Reggio di Calabria Centrale railway station

Railway station in Reggio Calabria, Italy

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ConstructionArchitectAngiolo MazzoniOther informationIATA codeRCCClassificationGoldHistoryOpened1866; 158 years ago (1866)Services
Preceding station Trenitalia Following station
Villa San Giovanni Frecciarossa Terminus
Villa San Giovanni
Villa San Giovanni
towards Roma Termini
 Frecciargento
InterCity
Terminus Melito di Porto Salvo
towards Taranto
Reggio di Calabria Lido InterCity Notte Terminus
Reggio di Calabria Lido
towards Cosenza
 Regionale
Reggio di Calabria Lido
Terminus Reggio di Calabria OMECA
Location
Reggio di Calabria Centrale is located in Calabria
Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Location in Calabria
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Reggio di Calabria Centrale is located in Italy
Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Reggio di Calabria Centrale
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Reggio di Calabria Centrale railway station (Italian: Stazione di Reggio Calabria Centrale) (IATA: RCC) is the main railway station of the Italian city of Reggio Calabria in Calabria. It is the most important station of its region and is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy.

History

The station was opened on 3 June 1866, as southern terminal of the first track of the Ionian Railway to Catanzaro, Crotone, Sybaris and Taranto. In 1881 it was linked to the port with a link from Reggio Lido[1] to Reggio Marittima, the port station. The northern track to Villa San Giovanni, linking the station to the Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway, was completed in 1884.

On 15 July 1970 the station was occupied by demonstrators in the first days of Reggio revolt.[2]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Reggio di Calabria Centrale:[3]

Structure and transport

The new station building, projected following the modern criteria of the futurist architect Angiolo Mazzoni, was inaugurated on 18 April 1938. It counts a single floor and is located in front of the sea coast.

The station, electrified, is served by several regional trains and by a suburban rail connecting all the 10 stations of the city, from Villa San Giovanni to Melito di Porto Salvo. For long-distance transport it counts some InterCity, Express and EuroStar trains to Rome, Turin, Milan, Venice, Bari and Bolzano, linking it also with Genoa, Naples, Bologna, Florence, Pisa, Verona and other cities. Periodically it counts on direct connections to Udine and Trieste. Reggio Centrale has not international relations and direct trains to Sicily (connected with the near station of Villa San Giovanni); and all the high-speed trains (EuroStar) provide to link it with Rome[4] on the line via Lamezia, Salerno and Naples.

Photogallery

  • View of the platforms
    View of the platforms
  • Map of the suburban railway service
    Map of the suburban railway service
  • View of tracks 1 and 2
    View of tracks 1 and 2

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Originally named "Reggio Calabria Succursale"
  2. ^ (in Italian) Infos about Reggio revolt (La Storia siamo noi - Rai Educational)
  3. ^ Trenitalia (14 April 2024). "Orario Tutt'Italia Digitale" [All-Italy Digital Timetable] (PDF) (in Italian). pp. 1242–1266. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ (in Italian) Infos at Archived 6 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Trenitalia website

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