Figline Valdarno ( Italian pronunciation: [fiʎˈʎiːne valˈdarno] ) is a frazione in the comune of Figline e Incisa Valdarno in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany , located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Florence . It is the birthplace of Marsilio Ficino .
7-436: It was a separate commune until January 1, 2014. The town is served by the station with frequent trains to Florence and Arezzo . Near the station there is a bus terminal that connects Figline with the towns nearby. This Metropolitan City of Florence location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Railway station of Figline Valdarno The railway station of Figline Valdarno serves
14-516: Is no longer used and the buildings are let to members of the public or used for stocking equipment for line maintenance. The tracks of the freight yard are also used for keeping line maintenance machinery. The nearest freight yard still operating is San Giovanni Valdarno . There are many monitors (two in the station, two for the platforms 2 and 3, one in the subway) displaying train departures and arrivals. The station has two automatic ticket machines and two drink and snack dispensers. The ticket office
21-471: Is open from 6:20 am to 7:40 pm. The station also has a waiting room. The station is situated near the connection with the "direttissima" (high speed track). One train an hour passes on the direttissima without stopping. It arrives in Florence in less than 20 minutes. The other trains pass from the slow line via Pontassieve . All regional trains stop at the station. The first train arrives at 5.12 in
28-668: Is used for trains going to Arezzo. Platform 4 is used for interregional trains towards Perugia , Foligno and Rome. The line on which the station is situated is electrified . The station was opened in 1863 by the Roman Railway Company with the opening of the Pontassieve - Montevarchi . A few years later the line was extended Terontola . The main building of the station is the original structure dating back to 1863 and avoided destruction in World War II . Until
35-553: The Tuscan town of Figline Valdarno . The station situated on the Florence–Rome railway line , 40 km from Florence , on the stretch between Florence and Arezzo . It is mostly used by commuters coming from Figline Valdarno, Reggello and Pian di Scò going to Florence. Figline Valdarno railway station is the seventeenth station (for number of passengers, architectural value of the station etc.) of Tuscany . The freight yard
42-598: The morning and the last one leaves the station at 23.56. Outside the station (piazza della repubblica side) there is also a taxi service with numbers displayed on posters outside the station. The station is part of the Memorario project which provide a regular timetable. The station has four platforms with station-roofs, connected by a subway. Platform 1 is used for trains that terminate in Figline or interchanges. The trains going to Florence use platform 2 while platform 3
49-424: The second half of the twentieth century only platform 1 existed, the other tracks didn't have a platform. Also the station roof and the subway was built later. Platform 4 was built when the "direttisima" high speed line arrived in Figline in 1986. Nearby the station (in via della Vetreria, Piazza della Repubblica side), there is the bus terminal. This terminal is used to connect towns unreachable by rail. The service
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