Venezia Santa Lucia ( it, Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia) is the central station of
Venice
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in the north-east of
Italy
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. It is a terminus and located at the northern edge of Venice's historic city ( it, Centro storico).
The station is one of Venice's two most important railway stations; the other one is
Venezia Mestre, a mainline
junction station on Venice's mainland district of
Mestre
Mestre () is a borough of the '' comune'' (municipality) of Venice, on the mainland opposite the historical island city in the region of Veneto, Italy.
Administratively, Mestre forms (together with the nearby Carpenedo) the ''Municipalit� ...
. Both Santa-Lucia and Mestre stations are managed by
Grandi Stazioni
( en, Great Stations) is a member company of Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato ( en, State Railways) group. It was created to rehabilitate and manage, even commercially, the 13 biggest Italian railway stations.
Stations under management
The Rom ...
and they are connected to each other by
Ponte della Libertà ( en, Liberty Bridge).
Location
Venezia Santa Lucia is located in
Cannaregio district, the northernmost of the six historic ''
sestieri'' (districts) of Venice's historic city. It is situated on the northernmost island and near the western end of the
Grand Canal. The station lies at the mark of the
Milan–Venice railway.
A bridge over the Grand Canal, the
Ponte degli Scalzi (or Ponte dei Scalzi) ( en, Bridge of the
Discalced), links the concourse in front of the station with the sestiere of
Santa Croce.
Venice's historic city had access only by river boats or railway until 1933 (construction of the road bridge and of
Piazzale Roma
Piazzale Roma is a square in Venice, Italy, at the entrance of the city, at the end of the Ponte della Libertà. Piazzale Roma and nearby Tronchetto island are the only places in Venice's insular urban core accessible to ground motor vehicles ...
). Since then, a terminal has been built for road transport with car parks and bus stations.
History
Construction of Santa Lucia railway station began in 1860 under the
Austrian Empire
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. In order to make room for both the station building and its forecourt, a convent and the
Church of Santa Lucia were demolished in 1861. The station in turn took up the name of this church.
The current station building is one of the few
modernist buildings facing the Grand Canal. It is the result of a series of plans started up by the
rationalist architect Angiolo Mazzoni
Angiolo Mazzoni (May 21, 1894 – September 28, 1979) was a state architect and engineer of the Italian Fascist government of the 1920s and 1930s.
Mazzoni designed hundreds of public buildings, post offices and train stations during the Interwar ...
in 1924 and developed by him over the next decade.
In 1934, a contest for a detailed design for the current station was won by
Virgilio Vallot. Between 1936 and 1943, Mazzoni and Vallot collaborated on the construction of the station building; Mazzoni also designed the train hall. The final implementation, however, was undertaken only after the Second World War. In 1952, the station was completed on a design which had been developed by another architect,
Paul Perilli.
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In November 2009, work began on the renovation of Santa Lucia station. The renovation programme would include improvements to the use of spaces and the flow of internal transit. In addition, certain architectural elements would be recovered and restored; the atrium would be altered to house several retail spaces. This project was completed in 2012 with a cost of 24 million euros.
Features
As the current station building is low and wide, it does not dominate its surroundings. The flanks of its façade are decorated with Venetian lions. Behind the façade, there is a sizeable main hall with ticketing facilities, shops, offices and luggage storage facilities. The main hall also leads to the station's 16 platforms.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
High-speed
* High-speed train (
Trenitalia
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Frecciarossa) Venice-Salerno: Venice – Padua – Bologna – Florence – Rome – Naples – Salerno
* High-speed train (
Italo NTV) Venice-Naples: Venice – Padua – Bologna – Florence – Rome – Naples
* High-speed train (
Trenitalia
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Frecciarossa) Milan-Venice: Venice – Padua – Vicenza – Verona – Peschiera del Garda – Brescia – Milan
* High-speed train (
Trenitalia
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Frecciarossa) Venice-Rome: Venice – Padua – Bologna – Florence – Rome
*High-speed train (
Trenitalia
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Frecciargento) Venice-Rome Airport: Venice – Padua – Ferrara – Bologna – Florence – Rome – Rome-Fiumicino "Leonard da Vinci" Airport
*High-speed train (
Trenitalia
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Frecciargento) Venice-Naples: Venice- Padua – Ferrara – Bologna – Florence – Rome – Naples
*High-speed train (
Trenitalia
