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.Stazione di Messina Marittima Fondazione FS Italiane
Train services The 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
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.Trasporto passeggeri blujetlines.it
The station is electrified and served by regional trains, by a Messina Suburban Railway to Giampilieri with single ticket and new metro fare.A Messina novità per la Metroferrovia on FS news Map of the suburban railway of Messina and by the modern Messina tramwayLinee ed Orari Tram atmmessinaspa.it (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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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
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