Alessandria
General information
Location	Piazza Eugenio Curiel 15121 Alessandria AL Alessandria, Alessandria, Piedmont Italy
Coordinates	44°54′33″N 08°36′23″E / 44.90917°N 8.60639°E / 44.90917; 8.60639
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Centostazioni
Line(s)	Turin–Genoa Chivasso–Alessandria Alessandria–Piacenza Novara–Alessandria Pavia–Alessandria Alessandria–Cavallermaggiore Alessandria–Ovada Alessandria–San Giuseppe di Cairo
Distance	90.075 km (55.970 mi) from Torino Porta Nuova
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	1 January 1850; 174 years ago (1850-01-01)
Location
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Alessandria railway station (Italian: Stazione di Alessandria) serves the city and comune of Alessandria, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1850, it forms part of the Turin–Genoa railway, and is also a junction for six other lines, to Chivasso, Piacenza, Novara, Pavia, Cavallermaggiore, Ovada and San Giuseppe di Cairo.

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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

History

The station was opened on 1 January 1850, upon the inauguration of the Asti–Alessandria–Novi Ligure section of the Turin–Genoa railway.^[1]

Passenger and train movements

The station has around 6.5 million passenger movements each year.^[2] There are about 339 trains per day.

The trains stopping at Alessandria are InterCity, express and regional trains. Their main destinations are Turin, Genoa and Novara.

Interchange

The station is also a major interchange with the urban and suburban bus lines operated by AMAG Mobilità, and suburban bus lines operated by Arfea.