Messina Centrale railway station
Messina Centrale | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Lines | 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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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.
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): [2]
- 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
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 historic port and constituting a ferry ships, which carry trains in the Strait of Messina to Villa San Giovanni station and vice versa.
Since May 1, 2019, Blu Jet, an RFI company, has been carrying passengers by sea across the Strait of Messina using high-speed vessels on the Messina Porto Storico-Villa San Giovanni route.[3]
The station is electrified and served by regional trains, by a Messina Suburban Railway to Giampilieri with single ticket and new metro fare.[4][5] and by the modern Messina tramway[6] (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
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Map of the tramway showing station's position
See also
- Messina Marittima railway station
- Strait of Messina Bridge
- List of railway stations in Sicily
- Railway stations in Italy
- Rail transport in Italy
- History of rail transport in Italy
Notes and references
- ^ Stazione di Messina Marittima Fondazione FS Italiane (in Italian)
- ^ Trenitalia.com, ed. (1 November 2025). "orario digitale Calabria-Sicilia q.97 p.151" (PDF) (in Italian).
- ^ Trasporto passeggeri (in Italian) blujetlines.it
- ^ A Messina novità per la Metroferrovia on FS news (in Italian)
- ^ Map of the suburban railway of Messina
- ^ Linee ed Orari Tram atmmessinaspa.it (in Italian)
External links
Media related to Messina Centrale train station at Wikimedia Commons