Venezia Santa Lucia () is the central station of

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in the north-east of

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. It is a terminus and located at the northern edge of Venice's historic city (). The station is one of Venice's two most important railway stations; the other one is Venezia Mestre, a mainline

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on Venice's mainland district of

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. Both Santa-Lucia and Mestre stations are managed by

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and they are connected to each other by

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().

Location

Venezia Santa Lucia is located in

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district, the northernmost of the six historic ''

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'' (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

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. A bridge over the Grand Canal, the

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(or Ponte dei Scalzi) (), 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

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). 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

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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

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buildings facing the Grand Canal. It is the result of a series of plans started up by the rationalist architect

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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. In 1994 the former goods yard directly to the south west of the station which had been closed in the 1970s and used intermittently as a

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ever since was redeveloped to provide extra capacity resulting in 8 extra platforms increasing the total number of platforms from 15 to 23. 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 15 internal platforms. (Platforms 16-23 are situated outside in the redeveloped goods yard directly to the south east of the station)

Train services

The station is served by the following services: High-speed * High-speed train (

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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 (

Frecciarossa) Milan-Venice: Venice – Padua – Vicenza – Verona – Peschiera del Garda – Brescia – Milan * High-speed train (

Frecciarossa) Venice-Rome: Venice – Padua – Bologna – Florence – Rome *High-speed train (

Frecciargento) Venice-Rome Airport: Venice – Padua – Ferrara – Bologna – Florence – Rome – Rome-Fiumicino "Leonard da Vinci" Airport *High-speed train (

Frecciargento) Venice-Naples: Venice- Padua – Ferrara – Bologna – Florence – Rome – Naples *High-speed train (

Frecciabianca) Turin-Venice: Venice – Padua – Vicenza – Verona – Peschiera del Garda – Brescia – Milan – Novara – Vercelli – Turin *High-speed train (

Frecciabianca) Lecce-Venice: Lecce – Brindisi – Bari – Foggia – Termoli – Pescara – Ancona – Pesaro – Rimini – Bologna – Ferrara – Rovigo – Padua – Venice *Night train (

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 (

Regional Express) Venice-Bologna: Venice – Padua – Monselice – Rovigo – Ferrara – Bologna *Regional train (

Regional Express) Venice-Verona: Venice – Padua – Vicenza – San Bonifacio – Verona *Regional train (

Regional) Venice-Verona: Venice – Mira Mirano – Padua – Grisignano di Zocco – Vicenza – San Bonifacio – Verona *Regional train (

Regional) Venice-Udine: Venice – Treviso – Udine *Regional train (

Regional) Venice-Conegliano: Venice – Treviso – Conegliano *Regional train (

Regional) Venice-Portogruaro Caorle: Venice – Medolo – San Donà di Piave – Portogruaro Caorle *Regional train (

Regional) Venice-Trieste: Venice – Portogruaro Carole – Monfalcone – Trieste/Triest *Regional train (

Regional) Venice-Trieste via Gorizia: Venice – Treviso – Udine – Gorizia/Görz – Trieste/Triest *Regional train (

Regional) Venice-Adria: Venice – Piove di Sacco – Adria *Regional train (

Regional) Venice-Rovigo/Ferrara: Venice – Padua – Monselice – Rovigo – Ferrara *Regional train (

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 "

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". *Intercity train (

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Railjet operated by

) Venice-Vienna: Venice – Treviso – Udine – Tarvisio – Villach (A) – Klagenfurt (A) – Leoben (A) – Bruck (A) – Wiener Neustadt (A) – Vienna (A) *Intercity train (

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 (

Eurocity operated by

) Munich-Venice: Munich (D) – Rosenheim (D) – Innsbruck (A) – Brenner (A) – Bolzano – Verona – Venice *Night train (

EuroNight operated by

) Vienna-Venice: Vienna (A) – Wiener Neustadt (A) – Sankt-Pölten (A) – Linz (A) – Salzburg (A) – Villach (A) – Udine – Conegliano – Treviso – Venice *Tourist train (

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) Venice-London: Venice – Verona – Innsbruck (A) – Paris (East) (F) – London (Victoria) (GB) operated by Treni Turistici Italiani.

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

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Interchange

Overview

The station is connected with the rest of Venice by the

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(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

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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)

References

External links

''"Grandi Stazioni SpA"'' official website

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