Venezia Santa Lucia railway station

Venezia Santa Lucia
Railway Station

Venezia Santa Lucia railway station
Location Fondamenta Santa Lucia, 30121, Venice, Veneto
Italy
Coordinates 45°26′27″N 12°19′15″E / 45.44083°N 12.32083°E / 45.44083; 12.32083Coordinates: 45°26′27″N 12°19′15″E / 45.44083°N 12.32083°E / 45.44083; 12.32083
Owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by Grandi Stazioni (Station)
Trenitalia (Train services)
Line(s) Milan–Venice railway
Venice–Trieste railway
Venice–Udine railway
Trento–Venice railway
Platforms 16
Other information
Classification Platinum[1]
History
Opened 1861 (1861)
Location
Venezia Santa Lucia
Venezia Santa Lucia (Northern Italy)
View from the North West.

Venezia Santa Lucia (Italian: Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia) is a terminal railway station serving the city of Venice, Italy. It is also the only (heavy rail) railway station in the historic city of Venice (Italian: Centro storico), although there are also three light rail stations on the Venice People Mover network.

The station is one of Venice's two most important railway stations, the other one being Venezia Mestre, a junction station in Venice's mainland frazione of Mestre. Both stations are managed by Grandi Stazioni and they are linked with each other by the Ponte della Libertà (English: Liberty Bridge) between the mainland and the historic city.

Location

Venezia Santa Lucia is located in Cannaregio, the northernmost of the six historic sestieri (districts) of the historic city, near the western end of the Grand Canal. It lies at the 267 kilometres (166 mi) mark of the Milan–Venice railway.

A bridge over the Grand Canal, the Ponte degli Scalzi (or Ponte dei Scalzi) (English: Bridge of the Barefoot [Monks]), links the concourse in front of the station with the sestiere of Santa Croce.

Since 2008, the concourse has also been linked with Piazzale Roma, the car terminal in the historic city and main terminus for all bus routes in and out of Venice, and by another Grand Canal bridge, the controversial Ponte della Costituzione (English: Constitution Bridge).

History

Steam train from Santa Lucia to Bassano del Grappa, August 1973.
An Italo train at the station.
An Intercity Notte train arriving at the station.

Construction of the Santa Lucia station began in 1860. In order to make room for both the station and its forecourt, a convent and the Church of Santa Lucia were demolished in 1861. The station, in turn, took up the name of the church.

The current station building is one of the few modernist buildings facing the Grand Canal. It is the result of a series of plans started up by the rationalist architect Angiolo Mazzoni in 1924 and developed by him over the next decade.

In 1934, a contest for a detailed design for the current station was won by Virgilio Vallot. Between 1936 and 1943, Mazzoni and Vallot collaborated on the construction of the station building, whereas Mazzoni also designed the train hall. This work, however, was completed only some years later, in 1952, on a design developed by another architect, Paul Perilli.[2]

In November 2009, work began on the renovation of the station. The renovation programme would include improvements to the use of spaces and the flow of internal transit. Additionally, certain architectural elements will be recovered and restored; the atrium will be altered to house several retail spaces. This project is estimated to take two years and cost 24 million euros.[3][4]

Features

As the current station building is low and wide, it does not dominate its surroundings. The flanks of its façade are decorated with Venetian lions. Behind the façade, there is a sizeable main hall with ticketing facilities, shops, offices and luggage storage facilities. The main hall also leads to the station's 16 platforms.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
toward Salerno
FrecciarossaTerminus
FrecciargentoTerminus
FrecciargentoTerminus
FrecciabiancaTerminus
toward Lecce
FrecciabiancaTerminus
toward Munich Hbf
EuroCityTerminus
EuroCityTerminus
toward Wien Hbf
EuroCityTerminus
toward Munich
EuroNightTerminus
toward Wien Hbf
EuroNightTerminus
toward Roma Termini
Intercity Notte
Treno regionaleTerminus
Treno regionaleTerminus
Treno regionale
via Portogruaro
Terminus
Treno regionale
via Udine
Terminus
toward Ferrara
Treno regionaleTerminus
Treno regionaleTerminus
Treno regionale
via Udine
Terminus
toward Bassano del Grappo
Treno regionaleTerminus
Treno regionaleTerminus
Preceding station   Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori   Following station
toward Salerno
ItaloTerminus
Preceding station   Thello   Following station
ThelloTerminus
Preceding station   Venice-Simplon Orient Express   Following station
toward London
Venice-Simplon Orient ExpressTerminus
Preceding station   Sistemi Territoriali   Following station
toward Adria
Treno regionaleTerminus

Traffic

The station is used by about 82,000 passengers per day, or a total of around 30 million passengers per annum.[2]

Every day, approximately 450 trains stop at the station.[2] Long-distance trains use the central platforms, and the regional and suburban platforms are located to the west.

The station is the terminus of several famous trains, including the Venice Simplon Orient Express.

Interchange

Overview

The station is connected with the rest of Venice by the Vaporetto (public water bus) or private water taxi boats. The nearby Piazzale Roma is the departure point for all car services and taxis for the mainland.

Vaporetto lines in the transit station

The stop (dock) is called Ferrovia and is served by eight ACTV Vaporetto lines:

See also

References

  1. ↑ List of Italian stations and categories
  2. 1 2 3 "Venezia S. Lucia". Grandi Stazioni official website. Grandi Stazioni. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Venezia S. Lucia - New project". Grandi Stazioni official website. Grandi Stazioni. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Al via i lavori di restyling della stazione ferroviaria di Santa Lucia." [Work begins on the restyling of Santa Lucia station.]. Comune Venezia official website (in Italian). Comune Venezia. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

External links

Media related to Venezia Santa Lucia at Wikimedia Commons


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