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Railway station in Melito di Porto Salvo, Italy
Melito di Porto Salvo
General information
LocationPiazza Stazione, Melito di Porto Salvo
Italy
Coordinates37°55′00.9″N 15°46′53.06″E / 37.916917°N 15.7814056°E / 37.916917; 15.7814056
Owned byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)Jonica
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks3
Train operatorsTrenitalia
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened10 January 1868; 156 years ago (1868-01-10)
Electrified18 April 2007; 17 years ago (2007-04-18)
Location
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Melito di Porto Salvo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Melito di Porto Salvo) is the main railway station of the Italian city of Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria and it is part of the Jonica railway.

History

The station was built by Società per le Strade Ferrate Calabro-Sicule as part of the extension of the Jonica railway from Lazzaro to Bianco, opened on 1 October 1868. In 1999, the station was equipped with a new station building and in April 2007 the station and the railway line south of it were electrified.

Layout

The station has three tracks, one side platform and one island platform. Before 2007, the station had also another track and another side platform, later destroyed by a storm and not rebuilt. The station building features the waiting room, a cafe, the ticket machine area and the toilet.

Services

The station is served by regional, suburban and InterCity trains operated by Trenitalia.

References

  1. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926". trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. "Notizie flash". I Treni (in Italian). 211: 6. January 2000.
  3. "Raddoppio ed elettrificazione della tratta Reggio Calabria-Melito" (PDF). regione.calabria.it (in Italian). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. "Danni alla stazione di Melito". ferrovieincalabria.com (in Italian). 29 October 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  5. "In Treno orario digitale regionale Calabria-Sicilia" (PDF). trenitalia.com (in Italian). 11 December 2016. pp. 28–34. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

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