Napoli Centrale railway station

Napoli Centrale (lit. 'Naples Central Station'; Italian: Stazione di Napoli Centrale) (IATA: INP) is the main railway station in the city of Naples and in southern Italy and the sixth largest station in Italy in terms of passenger flow with an annual ridership of 50 million. It is located next to Piazza Garibaldi to the east of the old city. It is the primary rail terminus and station for Naples, and serves Trenitalia national railways and EAV. This one has an underground section known as Stazione di Napoli Piazza Garibaldi (Naples Garibaldi Piazza station), which is served by the metropolitan trains of the line 2, line 1 (Garibaldi), and 3, 12, 14, and 15 EAV Circumvesuviana lines which is accessible from 2 entrances inside the Centrale station, 1 outside in glass, and from the new Garibaldi Square. History The first station on the site was built in 1866 on a design by the architect Enrico Alvino and it was opened on 7 May of the following year. The current station was designed in 1954 by Pier Luigi Nervi, Carlo Cocchia, Massimo Battaglini, Bruno Zevi, Giulio De Luca, Luigi Piccinato and Giuseppe Vaccaro on the site of the old railway station and overlooks the square dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi. The project was completed in 1960. The station has undergone a deep restyling lasting five years and finished in August 2010, which concerned both the platform and the underground floor, with the installation of new escalators, elevators, lights, benches, shops and the replacement of the original floors made in black linoleum with a more modern white tile covering. Transport The station has 23 tracks (from 2 to 24). It is connected to Rome by high-speed trains on the Rome–Naples high-speed railway line as well as slower trains on the original Rome–Cassino–Naples line and the Rome–Formia–Naples Direttissima opened in 1927. It is connected to Salerno and southern Italy by the traditional Naples–Salerno line and the recently opened Naples–Salerno high-speed line used by long-distance trains. Train services The station is served by the following services (incomplete): High speed services (Frecciarossa) Turin - Milan - Reggio Emilia - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno 2 trains a day extend north to Brescia and 2 trains extend south to Taranto High speed services (Frecciarossa) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Naples - Salerno - Paola - Lamezia Terme - Rosarno - Reggio di Calabria High speed services (Frecciargento) Bolzano - Trento - Rovereto - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples High speed services (Frecciabianca) Rome - Naples - Salerno - Sapri - Lamezia - Vibo Valentia - Reggio Calabria High speed services (Italo) Turin - Milan - Reggio Emilia - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno High speed services (Italo) Brescia - Desenzano - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Messina - Palermo Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Messina - Siracusa Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Taranto Intercity services Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome - Naples - Salerno Intercity services Livorno - Civitavecchia - Rome - Naples Night train (Intercity Notte) Rome - Naples - Messina - Siracusa Night train (Intercity Notte) Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome - Naples - Salerno Regional services (Treno Regionale) Rome - Pomezia - Latina - Formia - Minturno - Naples Napoli Piazza Garibaldi and Napoli Garibaldi stations Below the mainline station there are undergrounds stations named Napoli Piazza Garibaldi station, for the Passante Ferroviario di Napoli, used by the suburban train of the line 2, and Garibaldi station, used by the Line 1 of the Naples Metro. There is also a connection to the nearby Circumvesuviana Napoli Garibaldi. See also History of rail transport in Italy List of railway stations in Campania List of railway stations in Naples Railway stations in Italy References External links official page at Grandistazioni website