Alessandria railway station

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| name = Alessandria

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| native_name_lang = it

| style = Trenitalia

| image = Station of Alessandria (Piemonte, Italy).jpg

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| address = Piazza Eugenio Curiel
15121 Alessandria AL

| borough = Alessandria, Alessandria, Piedmont

| country = Italy

| map_type = Italy Piedmont#Italy North#Italy

| map_caption = Location in Piedmont##Location in Northern Italy##Location in Italy

| coordinates = {{coord|44|54|33|N|08|36|23|E|type:railwaystation_region:IT-AL_source:itwiki|display=inline,title}}

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| line = Turin–Genoa
Chivasso–Alessandria
Alessandria–Piacenza
Novara–Alessandria
Pavia–Alessandria
Alessandria–Cavallermaggiore
Alessandria–Ovada
Alessandria–San Giuseppe di Cairo

| train_operators = Trenitalia

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| distance = {{convert|90.075|km|mi||abbr=on}} from Torino Porta Nuova

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| opened = {{Start date and age|1850|01|01|df=y}}

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| operator = Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Centostazioni

| classification = Gold

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Alessandria railway station ({{langx|it|Stazione di Alessandria}}) serves the city and comune of Alessandria, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1850, it forms part of the Turin–Genoa railway, and is also a junction for six other lines, to Chivasso, Piacenza, Novara, Pavia, Cavallermaggiore, Ovada and San Giuseppe di Cairo.

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 Italiane (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1850, upon the inauguration of the Asti–Alessandria–Novi Ligure section of the Turin–Genoa railway.{{cite web| author=Alessandro Tuzza| url=http://www.trenidicarta.it/aperture.html| title=Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926| trans-title=Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926|work=Trenidicarta.it |publisher=Alessandro Tuzza| access-date=17 December 2010|language=it|display-authors=etal}}

Passenger and train movements

The station has around 6.5 million passenger movements each year.{{cite web|url=http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html |title=Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni |trans-title=Annual flows at the 103 stations |work=Centostazioni website |publisher=Centostazioni |access-date=13 December 2010 |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209060511/http://www.centostazioni.it/flussi.html |archive-date=9 February 2010 }} There are about 339 trains per day.

The trains stopping at Alessandria are InterCity, express and regional trains. Their main destinations are Turin, Genoa and Novara.