Pisa Centrale railway station is the central station

Central station

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 of the Italian

Italy

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 city of Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

. The station is one of the major railway junctions of Tuscany

Tuscany

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. Lines serving the station include three long-distance lines: the Pisa–Livorno–Rome line

Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway

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, the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa line and the Pisa–Florence line. Local services operate on the Lucca–Pisa line and the Pisa–Pisa Airport line. The line from Pisa to Vada

Vada

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 via Collesalvetti

Collesalvetti

Collesalvetti is a comune in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km southwest of Florence, 20 km northeast of Livorno and only 16 km south from Pisa...

, which was closed from 1992 to 2000, is now only open for freight traffic.

History

Pisa Centrale station was constructed following the implementation of a development plan approved on 23 March 1871. Its building led to the conversion of the old Leopolda station (inaugurated in 1844) into a freight yard, which functioned until 1929, when it was closed permanently. The whole Pisa Centrale complex was severely damaged during World War II

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 and rebuilt with some changes to the original design.

Station

The passenger station building is large and offers numerous services such as domestic and international ticketing, waiting room, baggage storage, three bars, pizzerias, fast food, cafeterias, three newsagents, tobacconist, pharmacy and other shops. Inside the station there are 12 platforms equipped with elevators and connected by two subways. Other tracks are used for storing unused carriages. Since December 2008 the station has been equipped with a computerised control centre to control the movement of rail traffic.

Passengers and services

The station is used by approximately 15 million passenger movements, both tourists and commuters. Trains of all types stop at the station, including Inter-city

Inter-city rail

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 and Eurostar

Eurostar Italia

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. The main destinations are Florence, Genoa

Genova Piazza Principe railway station

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, Rome

Roma Termini railway station

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, Naples

Napoli Centrale railway station

Napoli Centrale is the main railway station in the city of Naples and southern Italy and the sixth largest station in Italy in terms of passenger flow. It is located next to Piazza Garibaldi to the east of the old city...

, Livorno

Livorno Centrale railway station

Livorno Centrale railway station is the main station of the Italian city of Livorno. It is situated in the Piazza Dante on the eastern edge of the town. It is on the Pisa–Livorno–Rome line and handles nearly 5,300,000 passengers annually...

, Pisa Airport, Lucca

Lucca

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, La Spezia

La Spezia

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 and Turin

Torino Porta Nuova railway station

Torino Porta Nuova station is currently the main railway station of Turin. It is the third busiest station in Italy for passenger flow after Rome Termini and Milan Central, with about 192,000 journeys per day and 70 million travellers a year and a total of about 350 trains per day. It is...

.

Interchange

Coaches to Collesalvetti

Collesalvetti

Collesalvetti is a comune in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km southwest of Florence, 20 km northeast of Livorno and only 16 km south from Pisa...

, Cecina, Florence

Florence

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 and Reggio Calabria

Reggio Calabria

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 operate from the front of the station. Urban and interurban bus lines also pass nearby.

See also

• Pisa Aeroporto railway station
  Pisa Aeroporto railway station
  Pisa Aeroporto railway station is sited within the Galileo Galilei Airport in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. The airport is also known as Pisa-San Giusto Airport , due to its location in Pisa's San Giusto district....
  
  
• Pisa San Rossore railway station
• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Tuscany
• Rail transport in Italy
  Rail transport in Italy
  The Italian railway system is one of the most important infrastructure in the country, with a total length of . The network is recently growing with the construction of the new high speed rail network....
  
  
• Railway stations in Italy
  Railway stations in Italy
  Railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by the RFI division of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them is operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state.-Classification:...
  
  

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