Venezia Porto Marghera
View of the station in the direction of Venice Saint Lucia
General information
LocationItaly
Coordinates45°28′21″N 12°15′22″E / 45.472511°N 12.256144°E / 45.472511; 12.256144
Line(s)Venice – Milan
Venezia-Udine
Trento – Venice
Venice – Trieste
Other information
Statusin use
Location
Venezia Porto Marghera is located in Veneto
Venezia Porto Marghera
Venezia Porto Marghera
Location in Veneto
Venezia Porto Marghera is located in Northern Italy
Venezia Porto Marghera
Venezia Porto Marghera
Location in Northern Italy
Venezia Porto Marghera is located in Italy
Venezia Porto Marghera
Venezia Porto Marghera
Location in Italy

Venezia Porto Marghera railway station is a stop located in the trunk railway between Venezia Mestre and Venezia Santa Lucia just before the bridge across the lagoon. It is located at 260.191 kilometer of the Milan-Venice railway and operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. The train services are operated by Trenitalia and Sistemi Territoriali. The technology park "Vega" is in its immediate vicinity.

History

The first station was opened in Venice Marghera at December 13, 1842 in the aftermath of the inauguration of Marghera – Padua, the first section of the strada ferrata Ferdinandea.[1]

The location of the port was temporary, so that in January 1844, when the bridge over the lagoon had not still been completed it was moved to San Giuliano.[2]

Features

There are four tracks and four platforms, where the users can access by an underpass.

The stop is served by some regional trains of different lines that are routed on the trunk rail Venezia Mestre – Venezia Santa Lucia (the Milan–Venice railway, the Trento–Venice railway, the Venezia-Udine railway and the Venice–Trieste railway ), which increase considerably in conjunction working hours on weekdays.

The stop has four pedestrian entrances:

  • via Paganello side Mestre (near via Torino and via Ca 'Marcello);
  • via Della Libertà, roadway Venice;
  • via Della Libertà, roadway Mestre;
  • the fourth access, by way of Liberty, roadway Mestre, actually located in Via Torino, being a pedestrian path delimited with double guardrails continue until the subway station.

Developments

The stop is part of the program[3] of the Regional Metropolitan Railway System, so plans for the restructuring of the structures with the adjustment to the standard of this system: bus shelters, raised curbs and accessibility for the handicapped.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Verona – Vicenza – Padua – Venice
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Bassano del Grappa – Castelfranco Veneto – Venice
  • Local services (Treno regionale) Portogruaro – Venice
  • Local services (Treno regionale) Adria – Piove di Sacco – Venice
Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
Treno regionale
Terminus
toward Bassano del Grappa
Treno regionale
Terminus
Treno regionale
Terminus
Preceding station   Sistemi Territoriali   Following station
toward Adria
Treno regionale
Terminus

Services

The station has:

  • Ticket office Bus stops (via della Libertà, both carriageways)
  • Underpass Underpass
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Note

  1. ↑ G. Ganzerla. Binari sul Garda. p. 80.
  2. ↑ G. Ganzerla. Binari sul Garda. p. 83.
  3. ↑ http://www.regione.veneto.it/Notizie/Comunicati+Stampa/Novembre+2003/1982.htm

References

  • Ganzerla, Giancarlo (2004). Binari sul Garda – Dalla Ferdinandea al tram: tra cronaca e storia. Brescia, Grafo. ISBN 8873856330.



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