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Frecciabianca) Turin-Venice: Venice – Padua – Vicenza – Verona – Peschiera del Garda – Brescia – Milan – Novara – Vercelli – Turin
*High-speed train (
Trenitalia
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Frecciabianca) Lecce-Venice: Lecce – Brindisi – Bari – Foggia – Termoli – Pescara – Ancona – Pesaro – Rimini – Bologna – Ferrara – Rovigo – Padua – Venice
*Night train (
Trenitalia
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Intercity Notte) Trieste-Rome: Trieste/Triest – Gorizia/Görz – Udine – Trevisio – Venice (Santa Lucia) – Venice (Mestre) – Padua – Monselice – Rovigo – Ferrara – Bologna – Arezzo – Chiusi-Chiciano Terme – Rome
Domestic
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional Express) Venice-Bologna: Venice – Padua – Monselice – Rovigo – Ferrara – Bologna
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional Express) Venice-Verona: Venice – Padua – Vicenza – San Bonifacio – Verona
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Verona: Venice – Mira Mirano – Padua – Grisignano di Zocco – Vicenza – San Bonifacio – Verona
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Udine: Venice – Treviso – Udine
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Conegliano: Venice – Treviso – Conegliano
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Portogruaro Carole: Venice – Medolo – San Donà di Piave – Portogruaro Carole
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Trieste: Venice – Portogruaro Carole – Monfalcone – Trieste/Triest
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Trieste via Gorizia: Venice – Treviso – Udine – Gorizia/Görz – Trieste/Triest
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Adria: Venice – Piove di Sacco – Adria
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Rovigo/Ferrara: Venice – Padua – Monselice – Rovigo – Ferrara
*Regional train (
Trenitalia
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Regional) Venice-Bassano del Grappa: Venice – Piombino Dese – Castelfranco Veneto – Bassano del Grappa
Cross-border
(D for Germany, A for Austria, F for France, CH for Switzerland, GB for United Kingdom)
On 11 December 2016, all ÖBB EuroNight services were rebranded as "
Nightjet
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''Nightjet'' operates in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland. ...
".
*Intercity train (
ÖBB Railjet) Venice-Vienna: Venice – Treviso – Udine – Tarvisio – Villach (A) – Klagenfurt (A) – Leoben (A) – Bruck (A) – Wiener Neustadt (A) – Vienna (A)
*Intercity train (
SBB CFF FFS
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Eurocity) Geneva-Venice: Geneva/Genf (CH) – Lausanne (CH) – Montreux (CH) – Sion (CH) – Brig (CH) – Domodossola – Gallarate – Milan – Brescia – Peschiera del Garda – Verona – Padua – Venice
*Intercity train (
ÖBB Eurocity) Munich-Venice: Munich (D) – Rosenheim (D) – Innsbruck (A) – Brenner (A) – Bolzano – Verona – Venice
*Night train (
ÖBB EuroNight) Vienna-Venice: Vienna (A) – Wiener Neustadt (A) – Sankt-Pölten (A) – Linz (A) – Salzburg (A) – Villach (A) – Udine – Conegliano – Treviso – Venice
*Tourist train (
Venice-Simplon Orient Express) Venice-London: Venice – Verona – Innsbruck (A) – Paris (East) (F) – London (Victoria) (GB)
Traffic
The station is used by about 82,000 passengers per day, or a total of around 30 million passengers per annum.
Every day, approximately 450 trains stop at the station.
Long-distance trains use the central platforms, and the regional and suburban platforms are located to the west.
The station is the terminus of several famous trains, including the
Venice Simplon Orient Express.
Interchange
Overview
The station is connected with the rest of Venice by the
Vaporetto (public water bus) or private water taxi boats. The nearby Piazzale Roma is the departure point for all car services and taxis for the mainland.
Vaporetto lines in the transit station
The stop (dock) is called ''Ferrovia'' and is served by eight
ACTV Vaporetto lines:
* 1 P.le Roma – Ferrovia – Rialto – San Marco – Lido
* 2 San Zaccaria – Giudecca – Tronchetto – P.le Roma – Ferrovia – Rialto – San Marco – (Lido)
* 4.1 Murano – F.te Nove – Ferrovia – P.le Roma – Giudecca – San Zaccaria – F.te Nove – Murano
* 4.2 Murano – F.te Nove – San Zaccaria – Giudecca – P.le Roma – Ferrovia – F.te Nove – Murano
* 5.1 Lido – F.te Nove – Ferrovia – P.le Roma – San Zaccaria – Lido
* 5.2 Lido – San Zaccaria – P.le Roma – Ferrovia – F.te Nove – Lido
* 3 Murano – Ferrovia – P.le Roma (direct line)
* N San Zaccaria – Giudecca – Tronchetto – P.le Roma – Ferrovia – Rialto – San Marco – Lido (night line)
See also
*
History of rail transport in Italy
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*
List of railway stations in Veneto
*
Rail transport in Italy
*
Railway stations in Italy
Most railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by RFI, a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them are operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state. See also: :it:Ferrovie in concessione
...
References
External links
''"Grandi Stazioni SpA"'' official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Venezia Santa Lucia Railway Station
Transport in Venice
Railway stations in Veneto
Buildings and structures in Venice
Railway stations opened in 1861
1861 establishments in Italy