Palermo Centrale railway station

Palermo Centrale is the main railway station of the Italian city of Palermo, capital of Sicily. It is one of the most important "FS" stations of Italy.^[1] Along with Catania Centrale, Messina Centrale and Syracuse it is one of the most important stations of its region. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy.

Palermo Centrale
Exterior of the railway station building.
General information
Location	Piazza Giulio Cesare 90127 Palermo Palermo, Palermo, Sicily Italy
Coordinates	38°06′36″N 13°22′01″E
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Grandi Stazioni
Line(s)	Palermo–Messina Palermo–Trapani Palermo–Catania Palermo–Agrigento
Platforms	10
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	AMAT buses
Other information
Classification	Platinum
History
Opened	7 June 1886
Location Palermo Centrale Location in Sicily Show map of Sicily Palermo Centrale Location in Italy Show map of Italy

History

The railway station, designed by the Italian architect Di Giovanni, was opened on 7 June 1886. Still 1941 it was characterized by a big roof with a structure in iron and glass, substituted in the early 1950s with a reinforced concrete structure.

Structure and transport

Palermo Centrale lies in the middle of the city, at Julius Caesar square (Piazza Giulio Cesare),^[2] and its building has a multi-level structure.^[3] It is a terminal station with 10 platforms for passenger service.

The station is situated on the lines Messina-Palermo and Palermo-Trapani. It is also the terminal of Palermo-Catania^[4] and Palermo-Agrigento^[5] lines.

As transport the Centrale is an important hub of regional services for Sicily, also served by the citizen subway which links it to the Airport of Punta Raisi. For long-distance transport it is the terminus of InterCity trains to Naples, Rome, Milan and still 1970s to Paris. It is still not served by Le Frecce trains, principally for its position on an island, but it is included in the project of Berlin–Palermo railway axis.^[6]

See also

• Palermo Notarbartolo station
• Metropolitana di Palermo
• Berlin–Palermo railway axis
• List of railway stations in Sicily
• Railway stations in Italy
• Rail transport in Italy
• History of rail transport in Italy

References

1. Palermo Centrale Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
2. Official website of Palermo Centrale railway station
3. "Palermo Centrale - Palermo Centrale - Grandi Stazioni". www.grandistazioni.it. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013.
4. With the junction at Fiumetorto, on the line to Messina
5. With the junction at Roccapalumba, on the line to Catania
6. Map of the Corridor 1 (PDF)

External links

• Media related to Palermo Centrale train station at Wikimedia Commons