Messina Centrale railway station


Messina Centrale railway station 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.

Train services

The station is served by the following service:
  • Intercity services Rome - Naples - Messina - Palermo
  • Intercity services Rome - Naples - Messina - Catania - Siracusa
  • Night train service Rome - Naples - Messina - Palermo
  • Night train service Rome - Naples - Messina - Catania - Siracusa
  • Night train service Milan - Genoa - Salerno - Messina - Palermo
  • Night train service Milan - Genoa - Salerno - Messina - Catania - Siracusa
  • Regional services Messina - Palermo
  • Regional services Messina - Giarre-Riposto - Catania - Siracusa
  • Local services Messina - Patti
  • Local services 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.
The station is electrified and served by regional trains, by a Messina Suburban Railway to Giampilieri with single ticket and new metro fare. and by the modern Messina tramway, 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.