Poggio Rusco railway station
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Poggio Rusco | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Poggio Rusco, Lombardy Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 44°58′54″N 11°07′29″E / 44.9818°N 11.1246°E | ||||
| Operated by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Line(s) | Verona–Bologna railway, Suzzara–Ferrara railway | ||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia, Trenitalia Tper | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1888 | ||||
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Poggio Rusco railway station (Italian: Stazione di Poggio Rusco) is a railway station serving Poggio Rusco, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy.
It is located at the junction of the Verona–Bologna railway and the Suzzara–Ferrara railway. It is the terminus of Line S3 of Bologna metropolitan railway service.
Train services are operated by Trenitalia and Trenitalia Tper.
The station is managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI).
The station was opened in 1888, when the Suzzara–Ferrara railway line was completed.[1] It was located east of the town centre; the junction to the then projected Bologna–Verona railway line was already envisaged.
On 26 October 2008, the stretch from Poggio Rusco to San Felice sul Panaro railway station was double-tracked.[2][3] A new alignment between Poggio Rusco and Nogara railway station was inaugurated on 14 December 2008.[4]
Features
The station consists of 6 tracks.
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