Reggio Calabria Centrale is the main railway station of the Italian city of Reggio

Reggio Calabria

Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian...

, in Calabria

Calabria

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. It is the most important station of its region and is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato

Ferrovie dello Stato

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, the national rail company of Italy

Italy

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History

The station was opened on 3 June 1866, as southern terminal of the first track of the Ionian Railway to Catanzaro, Crotone

Crotone

Crotone is a city and comune in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Ionian Sea. Founded circa 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Croton , it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to the current one. In 1994 it became the capital of the newly established...

, Sybaris

Sybaris

Sybaris was an ancient city in Magna Graecia on the western shore of the Gulf of Taranto. The wealth of the city during the 6th century BC was so great that the Sybarites became synonymous with pleasure and luxury...

 and Taranto

Taranto

Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....

. In 1881 it was linked to the port with a link from Reggio Calabria Lido to Reggio Calabria Marittima, the port station. The northern track to Villa San Giovanni

Villa San Giovanni railway station

Villa San Giovanni railway station is the main station serving the town and comune of Villa San Giovanni, in the region of Calabria, southern Italy. Opened in 1884, it forms part of the Southern Tyrrhenian railway . The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana...

, linking the station to the Tyrrhenian Railway to Salerno

Salerno

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 and Naples

Naples

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, was completed in 1884.

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

Structure and transport

The new station building

Station building

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, projected following the modern criteria

Modern architecture

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 of the futurist

Futurism

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 architect Angiolo Mazzoni

Angiolo Mazzoni

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, 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

Villa San Giovanni

Villa San Giovanni is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, southern Italy. As of 2010 its population was of 13,747.-Geography:...

 to Melito di Porto Salvo

Melito di Porto Salvo

Melito di Porto Salvo is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 130 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 25 km southeast of Reggio Calabria; and is also the country's southernmost city...

. For long distance transport it counts some InterCity

InterCity

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, Express

Express train

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 and EuroStar

Eurostar Italia

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 trains to Rome

Rome

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, Turin

Turin

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, Milan

Milan

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, Venice

Venice

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, Bari

Bari

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 and Bolzano, linking it also with Genoa

Genoa

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, Naples

Naples

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, Bologna

Bologna

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, Florence

Florence

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, Pisa

Pisa

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, Verona

Verona

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 and other cities. Periodically it counts on direct connections to Udine

Udine

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 and Trieste

Trieste

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. Reggio Calabria Centrale has not international relations and direct trains to Sicily

Sicily

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 (connected with the near station of Villa San Giovanni

Villa San Giovanni railway station

Villa San Giovanni railway station is the main station serving the town and comune of Villa San Giovanni, in the region of Calabria, southern Italy. Opened in 1884, it forms part of the Southern Tyrrhenian railway . The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana...

); and all the high-speed trains (EuroStar) provide to link it with Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 on the line via Lamezia

Lamezia Terme

Lamezia Terme, commonly named Lamezia, is an Italian city of 71,287 inhabitants in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region.-Geography:...

, Salerno

Salerno

Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....

 and Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

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See also

• Reggio Calabria Lido railway station
• Reggio Calabria Suburban Railway
• List of railway stations in Calabria
• 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....
  
  
• History of rail transport in Italy

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