Avezzano railway station

Location
	Avezzano Location within Italy

Avezzano
Avezzano
	Avezzano railway station
General information
Location	Piazza Matteotti, Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo; Italy
Coordinates	42°02′22″N 13°25′34″E / 42.03944°N 13.42611°E
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Trenitalia
Line(s)	Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway ; Avezzano-Roccasecca railway
Platforms	5
Other information
Classification	Silver
History
Opened	28 July 1888; 136 years ago
Location
Location
	Avezzano Location within Italy

Avezzano is a railway station in Avezzano, Italy. It opened in 1888 and is located on the Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway and Avezzano-Roccasecca railway.^[2] The train services are operated by Trenitalia.^[3]

Exposed as a monument at the station is the Monte Velino (number 8) locomotive. This was one of the ten used by Alessandro Torlonia to transport beet from Fucino to the sugarbeet factory. The engine was placed on a specially-made track in front of Villa Torlonia on the occasion of the celebrations related to the centenary of the 1915 earthquake. This locomotive is considered one of the symbols of post-earthquake Avezzano.

History

The original buildings, inside and outside the station, were destroyed by the 1915 earthquake.^[4] The new building was restored after World War II.^[5]

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

Regional services (Treno regionale) Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano - Tivoli - Rome
Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo - Giulianova - Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano
Regional services (Treno regionale) Avezzano - Sora - Roccasecca - Cassino

Preceding station	Trenitalia	Following station
Celano-Ovindoli toward Pescara	Treno regionale	Scurcola Marsicana toward Roma Tiburtina
Celano-Ovindoli toward Teramo	Treno regionale	Terminus
Terminus	Treno regionale	Capistrello toward Cassino

References

^ List of Italian stations and categories Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Municipalities of the Liri Valley – Apassiferrati". Retrieved 2021-09-06.
^ "Linea Avezzano-Roccasecca-Cassino, modifiche alla circolazione dei treni - Trenitalia". www.trenitalia.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
^ "The earthquake and the railways". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
^ "Avezzano station". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at January 2015.

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[1] List of Italian stations and categories Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Municipalities of the Liri Valley – Apassiferrati". Retrieved 2021-09-06.

[3] "Linea Avezzano-Roccasecca-Cassino, modifiche alla circolazione dei treni - Trenitalia". www.trenitalia.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.

[4] "The earthquake and the railways". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

[5] "Avezzano station". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-02-05.

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