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Torregrotta
Torregrotta
	Night view of the station
General information
Location	Viale Europa; Torregrotta, Sicily; Italy
Coordinates	38°12′24″N 15°21′06″E / 38.20667°N 15.35167°E
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Palermo–Messina
Distance	200.561 km (124.623 mi); from Palermo Centrale
Platforms	2
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	buses;
Other information
Classification	Bronze
History
Opened	23 November 2009; 14 years ago
Location
	Torregrotta Location in Sicily Torregrotta Location in Italy

Torregrotta railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Torregrotta, in the north-east of Sicily, Italy. The station also serves nearby villages including Monforte San Giorgio, Roccavaldina and Valdina. It is located on the Palermo–Messina railway and all trains calling there are operated by Trenitalia. The current station, opened on 23 November 2009,^[1] replaces an earlier one dating from the early years of the twentieth century and closed on 9 August 2009.^[2]

History edit

The section between Messina and San Filippo of the Palermo-Messina Railway was opened on 20 June 1889^[3] but no passenger facilities were provided at Torregrotta until the early years of the twentieth century. The first station was originally opened as Scala^[4] and later renamed as Roccavaldina - Scala - Torregrotta. It was equipped with an important goods station^[5] where a large amount of agricultural products came from surrounding crops. The works for the construction of a new station were contracted in 1999 and began in 2000. On 9 August 2009^[2] the first station was closed and on 23 November 2009 the new station was opened as Torregrotta.^[1]

Services edit

The typical weekday service from the station is thirty-five trains per day. On Sundays the service is reduced to nine trains.^[6]

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Linea Messina - Palermo, operative da lunedì le nuove stazioni di Spadafora e Torregrotta". fsnews.it (in Italian). 19 November 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Chiude la linea storica Palemo-Messina tra Rometta e Pace del Mela". ilpendolaremagazine.it (in Italian). 4 August 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
^ Biviano, Franco (11 May 1997). "Il primo treno" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2013.
^ Di Vita 1906, p. 299
^ Coco et al. 1993, p. 57
^ "Train times for Torregrotta railway station" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2013.

Bibliography edit

Coco, Angelo; De Leo, Nino; Di Stefano, Pietro; Pandolfo, Pippo (1993). Torregrotta, una storia ricostruita (in Italian). Messina: EDAS edition. ISBN 88-7820-080-8.
Di Vita, Giuseppe (1906). Dizionario geografico dei comuni della Sicilia e delle frazioni comunali: con notizie storiche (in Italian). Palermo: F. Pravatà edition.