La Spezia Centrale railway station

La Spezia Centrale
La Spezia Centrale
	La Spezia Centrale station
General information
Location	Piazza Medaglie d’Oro; 19121 La Spezia SP; La Spezia, La Spezia, Liguria; Italy
Coordinates	44°06′42″N 9°48′49″E / 44.11156°N 9.81367°E
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana; Centostazioni
Line(s)	(Rome-) Pisa-La Spezia-Genoa; Parma-La Spezia
Distance	86.162 km (53.539 mi); from Genova Piazza Principe
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses; La Spezia trolleybuses;
Other information
IATA code	QLP
Classification	Gold
Website	www.rfi.it/en/stations/la-spezia-centrale.html
History
Opened	1887; 137 years ago
Location
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La Spezia Centrale railway station is the main station of La Spezia, situated in the Piazza Medaglie d’Oro in the city centre.

Overview edit

It is the largest of four stations in the municipal area (there are also passenger stations at La Spezia Migliarina and Ca' di Boschetti and a goods station (La Spezia Marittima) inside the port of La Spezia). The station is located on the line from Genoa to Pisa, which runs along the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is also the terminus of the Pontremolese railway to Parma. It has four platforms.^[1]

History edit

The station was inaugurated in 1887, replacing the Valdellora station that had served La Spezia since the railway was extended there from Massa on 4 August 1864. Valdellora station became a goods yard. The new Centrale railway station meant that the new neighborhood of Umbertino, then under construction, became the centre of La Spezia.