- Location
- History
- Features
- Train services
- Traffic
- Interchange Overview Vaporetto lines in the transit station
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Infobox station | name = Venezia Santa Lucia | type = Railway Station | style = Italian Railway | image = Venezia Santa Lucia Train Station R01.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The station's facade exemplifies rationalist and Fascist architecture | address = Fondamenta Santa Lucia, 30121, Venice, Veneto | country = Italy | elevation = | distance = | coordinates = {{coord|45|26|27|N|12|19|15|E|type:railwaystation_region:IT-VE_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}} | map_locator ={{Location map |Italy North | label= Venezia Santa Lucia |alt= |mark= |lat_deg=45|lat_min=26|lat_sec=27 |lon_deg=12|lon_min=19|lon_sec=15 |position= |width=250 |float=center }} | line = Milan–Venice railway Venice–Trieste railway Venice–Udine railway Trento–Venice railway | structure = | platform = 23 | tracks = | depth = | levels = | parking = | bicycle = | disabled = | baggage_check = | opened = {{Start date and age|1861|df=y}} | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | ADA = | code = | operator = Grandi Stazioni (Station) Trenitalia (Train services) | owned = Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | classification = Platinum[1] | zone = | website = | smartcardname = | smartcardstatus = | former = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = }}Venezia Santa Lucia ({{lang-it|Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia}}) is the central station of Venice in the north-east of Italy. It is a terminus and located at the northern edge of Venice's historic city ({{lang-it|Centro storico}}). The station is one of Venice's two most important railway stations; the other one is Venezia Mestre, a mainline junction station on Venice's mainland district of Mestre. Both Santa-Lucia and Mestre stations are managed by Grandi Stazioni and they are connected to each other by Ponte della Libertà ({{lang-en|Liberty Bridge}}). LocationVenezia Santa Lucia is located in Cannaregio district, the northernmost of the six historic sestieri (districts) of Venice's historic city. It is situated on the northernmost island and near the western end of the Grand Canal. The station lies at the {{convert|267|km}} mark of the Milan–Venice railway. A bridge over the Grand Canal, the Ponte degli Scalzi (or Ponte dei Scalzi) ({{lang-en|Bridge of the Discalced}}), links the concourse in front of the station with the sestiere of Santa Croce. Venice's historic city had access only by river boats or railway until 1933 (construction of the road bridge and of Piazzale Roma). Since then, a terminal has been built for road transport with car parks and bus stations. Santa Lucia station concourse (not the Rail Station, but the Cruise Ship Port - by monorail to Pzza Roma) has also been connected to Piazzale Roma by light rail over Ponte della Costituzione ({{lang-en|Constitution Bridge}}). HistoryConstruction of Santa Lucia railway station began in 1860 under the Austrian Empire. In order to make room for both the station building and its forecourt, a convent and the Church of Santa Lucia were demolished in 1861. The station in turn took up the name of this 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; Mazzoni also designed the train hall. The final implementation, however, was undertaken only after the Second World War. In 1952, the station was completed on a design which had been developed by another architect, Paul Perilli.[2] In November 2009, work began on the renovation of Santa Lucia station. The renovation programme would include improvements to the use of spaces and the flow of internal transit. In addition, certain architectural elements would be recovered and restored; the atrium would be altered to house several retail spaces. This project was completed in 2012 with a cost of 24 million euros.[3][4] FeaturesAs 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 servicesThe station is served by the following services: High-speed- High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciarossa) Venice-Salerno: Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
- High-speed train (Italo NTV) Venice-Naples: Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples
