Formia-Gaeta railway station

Location
	Formia-Gaeta Location in Lazio Formia-Gaeta Location in Italy

Formia-Gaeta
Formia-Gaeta
	Formia-Gaeta railway station
General information
Location	Piazza 4 Novembre 040423, Formia, Province of Latina, Lazio; Italy
Coordinates	41°15′31″N 13°36′21″E / 41.25861°N 13.60583°E
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Trenitalia
Line(s)	Rome-Latina-Formia-Naples ; Roma Termini-Minturno-Scauri
Distance	128.423 km (79.798 mi); from Roma Termini
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	4 May 1862; 162 years ago
Location
Location
	Formia-Gaeta Location in Lazio Formia-Gaeta Location in Italy

Formia-Gaeta railway station (Italian: Stazione di Formia-Gaeta), previously named Formia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Formia), serves the cities and comunes of Formia and Gaeta, in the region of Lazio, central Italy.

Opened in 1892, the station presently forms part of the Rome–Formia–Naples railway, which was completed in 1927. Previously, and originally, the station was part of the now abandoned Sparanise–Gaeta railway, the Formia–Gaeta section of which is currently in the process of being reconstructed.

All trains passing through the station are defined as being via Formia, to distinguish them from trains operating on the older and slower Rome–Naples railway via Cassino.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Formia-Gaeta railway station is situated at Piazza 4 Novembre on the north side of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 4 May 1892 upon the inauguration of the Sparanise–Gaeta railway.^[1] It was named Formia and was composed initially of two passenger tracks and a small goods yard.

The construction of the Rome–Formia–Naples railway in the 1920s positively changed the destiny of the station and negatively affected the Sparanise–Gaeta line. For an initial period, the Formia–Sparanise section of the latter line was used by trains to Rome because the direct route was not yet finished. Upon the completion of the new line, traffic was diverted to that line, and the numbers of travellers on the Formia–Sparanise section dropped dramatically.

Even so, the opening of the Naples–Formia–Rome railway in 1927 transformed the station into an important rail junction. For that reason, it was fitted with additional platforms and greatly expanded. In order to offer a better service on the Sparanise–Gaeta line, two types of trains were created for that line: first, a group of trains travelling along the Formia–Sparanise section, and secondly, a shuttle service between Formia and Gaeta.

In 1957, the Sparanise–Formia section of the Sparanise–Gaeta line was closed. The more popular passenger services between Formia and Gaeta resisted closure until 1966. A moderate goods service continued on that section until the Sparanise–Gaeta line was wholly abandoned in 1981. The Formia–Gaeta section is currently in the process of being reconstructed.

On 10 June 2012, the station was renamed from Formia to Formia-Gaeta.^[2]

Train services

The station is served by the following services (incomplete):

Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Messina - Palermo
Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Messina - Siracusa
Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria
Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Taranto
Intercity services Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome - Naples - Salerno
Night train (Intercity Notte) Rome - Naples - Messina - Siracusa
Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome - Naples - Salerno
Regional services (Treno Regionale) Rome - Pomezia - Latina - Formia - Minturno - Naples

Preceding station	Trenitalia	Following station
Latina toward Roma Termini	InterCity	Aversa toward Palermo Centrale
Latina toward Roma Termini	InterCity	Aversa toward Siracusa
Latina toward Roma Termini	InterCity	Aversa toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Latina toward Roma Termini	InterCity	Aversa toward Taranto
Latina toward Torino Porta Nuova	InterCity	Aversa toward Salerno
Latina toward Roma Termini	Intercity Notte	Aversa toward Siracusa
Latina toward Torino Porta Nuova	Intercity Notte	Aversa toward Salerno
Itri toward Roma Termini	Treno regionale	Minturno-Scauri toward Napoli Centrale

Preceding station	Lazio regional railways			Following station
Itri towards Roma Termini		FL7		Minturno-Scauri Terminus

Features

Formia's passenger building is a large structure made up of several conjoined sections, ranging from one to three storeys in height. The ground floor level of the central section is faced with marble and has five arched entrances. The upper levels of that section, and the other sections, are painted an off white colour.

Inside the passenger building, at ground level, are a ticketing office, waiting room, bar, restaurant, and luggage facilities. The upper floors are used for Trenitalia offices.

The station has five through tracks faced by platforms fitted with shelters and subways for passenger service, plus a platform dock once used for a shuttle service between Formia and Gaeta.

There is also a goods yard and warehouse but relatively little goods traffic.

Passenger and train movements

The station has about 2.5 million passenger movements each year.^[3]

All InterCity trains passing through the station stop there, but Eurostar Italia trains do not. Regional trains link Formia with other destinations in Lazio, including Rome, and with destinations in Campania, including Naples and Salerno.

References

^ Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
^ "Notizia flash". I Treni (in Italian). 350: 8. June 2012.
^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

External links

Description and pictures of Formia railway station Archived 2010-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

[trenidicarta.it-1] Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

[2] "Notizia flash". I Treni (in Italian). 350: 8. June 2012.

[3] "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

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