Manarola railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Italy}}
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| name = Manarola
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| native_name_lang = it
| style = Trenitalia
| image = Manarola - Stazione ferroviaria.JPG
| image_caption = View from above
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| address = Via alla Stazione 1
| borough = Manarola, Riomaggiore, La Spezia, Liguria
| map_type = Italy Liguria#Northern Italy#Italy
| map_caption = Location in Liguria##Location in Northern Italy##Location in Italy
| coordinates = {{coord|44.1049|N|9.72922|E |type:railwaystation_region:IT-SP|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
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| line = Pisa–Genoa
| train_operators = Trenitalia
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| platform = 2
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| opened = {{Start date and age|1874|10|24|df=y}}
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| electrified = *{{Start date and age|1926|04}}
- {{Start date and age|1947|04}}
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| operator = Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
| classification = Silver{{cite web|publisher=Rete Ferroviaria Italiana|work=www.rfi.it|url=http://www.rfi.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=dca27ef3f8639210VgnVCM1000004016f90aRCRD|title=Le stazioni oggi in: Liguria|accessdate=7 August 2020|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527083204/http://www.rfi.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=dca27ef3f8639210VgnVCM1000004016f90aRCRD|archivedate=27 May 2011}}
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Manarola railway station (Stazione di Manarola) is located on the Genoa–Pisa railway, Italy. It serves Manarola, which is one of the five towns of the Cinque Terre.
History
The station was inaugurated on 24 October 1874, at the same time as the {{rws|Sestri Levante}}–{{rws|La Spezia}} line.{{sfn|Bozzano|Pastore|Serra|2010|p=109}}
Freight operations were introduced in Manarola on 15 September 1913.{{sfn|Bozzano|Pastore|Serra|2010|p=109}}
Double track between Manarola and {{rws|Riomaggiore}} was opened in 1920 and extended on 14 November 1933 as far as the Gaggiola tunnel and between Riomaggiore and Corniglia on 31 May 1959.{{sfn|Bozzano|Pastore|Serra|2010|pp=111-114}} In 1959, a new passenger building and a loading area for goods were built, as well as a pedestrian tunnel to connect with the town.{{sfn|Mandelli|2013| pp=28-43}}
On 1 December 1949, the station became an assuntoria (a station operated by an agent under contract). It is currently operated as an unstaffed halt.
In June and July 2011, the station was also served by the Treni del Mare ("trains of the sea") managed by the private company Arenaways, which became bankrupt shortly afterwards.
Buildings and infrastructure
The station has two platforms; platform 1 is used mainly by trains to La Spezia and platform 2 by trains to Genoa.
A pedestrian tunnel gives access to the town centre. Another pedestrian path, built when the line was built, skirts the cliffs to Riomaggiore. It is a well-known tourist destination now called the Via dell'Amore ("the Way of Love"), although it has been closed for some years due to a landslide.
Services
The station, which RFI manages and classified in 2008 in the silver category, has:
- File:Aiga ticketpurchase inv.svg Ticket counter managed by Cinque Terre National Park.
- File:Feature ticket office inv 2.svg ticket machines
- File:Aiga toilets inv.svg toilets.
Rail services
The station is served by Trenitalia regional services operated under a contract with the region of Liguria.
References
=Footnotes=
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
- {{cite book|first1=Corrado |last1=Bozzano|first2=Roberto |last2=Pastore|first3=Claudio |last3=Serra|title=Tra mare e monti da Genova alla Spezia|publisher=Nuova Editrice Genovese|location=Genoa|date=2010|isbn=978-88-88963-38-9|language=it}}
- {{cite journal|first=Franco |last=Castiglioni |title=Cinque Terre, una ferrovia|journal=I Treni |issue= 47 |date=February 1985| page=25|language=it}}
- {{cite journal|first=Franco |last=Castiglioni |title=Gallerie delle Cinque Terre|journal=I Treni |issue= 186 |date=October 1997|page=34|language=it}}
- {{cite journal|first=Alessandro |last=Mandelli|title=Ferrovia delle Cinque Terre|journal=Tutto Treno & Storia|issue=23|date=April 2010|page=28|language=it}}
- {{cite journal|first=Alessandro |last=Mandelli|title=Trifase alle Cinque Terre|journal=Tutto Treno & Storia|issue=24|date=November 2010|page=22|language=it}}
- {{cite journal|first=Alessandro |last=Mandelli|title=Da Sestri a La Spezia|journal=Tutto Treno & Storia|issue=25|date=October 2011|page=46|language=it}}
- {{cite journal|first=Alessandro |last=Mandelli|title=Il raddoppio della tratta Sestri Levante-La Spezia (part 2) |journal=La Tecnica Professionale|issue= 11|date=November 2013|publisher=CIFI|location=Rome |language=it}}
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