Gallarate railway station

Gallarate
The station in 2008
General information
Location	Piazza Giovanni XXIII Gallarate, Varese, Lombardy Italy
Coordinates	45°39′35.3″N 8°47′53.5″E
Elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Domodossola–Milan line Luino–Milan line Porto Ceresio–Milan line
Tracks	8
Train operators	Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia Trenitalia Trenord
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	21 June 1873 (1873-06-21)
Electrified	14 October 1901 (1901-10-14)
Location

Gallarate railway station (Italian: Stazione di Gallarate) serves the town and comune of Gallarate, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1860, it is part of the Domodossola–Milan railway, and is a terminus of two secondary railways, Luino–Milan railway and Porto Ceresio–Milan railway.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Train services are operated by Trenitalia, Trenord and TILO.

Location

Gallarate railway station is situated at Piazza Giovanni XXIII, on the southeastern edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 20 December 1860, together with the Rho–Gallarate section of the Rho–Arona railway.

On 24 July 1865, the next section of the Rho–Arona railway, from Gallarate to Sesto Calende, went into operation. Two months later, on 26 September 1865, Gallarate became a junction station, for the newly opened Gallarate–Varese railway.

On 17 March 1884, another secondary line, the Gallarate–Laveno railway, commenced operations into Gallarate.

Features

The station yard has eight tracks, including five through tracks equipped with platforms:

View of the station yard.

• Track 1 is for direct trains to Domodossola, Geneva and Basel.
• Track 2 is for direct trains to Milano Centrale, Milano Porta Garibaldi coming from Domodossola/Luino.
• Track 3 is a through track used for terminating trains from Luino (via Gallarate–Laveno railway).
• Track 4 is a service track.
• Track 5 is used mainly by trains on line S5 of the Milan suburban railway network, and regional trains direct to Varese.
• Track 6 is used by trains on line S5 and regional trains from Varese.
• Tracks 7 and 8 are used by goods trains direct to Hupac's Busto Arsizio Terminal and to Switzerland via Luino or Domodossola.

Just beyond the station, towards Milan, is a goods yard, now abandoned, and a workshop for the maintenance of rolling stock. The workshop has been closed for over ten years, but may eventually reopen.

Adjacent to track 1 is a State Police station, close to the Commissariat.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 6.6 million passenger movements each year.

The passenger trains calling at the station are mainly regional services and Line S5 Milan suburban services. The station is also served by two pairs of EuroCity trains providing connections between Milan and either Geneva or Basel.

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Lombardy
• Rail transport in Italy

External links

• Gallarate – RFI

Preceding station	Trenord			Following station
Sesto Calende towards Domodossola		RE4		Busto Arsizio towards Milano Centrale
Varese towards Porto Ceresio		RE5		Busto Arsizio towards Milano Porta Garibaldi
Besnate towards Luino		R21
Cavaria-Oggiona-Jerago towards Varese		S5		Legnano towards Treviglio
Preceding station	Trenitalia			Following station
Casorate Sempione towards Domodossola		R23		Busto Arsizio towards Milano Porta Garibaldi
Preceding station	TILO			Following station
Besnate towards Cadenazzo		S30		Terminus
Varese towards Airolo		S50		Busto Arsizio towards Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2