Palermo Aeroporto railway station

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Palermo Aeroporto
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Two Minuetto [2] trains inside the station.
General information
Location Aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino
90045 Cinisi PA
Cinisi, Palermo, Sicily
Italy
Coordinates 38°11′14″N13°06′18″E / 38.18722°N 13.10500°E / 38.18722; 13.10500
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s) Palermo Passante railway
Distance60.4 km (37.5 mi)
from Roccella [3]
Platforms3
Train operators Trenitalia
Connections
Other information
Classification Silver
History
Opened2004;21 years ago (2004)
Location
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Palermo Aeroporto
Location in Sicily
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Palermo Aeroporto
Location in Italy

Palermo Aeroporto railway station (Italian : Stazione di Palermo Aeroporto), formerly known as Punta Raisi railway station, is located within Palermo Airport (Italian : Aeroporto di Palermo "Falcone e Borsellino") (IATA code: PMO) in Cinisi, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Opened in 2004, the station is the northwestern terminus of the Palermo Passante railway, and forms part of the Palermo Metro.

Contents

The station is managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Both companies are subsidiaries of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

Palermo Aeroporto railway station is situated underground, directly opposite the airport terminal, and is accessible through the terminal.

History

The station is part of the extension of Metropolitana di Palermo Line A from Piraineto railway station to the airport. The construction of this extension began in 2001, and the station was opened in 2004.

Features

The station is equipped with three platforms, all of them for passenger service.

Train movements

Palermo Aeroporto is now the northwestern terminus of Line A. Trains operate between Punta Raisi and Palermo Centrale. On weekdays, a train runs in each direction approximately every 30 minutes between early morning and around 10 pm.

From mid-December 2023, two pairs of direct regional trains to Agrigento Centrale station have been activated. [4] Furthermore, with the 2025 timetable change, a new evening train to Agrigento will be added, on the occasion of the Italian Capital of Culture for 2025. [5]

Services

The station has:


See also

References

  1. it:Minuetto (treno)
  2. it:Minuetto (treno)
  3. it:Roccella-Acqua dei Corsari
  4. "Orario dei treni in partenza dalla stazione di Punta Raisi - RFI". prm.rfi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  5. "Agrigento/Palermo C.le - Palermo Aeroporto" (PDF). trenitalia.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-08-21.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Palermo Aeroporto railway station at Wikimedia CommonsThis article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at February 2011.