Parma

Introduction

Parma Train Station is a train station serving the city of Parma in the Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy. The station was opened in 1859 and is located on the Milan-Bologna railway, the Ponte Remois railway (to La Spezia), the Brescia-Parma railway and the Parma-Suzara railway. The train service is operated by Trenitalia, Trenord and Ferrovie Emilia Romagna.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger terminal is managed by Centostazioni. These companies are subsidiaries of the Italian state-owned railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).

Station Facilities

In the Parma train station, there is a central passage that operates under the platform. Walking to the middle of the platform is the staircase leading to the passage, where you can look down the road below the station.

The bus stop to the city centre is not on the main exit. Instead, at the ticket office to the end of the passage, you can find “P.le C. A. Dalla Chiesa” along the road sign.

If the train arrives at platform 1, there is an exit directly to the main entrance hall. From this area in front of the ticket office, you will need to take the escalator to the entrance hall. There is a ticket vending machine in the entrance hall, and the official ticket office is on the lower floor.

Zürich

Parma (Italian pronunciation: [ˈparma] ; Emilian: Pärma) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. It is home to the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the stream of the same name. The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma. The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry".

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