Messina Centrale railway station

Messina Centrale railway station
Messina Centrale
Messina Centrale (night view).jpg
Night view of the platforms
Location
Address Piazza della Repubblica
98100 Messina
Comune Messina
Province Messina
Region Sicily
Country Italy
Coordinates 38°11′6.48″N 15°33′39.35″E / 38.1851333°N 15.5609306°E / 38.1851333; 15.5609306Coordinates: 38°11′6.48″N 15°33′39.35″E / 38.1851333°N 15.5609306°E / 38.1851333; 15.5609306
Line(s) Palermo–Messina
Messina–Siracusa
Other information
Opened 1866 (1866)
Platforms 5 (9 tracks)
Owner Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Manager Centostazioni
Line operator(s) Trenitalia
Classification Gold
Services
parking tickets pedestrian underpass escalators disabled accesscafeteria restaurant newsstand WC taxi stand public transportation
Connections
Logo Metropolitane Italia.png Messina Suburban Railway
Sinnbild Straßenbahn.svg ATM trams
Sinnbild Kraftomnibus.svg ATM buses
Location map
Messina Centrale railway station
Messina Centrale railway station
Messina Centrale railway station
Messina Centrale railway station (Italy)

Messina Centrale is the main railway station of the Italian city of Messina, in Sicily. As Palermo Centrale, Catania Centrale and Syracuse it is one of the most important stations of its region. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy.

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History

The station, originally named simply as Messina, was inaugurated on 12 December 1866, as the terminal of the railway to Taormina, first track of the Messina-Catania-Siracusa line. Heavily damaged after 1908 earthquake, it was repaired few years later. In 1939 it was finally renewed and replaced by the modern Messina Centrale, with the station building projected by the architetct Angiolo Mazzoni.

Structure and transport

The new station building was projected following the modern criteria of the futurist architect Angiolo Mazzoni, and is extended through the stations square. Messina Centrale station is at almost contiguous with Messina Marittima station, located by the port and constituting a rail/ferry interchange point to Villa San Giovanni station across the Strait of Messina.

The station is electrified and served by regional trains, by an experimental suburban railway to Giampilieri[1][2] and by the modern Messina tramway[3] (at "Repubblica" stop, on station's square), opened in 2003. For long distance transport it counts some InterCity and Express trains to Rome, Turin, Milan and Venice, linking it also with Genoa, Naples, Bologna, Florence, Pisa and other cities. It is also part of the projected Berlin–Palermo railway axis.

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Notes and References

External links

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