Catania Central Station
| Catania Centrale | |
|---|---|
 Station building
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 7th |
| IBNR | 8300307 |
| opening | 1867 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Catania |
| Metropolitan city | Metropolitan City of Catania |
| region | Sicily |
| Country | Italy |
| Coordinates | 37 ° 30 '24 " N , 15 ° 6' 0" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Italy | |
Catania Centrale train station is the main train station of the city of Catania in Sicily . It is located on the outskirts of the city center and is operated by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), an organizational unit of the Ferrovie dello Stato . From 2001 to 2018, the Centostazioni company was responsible for marketing and leasing the retail space .
location
The station is located in the 1st administrative district of Catanias Centro , southwest of the old town. On the square in front of the station, Piazza Giovanni XXIII , there is a bus station for the city's bus routes and a car park.
history
The station was officially opened to traffic on January 3, 1867 and was initially the southern terminus of the Messina – Syracuse railway line . A further construction of the line by the company Società Vittorio Emanuele took place two years later in the year 1869. The track systems were extensively expanded and extended in the port.
The representative two-story entrance building was built by Società Vittorio Emanuele and is now a listed building.
With the electrification of the station in the 1960s, the track systems were extensively redesigned.
Infrastructure
Furnishing
The station's equipment includes a ticket office, ticket machines, a bar and a magazine and tobacco shop. Public toilets, a baggage check-in and a prayer room are located in an adjoining building. There is a station of the railway police ( Polizia di Stato ) in the station.
Track system
The four platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass. The station Stazione FS of Ferrovia Circumetnea is reached through the underpass . Most recently, their above-ground platform was used as a subway station for the Catania Metro . It was closed at the end of 2016 after the metro line was extended to the city center on December 20, 2016 via the underground Giovanni XXIII station located under the station forecourt .
At the northern end of the track system is the Catania depot with a disused roundhouse. The eastern track groups were used for freight traffic and are largely unused today.
Transport links
Long-distance transport
The station is served daily by several intercity and night trains.
| designation | Train run | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| IC | Syracuse / Palermo - Roma Termini | 2 pairs of trains per day |
| ICN | Syracuse / Palermo – Roma Termini | 2 pairs of trains per day |
| ICN | Syracuse / Palermo– Milan | 1 pair of trains per day |
Regional traffic
The station is currently the terminus of various regional trains from Palermo and Caltagirone . There is also a continuous high-speed regional train connection between Messina and Syracuse.
| designation | Train run |
|---|---|
| RV | Messina –Catania– Syracuse |
| R. | Messina – Catania |
| R. | Catania - Caltanissetta Xirbi - Palermo |
| R. | Catania– Lentini Dir. – Caltagirone |
city traffic
The Piazza Papa Giovanni XXIII is a central hub for numerous city bus routes operated by the AMT transport company . The “Alibus” bus line connects Catania Airport from here. The subway station Giovanni XXIII of the Metro Catania offers connections to the city center and the Borgo district, where the diesel trains of the Circumetnea can be reached.
Others
The steam locomotive R.370.012 is a memorial on the house platform - track 1 . The machines of this series were mainly used on the Sicilian and Sardinian narrow-gauge networks. The 1915 built and established on August 8, 1985 locomotive was to adjust the distance Sulla Linea , the railway Dittaino-Caltagirone , at this track in use.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catania Centrale - La Storia. (No longer available online.) Fsnews.it, archived from the original on December 25, 2016 ; Retrieved August 10, 2016 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
