Porlezza Station

Porlezza Station 1920 - loco no.2 "Giovanni Batiste Pioda"

Unlike Menaggio, the station facilities at Porlezza were not constrained by space and occupied 8,090 square metres. The main engine and carriage sheds together with maintenance stores and workshops were located on the eastern side of the line, between the station and the Rezzo torrent. The station consisted of a single platform with a large station building housing the ticket office, waiting room, stationmaster's office, baggage room, buffet and restaurant. Nearby was a customs office (passengers and goods transferring between the railway and Lake Lugano shipping would be travelling between Italy and Switzerland).

Porlezza Station layout (unknown date)

The area near the platform consisted of three tracks ending in a small turntable for the locomotives at the lake (south-western) end. A short spur from the turntable extended to the wharf. Access to the goods siding and the various storage and maintenance sheds was from the northern end of the station complex.

Porlezza Station 1920 - unidentified 0-6-0T and 2nd class carriage