Grosseto railway station is situated in Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, near the centre of the city, just north of the old town. Piazza Marconi, often erroneously referred to as Station Square, is known for its statue of a buttero by sculptor Tolomeo Faccendi.
History
The station was opened on 15 June 1864, upon the opening of the Follonica–Grosseto and Grosseto–Orbetello sections of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway.
Features
The station complex extends laterally along the western side of the square. The passenger building was re-built after being destroyed by the bombing which occurred in Grosseto in 1943. It is made up of several buildings huddled together, on two levels. At the ground floor level, the passenger building's central facade is characterized by five portals with architraves topped by round arches. These are protected by a canopy protruding from the crease that separates the two levels of the building. At each side of the central facade are open rectangular portals. One of them leads to the bar, and the other to the waiting room. Extending across the mezzanine level of the passenger building is a series of rectangular windows, while in the central part of the main facade at that level is a square station clock, which forms a crowning feature. The station yard has five tracks with platforms for the boarding and alighting of passengers. There is also a large goods yard.
Passenger and train movements
The station has about 1.5 million passenger movements each year. Trains stopping at the station include Eurostar City Italia trains, all InterCity trains to Torino Porta Nuova, Milano Centrale, Ventimiglia, Savona, Roma Termini, Napoli Centrale, Salerno, some express trains to southern Italy and Sicily and all the regional trains operating on the Tyrrhenian line and the secondary line to Siena. Eurostar Fast trains passing through the station do not stop there. Along the line connecting Grosseto with Siena, just north of Monte Antico railway station, is a junction, with a secondary line direct to Buonconvento used by passenger and cargo trains, and another line direct to San Giovanni d'Asso and Asciano. The latter line is used only by railcars and multiple units stopping at various stations, from which excursions can be taken to nearby medieval villages and castles. Just before Siena, the two secondary lines converge once again to continue along a common path.
