Firenze Campo di Marte railway station

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The Campo Marte Station is the second largest railway station in Florence and is located in the same district 2 (Campo di Marte ). The nine platforms are connected by an underpass. In addition, the platforms are connected by a pedestrian bridge, which spans the railway land and the Via Mannelli connects to the Viale Malta. Campo di Marte is a freight and postal station in the first place, but is also involved at the regional level in passenger traffic. He is also close to the stadium and is used during football games Fiorentina by many fans.

Architectural History

1864, a commission is used in Florence, which will prepare the restructuring the capital of Italy. Giuseppe Poggi is charged with developing a plan for this purpose. Poggi planning the summary of the various Florentine stations to a large central station, which would have been north of the present station Firenze SMN between Piazza Cure and the Fortezza da Basso. He can not prevail against the City Council and the still independent railway companies, however. His plans are also of the existing railway line Florence - Arezzo Disabled ( Via ferrata aretina ), which runs along right by the walls of the city. Here, however, it soon becomes clear that the district border of Florence (which by then was in the wall rings of 1366 ) must be extended to take account of the new requirements for urban development. A government decision allowing the city of Florence, einzugemeinden parts of the surrounding communities Pellegrino, Careggi, Rovezzano, Legnaia, Fiesole, Galluzzo and Bagno a Ripoli. This also had the side effect that one of the main sources of income of the city treasury - the import duty on goods - could be increased.

1866, the first PRA ( Piano regolatore dell'ampliamento ) is established for the right side of the Arno. In it, the projects are fixed, which will be crucial for the Campo di Marte area in its development: a training area with barracks, the customs border and the laying of the railway line. The laying of the Via ferrata aretina to make room for new residential areas along the former city wall. It is expected that the influx of 50,000 people from Turin to Florence. Also the Military requires the relocation of the railway line in the direction of the planned barracks and the military training area. The new course of the railway line will be used for a long time by the city as easy to control customs border. So first of all, there is no interest the railway line again to lay. For the growing district of Campo di Marte, the railway line is increasingly becoming a barrier and pushes it in a peripheral location.

1893 approved the Railway Administration to build a single bridge the railway line - the Ponte al Pino. The transitions Cure and Lungo l' Affrico remain at ground level and limited. Early as 1899, before completion of the station Campo di Marte (1901 ), there are petitions to the city council to build a transition, tunnels and navigable crossing between Ponte al Pino and Piazza Alberti.

1906 enters a new development plan in force and trying for the first time a relocation of the military activities of the zone to achieve. But until 1930, the municipality receives a portion of the training area for use ( construction of the stadium ). After the fire that destroyed the newly built station Campo Marte, the Association of Engineers in 1908 making the proposal the railway line and the railway station directly to the Fiesole hills to the north lay. The city agrees even with the administration of the railways on this project. For the abandoned train station a piazza with star-shaped diverging roads as well as a large park are proposed.

1912 leaves the railway company to build the bridge at the Piazza Cure.

1915, a development plan for the whole town is being created and it is again the proposal made ​​to use the military training area for residential buildings. The assessor for public buildings Giovanni Bellincioni makes a year later proposals to supplement the development plan. They provide, among other things, the relocation of the railway line, as it " ... represents a major obstacle, as it is a river could ever ... ". For the Piazza d' Armi, it provides for a residential development. The plan for the relocation of the railway line to the north ultimately eliminated in 1924 with the next development plan. This also includes a ban on the construction of the Piazza d' Armi. Late twenties, she finally gets its final determination for sporting purposes, which in 1931 planned with the opening of the stadium by Pier Luigi Nervi stadium finds its climax. Later (1937 ), one will also propose the construction of a new station building. With these measures, the Campo Marte station is increasingly cemented, although the development plan of 1924 as one of the most urgent goals provided for the laying of the railway line.

1937 makes the railway administration of the city 's proposal to build a large central station Campo Marte. Then uses a strong land speculation and construction, but which immediately come to a halt when the project is rejected. Since that time there have been repeated attempts the separating effect of the railway line and the railway boundaries to mitigate. This culminated in 1980 in a proposal by P. A. Cetica to build over the complete track systems with a huge construction. However, all proposals and plans were discarded, so that in 1986 Paolo Cioni noted resignedly: " Meanwhile, the Direttissima stopped at Rovezzano and the snare of the railway, with its inevitable stop, wandering between the Porta alla Croce and Coverciano, still THE urbanistic problem of Florence ".

For some time the Firenze Campo Marte station is now involved in the planning for the high speed line Bologna -Florence- Rome and will increasingly assume the role of a regional station in the future.

Gallery

Florence before the expansion planning in 1861

Giuseppe Poggi plan for the expansion of the city of Florence (1865 )

The customs houses " Barricade delle Querce " in Florence ( 1895)

The station building Campo Marte 1901

" Piazza d' Armi " in Florence in 1900

Variants for the relocation of the railway station (1908 )