Garbagna Novarese railway station
Railway station in Piedmont, Italy
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Garbagna Novarese railway station is a railway stop on the Novara-Alessandria line, between Novara and Vespolate stations. It serves the village of Garbagna Novarese.[1]
Province of Novara
Italy
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Via Guglielmo Marconi, 15 - 28070 - Garbagna Novarese Province of Novara Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 45.38557°N 8.666303°E | ||||
| Elevation | 130 m a.s.l. | ||||
| System | regional rail | ||||
| Manager | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
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| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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Structure type | at-grade | ||||
| Parking | available | ||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Classification | Bronze | ||||
| Website | https://www.rfi.it/it/stazioni/garbagna.html | ||||
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| Opened | 1884 | ||||
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History
19th century
The Novara-Alessandria railway line reached Garbagna Novarese in 1851, when it was crossed by a simple level crossing near the Oratorio di Santa Maria.[2]
Only in 1862 the municipal administration requested a railway station from the railway management authority.[2] The station was opened on November 24, 1884.[3]
The current sources do not report the construction date of the station; it is generally referred to as a railway stop until 1894.[4]
The presence of a roadman's house is documented since 1896.[5]
20th century
The station was temporarily equipped with a telegraph during the works to double the track on the Novara-Mortara section, between 1907 and 2 April 1909.[6]
The first document that explicitly mentions station and passenger building is a 1948 plan, available in the Fondazione FS Italiane archives. According to the plan, the building had entrances on the short sides and was not equipped with a canopy or balcony. This description was valid at least until 1955.[2][7] After the expansion works, the surface area reached 70 m2, together with 55 m2 of the apartment.[8]
21st century
In 2015/2016 it was the only unstaffed station (i.e. fully operational, but without staff[9]) on the Novara-Alessandria line.[8]
In February 2022, the redevelopment works on the structure began. They included the construction of a pedestrian overpass — to eliminate the need to cross the tracks at ground level —, the expansion of sidewalks and parking area and the related lighting, all at the expense of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.[10][11] The pedestrian overpass was activated on September 1, 2024.[12]
