Pescara Centrale railway station (), also known as Pescara railway station (Italian:'' stazione ferroviaria di Pescara''), is the main railway station of
Pescara
Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...
. The station lies on the Adriatic line from
Rimini
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Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley. It is ...
to
Lecce
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Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is n ...
and the trans-Apennine line to
Rome
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. It serves an average of 3.5 million people per year and is a 5-minute walk to the city's main street and to the beach.
The commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni SpA, whereas the Italian Railway Network (RFI) is responsible for the railway infrastructure.
Architecture
The former headquarters of Pescara Central Station was a nineteenth-century palace at the same site. The initial draft of a new passenger building was drawn up in 1962 by ''Corrado Cameli Service Work'' for the
FS. This draft proposed a steel-frame structure of the new station building, but changed to pre-stressed concrete in 1970, when structural calculations were carried out by the ''Studio Engineer Giovanni Cerasoli and Piero di Pescara'', with the advice from the engineer Carlo Guidi Baskets. The modern-day building is one of the earliest constructions to be made of pre-stressed concrete among Italian railway stations.
The new station building was completed in 1987, when all eight railway tracks in and out of the station being raised to viaduct levels to avoid ground level-crossings.
Train services
The station is served by the following services (incomplete):
*High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') ''Milan - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari''
*High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce''
*High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto''
*High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Turin - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce''
*High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') ''Venice - Padua - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce''
*Intercity services ''Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce''
*Intercity services ''Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto''
*Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Milan - Parma - Bologna - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce''
*Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Milan - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Taranto - Brindisi - Lecce''
*Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Turin - Alessandria - Bolgona - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce''
*Express services (''Regionale Veloce'') ''Milan - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara'' (weekends only)
*Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Rimini - Pesaro - Ancona - Civitanova Marche - San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara''
*Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano - Carsoli - Tivoli - Rome''
*Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Teramo - Giulianova - Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano''
*Regional services (''Treno regionale'') ''Teramo / San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara - Ortona - San Vito Lanciano - Termoli''
*Local services (''Treno regionale'') ''San Benedetto del Tronto - Pescara - Ortona San Vito Lanciano - Lanciano''
Interchanges
The bus station is located at the front of Pescara Centrale railway station. Bus services include connections within Pescara to
Chieti
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In Italian, the adjectival form is ''teatino'' and inhabitants of Chieti ar ...
,
Lanciano
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, and
Abruzzo Airport
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(Urban Bus no. 38). Long-distance coaches to
Rome
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-Tiburtina and
Bologna
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have their terminus at this bus station in Pescara.
From the bus station in front of the station there has been a daily connection of
ITA Airways
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The airline was founded in 2020 as a suc ...
by bus, to and from
Rome Fiumicino Airport
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since 1 December 2022, allowing a connection with the airline's hub.
Services
The station building hosts a ticket office, automatic ticket machines, two newspaper stands, a cafe bar, and a pharmacy. During the night hours, entry into the station building is only permitted for passengers with valid InterCity Notte (ICN) tickets.
See also
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History of rail transport in Italy
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Origins
The first Railways were introduced in Italy when it was still a divided country, a few decades before t ...
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List of railway stations in Abruzzo
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List
See also
*Railway stations in Italy
*Ferrovie dello Stato
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Rail transport in Italy
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Railway stations in Italy
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Railway stations in Abruzzo
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Buildings and structures in the Province of Pescara
Railway stations in Italy opened in 1987