Cuneo railway station, or Cuneo Altipiano railway station ( or Stazione di Cuneo Altipiano), is the main station serving the city and comune of Cuneo, in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Opened in 1937, it is the junction of the FossanoâÂÂCuneo, SaviglianoâÂÂCuneo, CuneoâÂÂVentimiglia and CuneoâÂÂMondovì railways.
The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), and the commercial area of the passenger building by Centostazioni, while the train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
The other station in the city, Cuneo Gesso, forms part of the CuneoâÂÂMondovì railway, and is not far from the hamlet of Borgo San Giuseppe (formerly Borgo Gesso).
Cuneo railway station is situated in Piazzale della LibertÃÂ , west of the city.
The station was opened on 7 November 1937 by the Communications Minister, Antonio Stefano Benni, together with the new Madonna OlmoâÂÂPlateau CuneoâÂÂBorgo San Dalmazzo line, which replaced the old Cuneo GessoâÂÂBovesâÂÂBorgo San Dalmazzo line.
The station yard consists of five tracks for passengers (numbered from track 1 to track 6, track 2 being used for altering the composition of the trains), and eight other tracks for goods traffic.
The locomotive depot is positioned to the south of the station yard and is connected to it by a double track line.
Since 30 March 2009, the station has been equipped with a new public information system that communicates directly with the equipment used for the management of trains, ensuring timely and up to date information transfer. The station also now has new loudspeakers and monitors, which are operated using a modern information technology system.
The station has about 3 million passenger movements each year.
It is served by regional trains to Turin and Savona, both via Fossano, and, via Mondovì, to Saluzzo, Ventimiglia and Nice.