The station of Tempio is one of the most beautiful of ARST -Gestione FdS.
It was inaugurated in the thirties in substitution of the former one of the Strade Ferrate Secondarie company (1888) that was situated further up at a little distance.
In the waiting room of the fine building there are the paintings of the most famous twentieth century Sardinian artist: Giuseppe Biasi. They were ordered for the inauguration of the Sassari-Tempio railway that eventually allowed to link Tempio and the Gallura region to Sassari.
But the real attraction is the Museum of the workshop that can be visited under the guide of the railway personnel (adults: € 2,00; boys and students: € 1,00). It can be revived the same atmosphere of a railway workshop at the end of the nineteenth century. An engine moves a principal belt that runs for all the length of the lounge over pulleys hinged to the ceiling. A set of machine tools (a lathe, a drill, a cutter, an huge hammer) is placed at a fixed distance and every single tool can be connected to the principal belt by means of secondary belts. In this way the movement can be transferred from the main belt to every machine that can start to work.
A true masterpiece for those who love the industrial archaeology.