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.
Napoli Centrale | |||||
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 Main hall following the restoration | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Piazza Garibaldi 80142 Napoli  Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′09″N 14°16′19″E / 40.85250°N 14.27194°E | ||||
| Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Operated by | Grandi Stazioni | ||||
| Line(s) | Rome–Naples (high-speed) Rome–Formia–Naples Rome–Cassino–Naples Naples–Salerno (high-speed) Naples–Salerno (traditional) | ||||
| Distance | 215.971 km (134.198 mi) from Roma Termini | ||||
| Platforms | 24 | ||||
| Connections |  Naples Metro (Line 1) Naples Metro (Line 2) Circumvesuviana railway ANM buses and airport shuttles | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Architect | Pier Luigi Nervi | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| IATA code | INP | ||||
| Classification | Platinum | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 7 May 1867 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1960 | ||||
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| 50 million per year | |||||
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History
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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 | ||
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | Frecciarossa | Terminus |
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toward Venice Santa Lucia | Frecciarossa | Terminus |
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Terminus | Frecciargento | toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale |
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| Terminus | Frecciargento | toward Bolzano |
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toward | Frecciabianca | toward |
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toward Roma Termini | InterCity | toward Palermo Centrale |
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toward Roma Termini | InterCity | toward Siracusa |
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toward Roma Termini | InterCity | toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale |
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toward Roma Termini | InterCity | toward Taranto |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | InterCity | Terminus |
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toward Livorno Centrale | InterCity | Terminus | ||
toward Roma Termini | Intercity Notte | toward Siracusa |
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toward Torino Porta Nuova | Intercity Notte | Terminus |
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toward Roma Termini | Treno regionale | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Treno regionale | toward Benevento |
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| Preceding station | Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori | Following station | ||
toward Torino Porta Susa | Italo | Terminus |
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toward Brescia railway station | Italo | Terminus |
Piazza Garibaldi and Garibaldi stations
editBelow 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
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References
edit- ^ "Napoli Centrale" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Napoli Centrale ha cambiato volto" (in Italian). Duegi Editrice. December 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ a b "FRECCIAROSSA run through the high-speed line with fast and frequent connections - Frecce - Trenitalia". www.trenitalia.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "Frecciargento - Le Frecce - Trenitalia". www.trenitalia.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "Frecciargento Napoli/Roma-Bolzano - Le Frecce - Trenitalia". www.trenitalia.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ a b "Timetables and Connections - Italotreno.it". www.italotreno.it. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
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