Avezzano railway station

Avezzano
Avezzano railway station
General information
Location	Piazza Matteotti, Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo Italy
Coordinates	42°02′22″N 13°25′34″E
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Trenitalia
Line(s)	Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway Avezzano-Roccasecca railway
Platforms	5
Other information
Classification	Silver
History
Opened	28 July 1888 (1888-07-28)

Avezzano is a railway station in Avezzano, Italy. The station opened in 1888 and is located on the Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway and Avezzano-Roccasecca railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia.

The locomotivve Mone Velino on display.

Exposed as a monument at the station is the locomotive called Monte Velino (number 8), one of the ten used by Alessandro Torlonia to transport beet from Fucino to the sugarbeet factory. The engine was placed on a track specially made in front of Villa Torlonia on the occasion of the celebrations related to the centenary of the 1915 earthquake. This locomotive is considered one of the symbols of post-earthquake Avezzano.

History

The original buildings, inside and outside the station, were destroyed by the 1915 earthquake. The new building was restored after World War II.

Train Services

The station is served by the following service(s):

• Regional services (Treno regionale) Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano - Tivoli - Rome
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Teramo - Giulianova - Pescara - Chieti - Sulmona - Avezzano
• Regional services (Treno regionale) Avezzano - Sora - Roccasecca - Cassino

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Celano-Ovindoli toward Pescara		Treno regionale		Scurcola Marsicana toward Roma Tiburtina
Celano-Ovindoli toward Teramo		Treno regionale		Terminus
Terminus		Treno regionale		Capistrello toward Cassino

References

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at January 2015.