Transport Trieste

1 transport

1.1 maritime transport
1.2 rail transport
1.3 air transport
1.4 local transport
1.5 trieste public transportation statistics

transport

the porto vecchio, showing trieste centrale railway station



trieste centrale railway station



a car of opicina tramway


maritime transport

trieste s maritime location , former long term status part of austrian and, between 1867–1918, austro-hungarian empires made port of trieste major commercial port of landlocked areas of central europe. in 19th century, new port district known porto nuovo built northeast city centre.

there significant commercial shipping container terminal, steel works , oil terminal, located south of city centre. after many years of stagnation, change in leadership placed port on steady growth path, recording 40% increase in shipping traffic of 2007.

rail transport

railways came trieste, due importance of port , need transport people , goods inland. first railroad line reach trieste südbahn, launched austrian government in 1857. railway stretches 1,400 km (870 mi) lviv, ukraine, via ljubljana, slovenia; sopron, hungary; vienna, austria; , kraków, poland, crossing backbone of alps mountains through semmering pass near graz. approaches trieste through village of villa opicina, few kilometres big city on 300 metres (984 feet) higher in elevation. due this, line takes 32 kilometres (20 miles) detour north, gradually descending before terminating @ trieste centrale railway station.

in 1887, imperial royal austrian state railways (german: kaiserlich-königliche österreichische staatsbahnen) opened new railway line, trieste–hrpelje railway (german: hrpelje-bahn), new port of trieste hrpelje-kozina, on istrian railway. intended function of new line reduce austrian empire s dependence on südbahn network. opening gave trieste second station south of original one, named trieste sant andrea (german: triest sankt andrea). 2 stations connected railway line in initial plans had interim solution: rive railway (german: rive-bahn), survived until 1981, when replaced galleria di circonvallazione, 5.7-kilometre (3.5 mi) railway tunnel route east of city.

with opening of transalpina railway vienna, austria via jesenice , nova gorica in 1906, st andrea station replaced new, more capacious, facility, named trieste stazione dello stato (german: triest staatsbahnhof), later trieste campo marzio -now railway museum-, , original station came identified trieste stazione della meridionale or trieste meridionale (german: triest südbahnhof). railway approached trieste via villa opicina, took rather shorter loop southwards towards sea front. freight services dock area include container services northern italy , budapest, hungary, rolling highway services salzburg, austria , frankfurt, germany.

passenger rail service trieste consists of trains , venice, connecting there high-speed trains rome , milan @ mestre. there direct trains verona, turin, milan, rome, florence, naples , bologna. these trains reach trieste central station bypassing gulf of trieste, connecting südbahn s northern loop. passenger trains run between villa opicina , ljubljana.

trieste in remote future connected italian tav railway network: 300-kilometre-per-hour (190 mph) fast train route possibly connect trieste venice. however, project not completed earlier 2020.

air transport

trieste served trieste - friuli venezia giulia airport (iata code: trs), located 30 minutes away city, @ ronchi near monfalcone @ head of gulf of trieste. there many national , international destinations available.

local transport

scooters in trieste heavily used in personal transport.

local public transport operated trieste trasporti, operates network of around 60 bus routes , 2 boat services. operate opicina tramway, hybrid between tramway , funicular railway providing more direct link between city centre , opicina.

trieste public transportation statistics

the average amount of time people spend commuting public transit in trieste e gorizia, example , work, on weekday 49 min. 10% of public transit riders, ride more 2 hours every day. average amount of time people wait @ stop or station public transit 11 min, while 18% of riders wait on 20 minutes on average every day. average distance people ride in single trip public transit 4.6 km, while 6% travel on 12 km in single direction.