Lodi railway station (Lombardy)

Location
	Lodi Location within Northern Italy

Lodi
Lodi
	View of the passenger building.
General information
Location	Piazzale della Stazione; Lodi, Lodi, Lombardy; Italy
Coordinates	45°18′33″N 09°29′52″E / 45.30917°N 9.49778°E
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana; Centostazioni
Line(s)	Milano–Bologna
Distance	182.685 km (113.515 mi); from Bologna Centrale
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Train operators	Trenitalia; Trenord
Connections	Urban and suburban buses;
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	14 November 1861; 163 years ago
Electrified	1938
Location
Location
	Lodi Location within Northern Italy

Lodi railway station (Italian: Stazione di Lodi) serves the city and comune of Lodi, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Launched 1861, it lies along the Milan–Bologna railway.

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, Trenitalia TPER (Emilia Romagna) and Trenord. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Lodi railway station is located in Piazzale della Stazione, at the southern edge of the town centre.

History

The station at the turn of the twentieth century.

The station was opened November 14, 1861, right after the Milan–Piacenza section of the Milan–Bologna railway was launched.^[1] It has undergone many changes after that.

In the stations heyday, its goods yard was connected with a silk spinning mill a short distance away. This piece of rail connection was closed when the mill shut down.

When further tracks were added, those destined to commuter traffic were increased to four. Around 2004, a fifth track was converted to passenger use. It was previously used mainly for overtaking goods trains on tracks 2 and 3.

In the same period, the goods yard section facing Piazzale della Stazione was converted into a parking lot and into the terminal of coach lines run by LINE. The warehouse adjacent to Platform 1 suffered a similar fate. It was closed, and the area is now used as the LINE ticket office.

Features

View of the station yard.

The passenger building is connected with all tracks (except the first, which is adjacent to it) by a pedestrian underpass. The platforms are equipped with shelters.

The underpass was necessary because the Milan–Bologna railway is one of the busiest in Italy, and was particularly busy before the opening of the Milan–Bologna high-speed railway.

The station yard has five tracks for passenger service, and a number of other tracks for the overtaking of goods trains waiting in the goods yard at the Bologna end of the station. Even tracks 1 and 4 are used for the overtaking of goods trains.

Near the side street Via Spelta is an operating goods yard, where loads of milk are marshalled before leaving the station by rail.

Passenger and train movements

Lodi railway station has about four million passenger movements each year.^[2] Most of these movements are commuter trips to and from Milan.

Lodi is a stop for most regional trains on the long distance Milan–Bologna and the Milan–Cremona–Mantua railways heading directly to Bologna Centrale, Parma, Mantua, Cremona; there are also regional train links with Livorno Centrale and Rimini. Shorter distance regional trains operate to and from Piacenza; these trains stop at all stations between Piacenza and Lodi, and then operate non stop to Milan. Other regional services heading towards Milan stop at Milano Rogoredo, Milano Porta Garibaldi, Milano Lambrate, Milano Centrale, Milano Greco Pirelli, Milano Certosa and Sesto San Giovanni.

Also calling at Lodi are EuroStar City, InterCity, InterCityNight and express trains, on direct services to and from Napoli Centrale, Reggio Calabria Centrale, Crotone, Salerno, Bari Centrale, Terni, Rimini, Lecce and Milano Centrale.

In addition to these connections, Lodi is now a terminus of line S1 of the Milan suburban railway service, which connects Lodi with Saronno via the loop through Milan.

Interchange

The station provides interchange with urban and suburban buses, and taxis.

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. Retrieved 7 January 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
^ "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. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

External links

Media related to Lodi railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station	Milan suburban railway service			Following station
Tavazzano towards Saronno		Trenord S1		Terminus

Preceding station	Ferrovie dello Stato	Following station
Milan Rogoredo toward Milan	Trenord R38	Secugnago toward Plaisance
Milan Rogoredo toward Milan Central	Trenord RE11	Codogno toward Mantua
Milan Rogoredo toward Milan Central	Trenitalia RV	Plaisance toward Bologna

[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. Retrieved 7 January 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

[2] "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. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

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Lodi railway station (Lombardy)

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