Porta Susa - New Station

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The design for the new station at Turin Porta Susa is the outcome of an international design competition won by a Group composed of the French architecture company AREP, led by Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Etienne Tricaud, and architects Silvio D’Ascia and Agostino Magnaghi.

The project will be located in the city centre, in an area which is the object of a wider urban modernization project planned by the City Council, functionally integrated with the National Railway’s development plans for the railway junction.
Construction work to double the existing track and lead it underground is currently underway.

The new station building is to be a symbol of mobility, travel and the importance to the modern city of transport of all kinds.
The new passenger terminal building is a steel and glass gallery, 385 m long, 30 m wide and varying in height from 13 to 19 m at its apex.
The space is characterized by architectonic harmony: the longitudinal section, closed off by the great tower in the background, is modulated transversely by a series of openings and escalators which connect the various forms of transport to the external surface.

Light plays a fundamental role in this design: the great glass façade, transparent sides and lightness of the bearing structures are all elements which not only characterize the building technologically, but also highlight its role as a connection between its function as a railway centre and its urban context.
The station thus becomes an integral part of the city, open and permeable both longitudinally, with the inclined axis of the route running from Via Cernaia to Corso Matteotti and Corso Vittorio, and transversally, with a system of urban passageways running at right angles to the Spina and Corso Bolzano in continuation of the existing axes.

The station will provide a daily service of 549 trains, of which 80 will be long distance services. It is expected that there will be on average 23,600 passengers daily, with a peak of 7000 during rush hours.


Technical characteristics
Length 12 km
Maximum depth underground 18 metres
Total coverage of old track 260,000 m2
Length of new avenue from Corso Turati to Corso Grosseto 7.5 km
Maximum width of new avenue 90 metres
Concrete used in construction 1,200,000 m3
Steel used in construction 180,000 tons
Open excavations 2,000,000 m3

2 years ago