Venezia Santa Lucia railway station

The Venezia Santa Lucia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia ) is the main railway station of Venice. He is a terminus station and the only station on the island of Venice. Its name was pulled from the Santa Lucia Church, which originally stood in this place and for the construction of the station in 1861. A memorial stone at the center of the square is reminiscent of the former church.

Transport links

About the Ponte della Libertà ( Freedom Bridge ) to the train station to the node Venezia Mestre railway station is connected to the mainland and thus also with the rest of the FS network. Within the framework of the TEN- axis No. 6 ( Lyon- Milan-Venice -Trieste -Budapest ) and the PAN corridor No. 5 ( Venice -Maribor -Budapest- Kiev) to Venice and to the planned high -speed lines Verona -Venice and Venice -Trieste will be connected.

Eight lines of the ACTV vaporetto operate the railway station:

Architectural History

The current appearance of the station is a result of a series of designs which have been created since 1924 by the architect Angiolo Mazzoni and by a competition of 1934. Winner of the competition was Virgilio Vallot ( 1901-1982 ). Both architects worked closely together in the execution of the station, especially the reception building and the hall, in the years from 1936 to 1943. The construction was continued after the war under the direction of architect Paolo Perilli and completed in 1952.