Stazione ferroviaria S.Anna di Chioggia, la stazione che non c'era. Storia più treno ALn668.

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Stazione ferroviaria di Sant'Anna di Chioggia, la stazione che non c'era.
Linea Rovigo Chioggia.

Storia della stazione di Sant'Anna di Chioggia, più ripresa del passaggio del treno regionale R18088 da Chioggia a Rovigo, operato da Sistemi Territoriali, con materiale rotabile ster*o... scusate, volevo dire molto scadente. Dove potete vedere una ALn668 di Sistemi Territoriali, devastata dai vandali con graffiti, ma comunque in condizioni di degrado già di suo. Si spera di non rivedere più simili treni, con il futuro arrivo di Trenitalia.

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Sant'Anna of Chioggia Railway Station (VE) on the Rovigo Chioggia railway line.

In the late 1860s and early 1870s when this railway line was planned, Sant'Anna was a very small village composed of the present old church and a small group of houses. Most of the houses and farms were located along the Canal di Valle and were all spread out and distant from the center of the village. This meant that no railway station was planned in the initial project to serve Sant'anna.
The nearest railway station was built in Cavanella D'Adige, 4 kilometers away, where there was a river port for goods and people, a military fort and a slightly larger inhabited center that was better suited to having a railway station.
In Sant'Anna, only one railway cabin was built for the railway staff to manage the level crossing.
In 1908, however, Sant'Anna must have grown so much that the creation of a railway station was authorised. The railway cabin was converted into a station and a platform was created.

The railway passenger service opened in 1909.

Nowadays, the single-track station, with no railway staff, now includes a very basic shelter, a paper timetable, sound announcements and a bench.
There is no ticket office or ticket machine.
The shelter deserves to be renovated and there would also be need the addition of a digital timetable.

The original station, still owned by RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Iitaliana), is still has been inhabited for decades by a family who keep it in excellent condition and take care of it, otherwise everything would be in a bad condition.

The original station is still in excellent condition and maintains its original architectural features from the late 1800s. Also, the public toilets from the early 1900s the time when the station was open, even those are in excellent condition but closed to the public.

We can see the regional train 18088 from Chioggia Rovigo, operated by Sistemi Territoriali, in very bad condition arriving at the station.

I would ask you how it is possible to operate a passenger service with a train in such bad conditions? The rolling stock is a Fiat ALn668, devastated by graffiti but also badly maintained by the railway company.

With the arrival of Trenitalia to operate this line, in the near future, we hope to not see more rolling stock in so badly condition.

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