Railway station in Reggio Calabria, Italy
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 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] 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] [ 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] Lamezia , Salerno and Naples .
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Notes and references
External links
Reggio di Calabria Centrale railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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