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Orvieto station was opened with the extension of the line from Empoli and Siena ("Central Tuscan Railway") from Ficulle on 27 December 1865. This line was extended to Orte on 10 March 1874 and with the opening of the Chiusi–Terontola cutoff on 15 November 1875, the line became part of the Florence–Rome railway. [2]
The structure of the rail station can also have an effect on dwell times. Narrow platforms, structural elements in front of doors, or generally poor access in and out of the station, can all have an effect on dwell times. Passengers need to wait within the train for others to move away, so that they may alight.
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Facade of the Orvieto Cathedral. The Pozzo di San Patrizio, a well built for the popes. The site of Orvieto was once an Etruscan acropolis. Orvieto (Italian: [orˈvjɛːto]) is a city and comune in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff.
The Orvieto Funicular (Italian: Funicolare di Orvieto) is a funicular railway in the Italian city of Orvieto. It connects Orvieto station with Piazza Cahen in the city centre, which is situated on a volcanic rock 157 metres (515 feet) above the station.
Terontola station was not opened with the other stations of the line in 1866. In fact, the Florence–Rome railway did not exist in its current form: the connection between Rome and Florence did not pass through Orvieto and Chiusi, but ran from Orte through Terni, Foligno and Perugia, along a route that is now divided into two lines: the Foligno–Terontola railway and part of the Rome ...
The Palazzo Conte Bracci, also called Bracci Testasecca is an aristocratic palace located on Piazza del Popolo in the historic center of Orvieto in the Region of Umbria, Italy. It stands directly across from the Gothic architecture Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo , and separated by the alleyway of Via del Costituente from the deconsecrated ...
The passenger building has both passenger facilities and commercial activities. These include a ticket office, a customer support office, the Club Eurostar, many automated ticket machines, a luggage deposit (also used as the sale of train tickets and SITA, FTV and CTM bus tickets), an office of the railway police, two newsagents, two bars, a supermarket, two travel agencies, a bank, a post ...