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Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station
Railway station in Florence, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Firenze Santa Maria Novella (in English Florence Santa Maria Novella) or Stazione di Santa Maria Novella (IATA: ZMS) is the main railway station in Florence, Italy. The station is used by 59 million people every year and is one of the busiest in Italy.[1]
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Firenze Santa Maria Novella | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Piazza della Stazione 50123 Florence Italy | ||||
Coordinates | 43°46′34″N 11°14′53″E | ||||
Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
Operated by | Grandi Stazioni | ||||
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Distance | 314.077 kilometres (195.158 mi) from Roma Termini | ||||
Platforms | 15 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Architect | Gruppo Toscano | ||||
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IATA code | ZMS | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1848 (1848) | ||||
Rebuilt | 1934 (1934) | ||||
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It is at the northern end of the Florence–Rome high-speed railway line Direttissima, which was completed on 26 May 1992 and the southern end of the Bologna–Florence railway line, opened on 22 April 1934. A new high speed line to Bologna opened on 13 December 2009. The station is also used by regional trains on lines connecting to: Pisa, Livorno (Leopolda railway); Lucca, Viareggio (Viareggio–Florence railway); Bologna (Bologna–Florence railway) and Faenza (Faentina railway).