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Venezia Santa Lucia railway station
Railway station in Venice, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Venezia Santa Lucia (Italian: Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia) (IATA: XVQ) is the central station of Venice in the north-east of Italy. It is a terminus and located at the northern edge of Venice's historic city (Italian: Centro storico). The station is one of Venice's two most important railway stations; the other one is Venezia Mestre, a mainline junction station on Venice's mainland district of Mestre. Both Santa-Lucia and Mestre stations are managed by Grandi Stazioni and they are connected to each other by Ponte della Libertà (English: Liberty Bridge).
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Venezia Santa Lucia | |||||||
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Railway Station | |||||||
![]() The station's facade exemplifies rationalist and Fascist architecture | |||||||
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Location | Fondamenta Santa Lucia, 30121, Venice, Veneto Italy | ||||||
Coordinates | 45°26′27″N 12°19′15″E | ||||||
Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||||
Operated by | Grandi Stazioni (Station) Trenitalia (Train services) | ||||||
Line(s) | Milan–Venice railway Venice–Trieste railway Venice–Udine railway Trento–Venice railway | ||||||
Platforms | 23 | ||||||
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IATA code | XVQ | ||||||
Classification | Platinum[1] | ||||||
History | |||||||
Opened | 1861; 163 years ago (1861) | ||||||
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