Poggio Rusco railway station

Railway station in Italy

Poggio Rusco

Location in Lombardy

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Poggio Rusco

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Poggio Rusco

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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).

History

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.

Train services

Bologna metropolitan railway service: Line S3

Legend

					Bologna Centrale S1A S1B S2A S2B S4A S4B S5 MEX
					urban fare limit
					Calderara-Bargellino
					Osteria Nuova
					San Giovanni in Persiceto
					Crevalcore
					Camposanto
					San Felice sul Panaro
					Mirandola
					Poggio Rusco

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

Suburban services (Treno suburbano) on line S3, Bologna - Poggio Rusco

References

^ Alessandro Muratori, Ferrovia Suzzara-Ferrara: passato presente futuro in cento anni di esercizio, Editoriale del Garda, 1988, p. 6 (ISBN 88-85105-00-9)
^ RFI S.p.A. Circolare compartimentale di Bologna CC 24/2008. pp. 3-6.
^ Impianti FS, in "I Treni" n. 310 (dicembre 2008), p. 7
^ RFI S.p.A. Circolare compartimentale di Verona CC 37/2008. pp. 3-7.