
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	20 October 1856; 166 years ago (1856-10-20)
Location
Vercelli Location in Piedmont Show map of Piedmont Vercelli Location in Northern Italy Show map of Northern Italy Vercelli 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. Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Vercelli railway station is situated at Piazza Roma, at the northwestern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 20 October 1856, upon the opening of the Torino Porta Susa–Novara section of the Turin–Milan railway.[1]

Features

The passenger building is made up of three components: the central part has two levels and a large lobby consisting of five arches. The single storey lateral wings spread symmetrically from the central part, and are smaller. The building is made of brick. It is painted grey at ground floor level, and a rose colour above that level.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Milan - Brescia - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice - Trieste
• Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Milan - Parma - Rome - Naples - Salerno
• Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Milan - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Florence - Rome - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria
• Express services (Regionale Veloce) Turin - Chivasso – Vercelli – Novara – Milan
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Chivasso - Vercelli - Novara
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Vercelli - Mortara - Pavia

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Torino Porta Susa toward Torino Porta Nuova		Frecciabianca		Novara toward Trieste Centrale
Torino Porta Susa toward Torino Porta Nuova		Intercity Notte		Novara toward Salerno
Torino Porta Susa toward Torino Porta Nuova		Intercity Notte		Novara toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Santhià toward Torino Porta Nuova		Treno regionale		Novara toward Milano Centrale
San Germano Vercellese toward Chivasso		Treno regionale		Borgo Vercelli toward Novara
Terminus		Treno regionale		Palestro toward Pavia

Train services to Casale Monferrato finished on 14 June 2013.

Passenger and train movements

The station has around 3.5 million passenger movements each year.[2] There are about 138 trains per day.

The trains stopping at Vercelli are Frecciabianca, Intercity Notte and regional trains. Their main destinations are Novara, Turin and Milan.

See also

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

References

External links

Media related to Vercelli railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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

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