Lamezia Terme Centrale railway station

Lamezia Terme Centrale
Location	Via del Mare Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro, Calabria Italy
Coordinates	38°55′16″N 16°15′20″E / 38.92111°N 16.25556°E / 38.92111; 16.25556Coordinates: 38°55′16″N 16°15′20″E / 38.92111°N 16.25556°E / 38.92111; 16.25556
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria Lamezia Terme–Catanzaro Lido
Distance	253.871 km (157.748 mi) from Battipaglia
Platforms	7
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban buses
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	15 November 1894; 122 years ago (1894-11-15)
Location
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Lamezia Terme Centrale railway station (Italian: Stazione di Lamezia Terme Centrale) (IATA: LTZ) is the main railway station serving the city and comune of Lamezia Terme, in the Calabria region, Southern Italy. Opened in 1894, it forms part of the Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway, and is also a terminus of a secondary line, the Lamezia Terme–Catanzaro Lido railway.

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Train services are operated by or on behalf of Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Lamezia Terme Centrale railway station is situated at via del Mare, at the northeastern edge of the city centre.

The station was opened on 15 November 1894, under its original name Sant'Eufemia Biforcazione, together with the rest of the section of the Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway between Pizzo and Gizzeria Lido (the latter then known as Sant'Eufemia Marina). On the same day, the first part of the line to Catanzaro Lido, extending about 25 km (16 mi) to Marcellinara, was also opened to traffic.

Management of the station and line was initially entrusted to the Società per le Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo (English: Company for the Railways of the Mediterranean).

The following year, on 31 July 1895, the final section of the Southern Tyrrhenian railway was completed, between Praja-Ajeta-Tortora and Gizzeria Lido (Sant'Eufemia Marina), via Scalea, Cetraro, Paola and Amantea. This new section of line also connected Lamezia Terme with the rest of the Tyrrhenian coast. On 31 July 1899, Catanzaro became accessible by rail from the Tyrrhenian, thus connecting Sant'Eufemia Biforcazione with the Jonica railway.