Napoli Centrale railway station

Napoli Centrale
Piazza Garibaldi in front of the railway station.
Location	Piazza Garibaldi 80142 Napoli Italy
Coordinates	40°51′09″N 14°16′19″E / 40.85250°N 14.27194°E / 40.85250; 14.27194Coordinates: 40°51′09″N 14°16′19″E / 40.85250°N 14.27194°E / 40.85250; 14.27194
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Grandi Stazioni
Line(s)	Rome–Naples (high-speed) Rome–Formia–Naples Rome–Cassino–Naples Naples–Salerno (high-speed) Naples–Salerno (traditional) Villa Literno–Naples
Distance	215.971 km (134.198 mi) from Roma Termini
Platforms	25
Connections	Naples Metro (Napoli Piazza Garibaldi)
Construction
Architect	Pier Luigi Nervi
History
Opened	1866 (1866)
Location
Napoli Centrale railway station Napoli Centrale railway station (Italy)

Napoli Centrale (Naples Central Station) is the main railway station in the city of Naples 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 Trenitalia national railways and EAV and 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.

The first station on the site was built in 1866 and designed by the architect Enrico Alvino. The current station was designed in 1954 by Pier Luigi Nervi, Carlo Cocchia, Massimo Battaglini, Bruno Zevi, Giulio De Luca, Luigi Piccinato and Joseph Vaccaro on the site of the old railway station and overlooks the square dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi. The project was completed in 1960. The station is currently being rebuilt.

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.