Luino railway station

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The Luino station in the same city is the frontier station between the Italian (RFI ) and the Swiss railway network ( SBB).

The station is located at 1882 went into operation in railway Oleggio - Pino, which runs north through Cadenazzo as a feeder of the Gotthard Railway. Curiously, the train station is about 16 km south of the border because in between no place for a station site could be found.

The distance between Luino and the border is operated by RFI, but with Swiss technical rules, so even with the 15 kV AC overhead line. There are railway stations Maccagno and Pino - Tronzano; Border control took place on the trains until the introduction of the Schengen Agreement.

The Luino station has four tracks for passenger services, of which normally only be used track 1 and 2. The passenger is covered by the S30 line of the so-called " Ticinese S -Bahn ", which runs in the direction of Gallarate every hour, and towards Bellinzona every two hours.

Since the late 1990s, freight transport has grown; the coming of the Gotthard Railway freight trains often run on Luino to the railway junction Milan and Novara, in order to relieve the steeper Chiasso route. There are 7 goods and 5 sidings in Luino station.

Luino also has a small railway museum, the Museo del Verbano ferroviario, which is supervised by the club Verbano Express. The station building is a collection of railway technical things in the former engine shed several locomotives and cars, are ( including the 50 3673 the DR). Opening times are every second and fourth Saturday of the month from 14.30 bis 17.30 clock clock.