Viareggio railway station

Viareggio
View of the passenger building.
Location	Piazzale Dante Alighieri 55049 Viareggio LU Viareggio, Lucca, Tuscany Italy
Coordinates	43°52′26″N 10°15′10″E / 43.87389°N 10.25278°E / 43.87389; 10.25278Coordinates: 43°52′26″N 10°15′10″E / 43.87389°N 10.25278°E / 43.87389; 10.25278
Operated by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s)	Pisa–La Spezia–Genova Viareggio–Florence
Distance	22.00 km (13.67 mi) from Pisa Centrale
Train operators	Trenitalia
Connections	Urban and suburban buses
Other information
Classification	Gold
History
Opened	13 June 1936; 81 years ago (1936-06-13)
Location
Viareggio Location within Tuscany

Viareggio railway station (Italian: Stazione di Viareggio) serves the city and comune of Viareggio, in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. Opened in 1936, it forms part of the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway, and is also a junction for a regional line to Florence.

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

Thanks to its position, the station is the most significant one in the Province of Lucca. It is an important junction connecting Pisa, Livorno and Rome with La Spezia, Genoa, Parma and Milan, and providing interchange for passengers to and from all of these cities with trains to and from Lucca, Florence and the Garfagnana. Its catchment area includes much of the Versilia.

Viareggio railway station is situated in Piazzale Dante Alighieri, at the western edge of the city centre.

The original Viareggio station was opened in 1861. By the end of the nineteenth century, it was inadequate for the role of trade and tourism that the city was taking at that time. As early as 1889, the comune of Viareggio had proposed the construction of a new, more central, facility, that could provide "more prestige and dignity to the city."