Manarola railway station

Manarola
View from above
General information
Location	Via alla Stazione 1 Manarola, Riomaggiore, La Spezia, Liguria
Coordinates	44°06′18″N 9°43′45″E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Pisa–Genoa
Platforms	2
Train operators	Trenitalia
Other information
Classification	Silver
History
Opened	24 October 1874 (1874-10-24)
Electrified	April 1926 (1926-04) April 1947 (1947-04)
Location Manarola Location in Liguria Manarola Location in Northern Italy Manarola Location in Italy

Manarola railway station (Stazione di Manarola) is located on the Genoa–Pisa railway, Italy. It serves Manarola, which is one of the five towns of the Cinque Terre.

History

The station was inaugurated on 24 October 1874, at the same time as the Sestri Levante–La Spezia line.

Freight operations were introduced in Manarola on 15 September 1913.

Double track between Manarola and Riomaggiore was opened in 1920 and extended on 14 November 1933 as far as the Gaggiola tunnel and between Riomaggiore and Corniglia on 31 May 1959. In 1959, a new passenger building and a loading area for goods were built, as well as a pedestrian tunnel to connect with the town.

On 1 December 1949, the station became an assuntoria (a station operated by an agent under contract). It is currently operated as an unstaffed halt.

In June and July 2011, the station was also served by the Treni del Mare ("trains of the sea") managed by the private company Arenaways, which became bankrupt shortly afterwards.

Buildings and infrastructure

The station has two platforms; platform 1 is used mainly by trains to La Spezia and platform 2 by trains to Genoa.

A pedestrian tunnel gives access to the town centre. Another pedestrian path, built when the line was built, skirts the cliffs to Riomaggiore. It is a well-known tourist destination now called the Via dell'Amore ("the Way of Love"), although it has been closed for some years due to a landslide.

Services

The station, which RFI manages and classified in 2008 in the silver category, has:

• Ticket counter managed by Cinque Terre National Park.
• ticket machines
• toilets.

Rail services

The station is served by Trenitalia regional services operated under a contract with the region of Liguria.

References

Sources

• Bozzano, Corrado; Pastore, Roberto; Serra, Claudio (2010). Tra mare e monti da Genova alla Spezia (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese. ISBN 978-88-88963-38-9.
• Castiglioni, Franco (February 1985). "Cinque Terre, una ferrovia". I Treni (in Italian) (47): 25.
• Castiglioni, Franco (October 1997). "Gallerie delle Cinque Terre". I Treni (in Italian) (186): 34.
• Mandelli, Alessandro (April 2010). "Ferrovia delle Cinque Terre". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (23): 28.
• Mandelli, Alessandro (November 2010). "Trifase alle Cinque Terre". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (24): 22.
• Mandelli, Alessandro (October 2011). "Da Sestri a La Spezia". Tutto Treno & Storia (in Italian) (25): 46.
• Mandelli, Alessandro (November 2013). "Il raddoppio della tratta Sestri Levante-La Spezia (part 2)". La Tecnica Professionale (in Italian) (11). Rome: CIFI.