Beaulard (or Belardi) is a fraction of the municipality of Oulx
in the metropolitan city of Turin. The town is located in the valley
floor along the Dora di Bardonecchia at 1,175 meters above sea
level. It has been part of the municipality of Oulx since 1928, when
it was suppressed as an independent municipality. It has a train
station along the Turin-Bardonecchia railway line.
A
cycle-pedestrian path (Nature Trail) connects the town with
Bardonecchia on one side and with Oulx on the other.
Until the 1992-1993 winter season,
Beaulard owned a small ski area, which had five lifts at the time of
maximum expansion.
Beaulard was the birthplace of Joseph
Chalier, a leading figure of the French Revolution, who ended up on
the gallows in 1793.
The land around Beaulard is mostly mountainous, but immediately
surrounding it are hills. Beaulard is located in a valley. The
highest point in the area has an elevation of 2,701 meters and is
3.3 km southwest of Beaulard. There are about 11 people per square
kilometer around Beaulard with a small population. The nearest
larger town is Bardonecchia, 5.8 km northwest of Beaulard. The area
around Beaulard is almost completely covered in mixed forest. In the
region around Beaulard, mountains are remarkably common.
The
climate of the continent. The average temperature is 3 ° C. The
warmest month is July, at 15 ° C, and the coldest December, at −8 °
C. The average rainfall is 1,432 millimeters per year. The wettest
month is November, with 235 millimeters of rain, and the wettest
August, with 69 millimeters.
Beaulard station is a railway stop located on the Frejus line,
serving Beaulard, a hamlet in the municipality of Oulx. On July 10,
1912, the operation with three-phase alternating current electric
traction was activated; the station was converted to direct current on
May 28, 1961. The station was transformed into a stop in the 1990s
following the installation of the automatic block and the automation of
the level crossing.
Structures and systems
The stop has a
passenger building that is completely closed to users. The movement
manager was located on the ground floor; a part of it extruded with a
glass and iron cabin on the platform of track 1. On the wall near the
entrance, near the underpass, there is a validation machine and an
information panel for users.
The stop has only two running tracks
of the line, each served by its own platform and connected by an
underpass.
Movement
Turin metropolitan railway service
SFM
line 3
The station is served by regional trains operating on line 3
of the Turin Metropolitan Railway Service, operated by Trenitalia under
the service contract stipulated with the Piedmont Region, for
Bardonecchia and Turin.
Services
The station, which RFI
classifies in the bronze category, does not have any services.