Formia-Gaeta railway station

Formia-Gaeta
Formia-Gaeta railway station
Location	Formia, Province of Latina, Lazio  Italy
Coordinates	41°15′31″N 13°36′21″E / 41.25861°N 13.60583°E / 41.25861; 13.60583Coordinates: 41°15′31″N 13°36′21″E / 41.25861°N 13.60583°E / 41.25861; 13.60583
Operated by	Trenitalia
Line(s)	Roma–Formia–Napoli railway
Distance	128.423 km (79.798 mi) from Roma Termini
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	4 May 1862; 155 years ago (1862-05-04)
Services
Location
Formia-Gaeta Formia-Gaeta (Italy)

Formia-Gaeta railway station (Italian: Stazione di Formia-Gaeta), previously named Formia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Formia), serves the cities and comunes of Formia and Gaeta, in the region of Lazio, central Italy.

Opened in 1892, the station presently forms part of the Rome–Formia–Naples railway, which was completed in 1927. Previously, and originally, the station was part of the now abandoned Sparanise–Gaeta railway, the Formia–Gaeta section of which is currently in the process of being reconstructed.

All trains passing through the station are defined as being via Formia, to distinguish them from trains operating on the older and slower Rome–Naples railway via Cassino.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Formia-Gaeta railway station is situated at Piazza 4 Novembre, on the north side of the city centre.

The station was opened on 4 May 1892, upon the inauguration of the Sparanise–Gaeta railway. It was named Formia and was composed initially of two passenger tracks and a small goods yard.

The construction of the Rome–Formia–Naples railway in the 1920s positively changed the destiny of the station and negatively affected the Sparanise–Gaeta line. For an initial period, the Formia–Sparanise section of the latter line was used by trains to Rome because the direct route was not yet finished. Upon the completion of the new line, traffic was diverted to that line, and the numbers of travellers on the Formia–Sparanise section dropped dramatically.