Messina Centrale railway station

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Messina Centrale
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View over some of the platforms
General information
LocationPiazza della Repubblica
98100 Messina
Messina, Messina, Sicily
Italy
Coordinates 38°11′6.48″N15°33′39.35″E / 38.1851333°N 15.5609306°E / 38.1851333; 15.5609306
Owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by Centostazioni
Line(s) Palermo–Messina
Messina–Syracuse
Platforms5 (9 tracks)
Train operators Trenitalia
Connections
Other information
Classification Gold
History
Opened1866;159 years ago (1866)
Location
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Messina Centrale
Location in Sicily
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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.

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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, 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

The station is served by the following service(s):

Preceding station  Trenitalia  Following station
InterCity
toward  Roma Termini
toward  Siracusa
InterCity
toward  Roma Termini
Intercity Notte
toward  Roma Termini
Intercity Notte
toward  Milan Centrale
toward  Siracusa
Intercity Notte
toward  Roma Termini
toward  Siracusa
Intercity Notte
toward  Milan Centrale
Treno regionale Terminus
toward  Siracusa
Treno regionale Terminus

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 [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.

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Notes and references

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