Napoli Centrale (''Naples Central Station'') is the main

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in the city of

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...

and in southern Italy and the sixth largest station in Italy in terms of passenger flow with an annual ridership of 50 million. It is located next to Piazza Garibaldi to the east of the old city. It is the primary rail terminus and station for Naples, and serves

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national railways and EAV. This one has an underground section known as ''Stazione di Napoli Piazza Garibaldi'' (Naples Garibaldi Piazza station), which is served by the metropolitan trains of the line 2, line 1 (Garibaldi), and 3, 12, 14, and 15 '' EAV Circumvesuviana'' lines which is accessible from 2 entrances inside the ''Centrale'' station, 1 outside in glass, and from the new Garibaldi Square.

History

The first station on the site was built in 1866 on a design by the architect

Enrico Alvino Enrico Alvino (1809–1872) was an Italian architect and urban designer, particularly active in Naples in the mid-19th century. He was born in Milan, and died in Rome. Works Among his important works in Naples are: *façade of the church of San ...

and it was opened on 7 May of the following year. The current station was designed in 1954 by

Pier Luigi Nervi Pier Luigi Nervi (21 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University from 1946 to 1961 and is known wor ...

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, Bruno Zevi,

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Luigi Piccinato Luigi Piccinato (30 October 1899 – 29 July 1983) was an Italian architect and town planner. Works * ''Urbanistica medioevale'', Florence, 1943 * Napoli Centrale railway station, Naples, 1954 * Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, 1955 * A-Block Apartm ...

and

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on the site of the old railway station and overlooks the square dedicated to

Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, pa ...

. The project was completed in 1960. The station has undergone a deep restyling lasting five years and finished in August 2010, which concerned both the platform and the underground floor, with the installation of new escalators, elevators, lights, benches, shops and the replacement of the original floors made in black linoleum with a more modern white tile covering.

Transport

The station has 25 tracks. It is connected to Rome by high-speed trains on the Rome–Naples high-speed railway line as well as slower trains on the original Rome–Cassino–Naples line and the Rome–Formia–Naples ''Direttissima'' opened in 1927. It is connected to Salerno and southern Italy by the traditional Naples–Salerno line and the recently opened Naples–Salerno high-speed line used by long distance trains.

Train services

The station is served by the following services (incomplete): *High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') Turin - Milan - Reggio Emilia - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno **2 trains a day extend north to Brescia and 2 trains extend south to Taranto *High speed services (''Frecciarossa'') Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno *High speed services (''Frecciargento'') Rome - Naples - Salerno - Paola - Lamezia Terme - Rosarno - Reggio di Calabria *High speed services (''Frecciargento'') Bolzano - Trento - Rovereto - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples *High speed services (''Frecciabianca'') Rome - Naples - Salerno - Sapri - Lamezia - Vibo Valentia - Reggio Calabria *High speed services (''Italo'') Turin - Milan - Reggio Emilia - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno *High speed services (''Italo'') Brescia - Desenzano - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples *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 *Intercity services Livorno - Civitavecchia - Rome - Naples *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

Napoli Piazza Garibaldi railway station

Below the mainline station is an underground station named Napoli Piazza Garibaldi railway station, for the

Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway The Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway (also called the ''Naples Passante'') is a 16 km-long double track line which connects the line to Rome via Formia with the line to Salerno near Napoli Gianturco station through Naples and its n ...

, used by the metropolitan train of the line 2. There is also a connection to the nearby

Circumvesuviana Circumvesuviana () is a railway network in the east of the Naples metropolitan area, previously run by a company of the same name, now operated by Ente Autonomo Volturno. Electrically powered throughout, the system uses the narrow gauge of ...

''Napoli Piazza Garibaldi''.

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