Carrara San Martino railway station

Carrara San Martino
View of the passenger buildings
General information
Location	Carrara, Via Elisa Carrara, Massa and Carrara, Tuscany Italy
Coordinates	44°03′04″N 10°03′46″E
Owned by	FS
Line(s)	Carrara Private Marble railway (suppressed) Avenza-Carrara railway (suppressed)
Platforms	7
Train operators	FS
Connections	SITA tramway † (1915-1955) CAT Carrara buses
History
Opened	15 May 1866
Electrified	On 1926 (1926) with three-phase system. Converted to continuous electric current system on April 1947 (April 1947)
Location Carrara San Martino Location within Tuscany

Carrara San Martino railway station, previously named Carrara Città, was a railway station common to two lines, now suppressed, located near the center of Carrara.

History

The station of Carrara San Martino was born at the end of the nineteenth century by the desire of businessmen of Carrara to give their city a connection with the railway line, being the station of Carrara-Avenza about 5 km downstream from the city. The station was built as a result of lengthy negotiations conducted by the carrarese General Domenico Cucchiari, fighter of the Risorgimento repeatedly decorated for bravery and parliamentarian elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the college of Carrara. The general Cucchiari had distinguished himself in the battle of San Martino and since the opening of the station was mainly due to his efforts, the inauguration took this name. Hence the name still in use in the area, where today stands the court of Carrara.

Tratta dei ponti di Anderlino abbattuta nel 1945

The building was inaugurated on 10 September 1866 with the opening of the Avenza-Carrara railway, 4.5 km long, by the Upper Italian Railways.

The station suffered two bombings, the first of 30 December 1944 after which in the station the large containers of gas exploded and 32 people died. The second took place on January 6, 1945, and also hit the bridges of Anderlino, interrupting the line, even in this case were recorded victims.

The station was closed on February 29, 1969, like the rest of the line, and officially abolished by decree of the President of the Republic n.1459 of 28 December 1970.

Structure and buildings

Aerial view of the station with the railway tracks and the cargo area. You can also clearly see some marble trains

An image of what was to be the sign for the abandoned station

The station was equipped with special tracks for freight trains, in addition to passenger lines, being on the line of the Marmifera railway. It was equipped, again for reasons of the Marmifera, even with special department goods stores placed in front of the passenger building. More at the bottom there was the locomotive storage of the station, now demolished. The station also had signs of limit "load goods" and a one was placed right next to the loco storage.

See also

• Carrara
• Carrara-Avenza railway station
• Carrara Private Marble railway
• Avenza-Carrara railway

Bibliography

• Adriano Betti Carboncini, I treni del marmo. Ferrovie e tranvie della Versilia e delle Alpi Apuane, ETR, Salò, 1984. ISBN 88-85068-10-3
• Elena Tarabella, La ferrovia marmifera privata di Carrara, Università di Pisa, Pisa, 1986.
• Daniele Canali, La Ferrovia Marmifera di Carrara, Società Editrice Apuana, Massa, 1995.
• Adriano Betti Carboncini, Alpi Apuane. Ricordo delle ferrovie marmifere, Pegaso, Firenze, 2012. ISBN 978-88-95248-39-4

External links

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