Messina Centrale railway station

Messina Centrale

Night view of the platforms

Night view of the platforms
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°ECoordinates: 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–Siracusa
Platforms 5 (9 tracks)
Train operators Trenitalia
Connections
  • Messina Suburban Railway
  • ATM trams
  • ATM buses
Other information
Classification Gold
History
Opened 1866
Location
Messina Centrale
Location within Sicily

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 architetct Angiolo Mazzoni.

Train services

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

Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
Milazzo
InterCity
toward Roma Termini
Taormina-Giardini
toward Siracusa
InterCity
toward Roma Termini
Milazzo
InterCity Night
toward Roma Termini
Taormina-Giardini
toward Siracusa
InterCity Night
toward Roma Termini
Villafranca Tirrena
Treno regionaleTerminus
Fiumara Gazzi
toward Siracusa
Treno regionaleTerminus

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.

Photogallery

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ (Italian) Article on FS news
  2. ↑ Map of the suburban railway of Messina
  3. ↑ (Italian) Messina Tramway on ATM website

External links

Media related to Messina Centrale railway station at Wikimedia Commons