Latina is the main

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of the Italian city of

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, in the region of

Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...

. It is owned by the ''

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'', the national rail company of

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, and is an important train station of its region.

Geography

The station is located in Latina Scalo, a suburb in the northern part of

. It is the most distant station from the city centre of an Italian seat of province: due to this, 9 km, local and regional authorities have presented several projects to build a rail, or a

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, from it to an eventual "Latina Città" (i.e. ''Latina City'') station.

History

The station was inaugurated on July 17, 1922, at the opening of the new direct line from

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, via

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. In the early years of service, when the city of Latina didn't exist, it was a simple train stop serving some little villages close to the

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s composing the environment of the

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. In 1932, during

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and after the foundation of the actual city, the new station of ''Littoria'' (original name of Latina, named after the '' fascio littorio'') was enlarged and a new

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projected by the architect

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. During this period some diesel

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( DMU) trains were inaugurated in a regional

Littoria Latina () is the capital of the province of Latina, in the Lazio region, in Central Italy. As of 2024, the city has 127,486 inhabitants and is the second-largest city of the region, after the national capital Rome.It is one of the youngest citie ...

service, colloquially named ''Littorine'' (plural) and ''Littorina'' (singular) after the city. In Italy this colloquial name survives; it is generally used to identify the DMU trains. See also :it:Littorina After the renaming of the city in 1946 also the station took the actual name.

Train services

The station is served by the following services (incomplete): *Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Messina - Palermo *Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Messina - Siracusa *Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria *Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Taranto *Intercity services Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome - Naples - Salerno *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Rome - Naples - Messina - Siracusa *Night train (''Intercity Notte'') Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome - Naples - Salerno *Regional services (''Treno Regionale'') Rome - Pomezia - Latina - Formia - Minturno - Naples

Structure and transport

Latina station counts a large one-floor

, located close to the freight shed. It counts 4 tracks for passenger service and 5 terminal tracks, in the northern side, for

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s. The station is electrified and served by regional trains (mainly to

, and

Terracina Terracina is an Italian city and ''comune'' of the province of Latina, located on the coast southeast of Rome on the Via Appia ( by rail). The site has been continuously occupied since antiquity. History Ancient times Terracina appears in anci ...

) and also by the suburban Roman line FR7 part of the

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. Latina has no direct links to some other city stations of its region (as

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) and is linked to

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only with InterCity services. Located onto one of the principal

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rail lines, the Rome-Latina-Formia-Naples, it is served for long-distance transport by several

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and

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trains to Rome,

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, Naples,

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and

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, linking it also with

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and other cities. As it happens for

and

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, it is not served by any

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Notes and references

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Railway stations in Italy opened in 1922