Napoli Centrale railway station

40°51′09″N 14°16′19″E / 40.85250°N 14.27194°E / 40.85250; 14.27194Owned byRete Ferroviaria ItalianaOperated byGrandi StazioniLine(s)Rome–Naples (high-speed)
Rome–Formia–Naples
Rome–Cassino–Naples
Naples–Salerno (high-speed)
Naples–Salerno (traditional)Distance215.971 km (134.198 mi)
from Roma TerminiPlatforms24Connections Naples Metro (Line 1)
Naples Metro (Line 2)
Circumvesuviana railway
ANM buses and airport shuttlesConstructionArchitectPier Luigi NerviOther informationIATA codeINPClassificationPlatinumHistoryOpened7 May 1867 (1867-05-07)Rebuilt1960Passengers50 million per year Location

Napoli Centrale (Naples Central Station) (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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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^[3]
  • 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^[3]
• High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Naples - Salerno - Paola - Lamezia Terme - Rosarno - Reggio di Calabria^[4]
• High speed services (Frecciargento) Bolzano - Trento - Rovereto - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples^[5]
• 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^[6]
• High speed services (Italo) Brescia - Desenzano - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples^[6]
• 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

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Roma Termini toward Torino Porta Nuova		Frecciarossa		Salerno Terminus
Roma Termini toward Venice Santa Lucia		Frecciarossa		Salerno Terminus
Roma Termini Terminus		Frecciargento		Salerno toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Terminus		Frecciargento		Roma Termini toward Bolzano
Roma Termini toward		Frecciabianca		Salerno toward
Aversa toward Roma Termini		InterCity		Salerno toward Palermo Centrale
Aversa toward Roma Termini		InterCity		Salerno toward Siracusa
Aversa toward Roma Termini		InterCity		Salerno toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Aversa toward Roma Termini		InterCity		Salerno toward Taranto
Aversa toward Torino Porta Nuova		InterCity		Salerno Terminus
Aversa toward Livorno Centrale		InterCity		Terminus
Formia-Gaeta toward Roma Termini		Intercity Notte		Villa San Giovanni toward Siracusa
Aversa toward Torino Porta Nuova		Intercity Notte		Salerno Terminus
Aversa toward Roma Termini		Treno regionale		Terminus
Terminus		Treno regionale		Casoria-Afragola toward Benevento
Preceding station		Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori		Following station
Roma Tiburtina toward Torino Porta Susa		Italo		Salerno Terminus
Roma Termini toward Brescia railway station		Italo		Terminus

Piazza Garibaldi and Garibaldi stations

Below the mainline station there are undergrounds stations named Piazza Garibaldi station, for the Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway, used by the metropolitan train of the line 2, and Garibaldi station, used by the Line 1. There is also a connection to the nearby Circumvesuviana Napoli Piazza Garibaldi.

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Campania
• Railway stations in Italy

References

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