Operated by Grandi Stazioni Connections AMAT buses Province Province of Palermo Platforms in use 10 | Train operators Trenitalia Opened 1886 Owner Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | |
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Location Piazza Giulio Cesare
90127 Palermo
Palermo, Palermo, Sicily
Italy Owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Line(s) Palermo–Messina
Palermo–Trapani
Palermo–Catania
Palermo–Agrigento Address Piazza Giulio Cesare, 90123 Palermo, Italy Similar Palermo Notarbartolo railway st, Catania Centrale railway st, Messina Centrale railway st, Palazzo dei Normanni, Kalsa | ||
Palermo Centrale is the main railway station of the Italian city of Palermo, capital of Sicily. It is one of the most important "FS" stations of Italy. Along with Catania Centrale, Messina Centrale and Syracuse it is one of the most important stations of its region. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy.
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History
The railway station, designed by the Italian architect Di Giovanni, was opened on 7 June 1886. Still 1941 it was characterized by a big roof with a structure in iron and glass, substituted in the early 1950s with a reinforced concrete structure.
Structure and transport
Palermo Centrale lies in the middle of the city, at Julius Caesar square (Piazza Giulio Cesare), and its building has a multi-level structure. It is a terminal station with 10 platforms for passenger service.
The station is situated on the lines Messina-Palermo and Palermo-Trapani. It is also the terminal of Palermo-Catania and Palermo-Agrigento lines.
As transport the Centrale is an important hub of regional services for Sicily, also served by the citizen subway which links it to the Airport of Punta Raisi. For long distance transport it is the terminus of InterCity and Express trains to Rome, Turin, Milan, Venice and still 1970s to Paris. It is still not served by EuroStar trains, principally for its position on an island, but it is included in the project of Berlin–Palermo railway axis.