It was founded in 1840 by Joseph Kundek and named after the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria.
The earlier station was opened in 1896, on the original route of the Milan-Venice railway (the so-called Strada ferrata ferdinandea, named in honour of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria).
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