Messina Centrale railway station (Italian: Stazione di Messina Centrale or 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.
Messina Centrale railway station | |||||
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 View over some of the platforms | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Piazza della Repubblica 98100 Messina Messina, Messina, Sicily Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 38°11′6.48″N 15°33′39.35″E / 38.1851333°N 15.5609306°E | ||||
| Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Operated by | Centostazioni | ||||
| Line(s) | Palermo–Messina Messina–Syracuse | ||||
| Platforms | 5 (9 tracks) | ||||
| Train operators | Trenitalia | ||||
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| Classification | Gold | ||||
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| Opened | 1866 | ||||
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History
editThe station, originally named simply as Messina, was inaugurated on 12 December 1866, as the terminal of the railway to Taormina, the first section of the Messina-Catania-Siracusa line. Heavily damaged after the 1908 earthquake, it was repaired a few years later. In 1939 it was finally renewed and replaced by the modern Messina Centrale, with the station building projected by the architect Angiolo Mazzoni.[1]
Train services
editThe station is served by the following service(s):
- Intercity services Rome - Naples - Messina - Palermo
- Intercity services Rome - Naples - Messina - Catania - Siracusa
- Night train service (Intercity Night) Rome - Naples - Messina - Palermo
- Night train service (Intercity Night) Rome - Naples - Messina - Catania - Siracusa
- Night train service ( Intercity Night ) Milan - Genoa - Salerno - Messina - Palermo
- Night train service ( Intercity Night ) Milan - Genoa - Salerno - Messina - Catania - Siracusa
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Messina - Palermo
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Messina - Giarre-Riposto - Catania - Siracusa
- Local services (Treno regionale) Messina - Patti
- Local services (Treno regionale) Messina - Giampilieri
| Preceding station | Trenitalia | Following station | ||
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toward Palermo Centrale | InterCity | toward Roma Termini |
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toward Siracusa | InterCity | toward Roma Termini |
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toward Palermo Centrale | Intercity Notte | toward Roma Termini |
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toward Palermo Centrale | Intercity Notte | toward Milan Centrale |
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toward Siracusa | Intercity Notte | toward Roma Termini |
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toward Siracusa | Intercity Notte | toward Milan Centrale |
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toward Palermo Centrale | Treno regionale | Terminus | ||
toward Siracusa | Treno regionale | Terminus |
Structure and transport
editThe 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[2][3] and by the modern Messina tramway[4] (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.
Photogallery
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The old station building before 1908 Messina earthquake -
Map of the tramway showing station's position
See also
editNotes and references
edit- ^ Stazione di Messina Marittima Fondazione FS Italiane
- ^ (in Italian) Article on FS news
- ^ Map of the suburban railway of Messina
- ^ (in Italian) Messina Tramway on ATM website Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Media related to Messina Centrale train station at Wikimedia Commons