Bologna Centrale railway station

Bologna Centrale
View of the station building in 2006
General information
LocationPiazza delle Medaglie d'Oro
40121 Bologna
Italy
Coordinates44°30′21″N 11°20′30″E / 44.50583°N 11.34167°E / 44.50583; 11.34167
Owned byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated byGrandi Stazioni
Line(s)
Distance96.908 kilometres (60.216 mi)
from Firenze Santa Maria Novella
Platforms27
Construction
ArchitectGaetano Ratti
Other information
IATA codeIBT
History
Opened1864; 160 years ago (1864)
Location
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Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern end of three lines between Bologna and Florence: the original Bologna-Florence line through Porretta Terme and Pistoia; the Bologna–Florence Direttissima via Prato, which opened on 22 April 1934 and the Bologna-Florence high-speed line, which opened to traffic on 13 December 2009.

Bologna Centrale is the fifth-busiest in Italy in terms of passenger movements (about 58 million passengers per year). It is, however, one of the busiest, along with Rome Termini Station, for the number of train movements per day (about 800).[1][2]

The station is linked to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport by the Marconi Express, a direct monorail line 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) in length,[3] launched on 18 November 2020.[4]

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  2. ^ "Bologna Centrale - Bologna Centrale - Grandi Stazioni". Grandistazioni.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Dall'aeroporto al centro di Bologna in 7 minuti | Marconi Express".
  4. ^ "Finalmente, è partito il People Mover - la Repubblica". 18 November 2020.