Brandizzo | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Piazza Stazione 1, Brandizzo Brandizzo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°10′44″N 7°50′28″E / 45.1788°N 7.8412°E |
| Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana |
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana |
| Line(s) | Turin – Milan |
| Train operators | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana |
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  Brandizzo Location in Piedmont  Brandizzo Location in Northern Italy  Brandizzo Location in Italy | |
Brandizzo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Brandizzo) serves the town and comune of Brandizzo, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy.[1]
History
The station was activated in 1856, as part of the construction of the first section of the Turin-Novara line.[2]
Since 2012 it has been on the SFM2 line of the Turin metropolitan railway service.[3] Trains on this line pass through Turin city centre.
Structures and plants
The station consists of two through platforms.
- Accidents: in the night between 30 and 31 August 2023, a passenger train, empty at the time of the incident as it was used to transport wagons between one station and another, ran over a team of workers engaged in replacing a dozen meters of tracks. The impact killed five people and injured two others.[4][5]
Services
| Preceding station | Turin SFM | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chivasso Terminus |
SFM2 | Settimo towards Pinerolo | ||
Exchanges
Near the station there are stops for various lines of the extra-urban bus network.
References
- ↑ "RFI website". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16.
- ↑ Brandizzo rfi.it
- ↑ "Turin SFM website".
- ↑ "Treno travolge operai al lavoro sulla ferrovia, 5 morti nel Torinese". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ↑ Strage sui binari: cinque operai uccisi dal treno messinatoday.it
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