- High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciarossa) Milan-Venice: Venice - Padua - Vicenza - Verona - Peschiera del Garda - Brescia - Milan
- High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciarossa) Venice-Rome: Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome
- High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciargento) Venice-Rome Airport: Venice - Padua - Ferrara - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Rome-Fiumicino "Leonard da Vinci" Airport
- High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciargento) Venice-Naples: Venice- Padua - Ferrara - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples
- High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciabianca) Turin-Venice: Venice - Padua - Vicenza - Verona - Peschiera del Garda - Brescia - Milan - Novara - Vercelli - Turin
- High-speed train (Trenitalia Frecciabianca) Lecce-Venice: Lecce - Brindisi - Bari - Foggia - Termoli - Pescara - Ancona - Pesaro - Rimini - Bologna - Ferrara - Rovigo - Padua - Venice
- Night train (Trenitalia Intercity Notte) Trieste-Rome: Trieste/Triest - Gorizia/Görz - Udine - Trevisio - Venice (Santa Lucia) - Venice (Mestre) - Padua - Monselice - Rovigo - Ferrara - Bologna - Arezzo - Chiusi-Chiciano Terme - Rome
Domestic- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional Express) Venice-Bologna: Venice - Padua - Monselice - Rovigo - Ferrara - Bologna
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional Express) Venice-Verona: Venice - Padua - Vicenza - San Bonifacio - Verona
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Verona: Venice - Mira Mirano - Padua - Grisignano di Zocco - Vicenza - San Bonifacio - Verona
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Udine: Venice - Treviso - Udine
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Conegliano: Venice - Treviso - Conegliano
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Portogruaro Carole: Venice - Medolo - San Donà di Piave - Portogruaro Carole
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Trieste: Venice - Portogruaro Carole - Monfalcone - Trieste/Triest
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Trieste via Gorizia: Venice - Treviso - Udine - Gorizia/Görz - Trieste/Triest
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Adria: Venice - Piove di Sacco - Adria
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Rovigo/Ferrara: Venice - Padua - Monselice - Rovigo - Ferrara
- Regional train (Trenitalia Regional) Venice-Bassano del Grappa: Venice - Piombino Dese - Castelfranco Veneto - Bassano del Grappa
Cross-border(D for Germany, A for Austria, F for France, CH for Switzerland, GB for United Kingdom) On 11 December 2016, all ÖBB EuroNight services were rebranded as "Nightjet". - Intercity train (ÖBB Eurocity) Venice-Vienna: Venice - Treviso - Udine - Tarvisio - Villach (A) - Klagenfurt (A) - Leoben (A) - Bruck (A) - Wiener Neustadt (A) - Vienna (A)
- Intercity train (SBB CFF FFS Eurocity) Geneva-Venice: Geneva/Genf (CH) - Lausanne (CH) - Montreux (CH) - Sion (CH) - Brig (CH) - Domodossola - Gallarate - Milan - Brescia - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Padua - Venice
- Intercity train (ÖBB Eurocity) Munich-Venice: Munich (D) - Rosenheim (D) - Innsbruck (A) - Brenner (A) - Bolzano - Verona - Venice
- Night train (ÖBB EuroNight) Vienna-Venice: Vienna (A) - Wiener Neustadt (A) - Sankt-Pölten (A) - Linz (A) - Salzburg (A) - Villach (A) - Udine - Conegliano - Treviso - Venice
- Night train (Thello EuroNight) Paris-Venice: Paris (F) - Dijon (F) - Milan - Brescia - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice
- Tourist train (Venice-Simplon Orient Express) Venice-London: Venice - Verona - Innsbruck (A) - Paris (East) (F) - London (Victoria) (GB)
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- 2 San Zaccaria - Giudecca - Tronchetto - P.le Roma - Ferrovia - Rialto - San Marco - (Lido)
- 4.1 Murano - F.te Nove - Ferrovia - P.le Roma - Giudecca - San Zaccaria - F.te Nove - Murano
- 4.2 Murano - F.te Nove - San Zaccaria - Giudecca - P.le Roma - Ferrovia - F.te Nove - Murano
- 5.1 Lido - F.te Nove - Ferrovia - P.le Roma - San Zaccaria - Lido
- 5.2 Lido - San Zaccaria - P.le Roma - Ferrovia - F.te Nove - Lido
- DM Murano - Ferrovia - P.le Roma - Tronchetto
- N San Zaccaria - Giudecca - Tronchetto - P.le Roma - Ferrovia - Rialto - San Marco - Lido (night line)
See also{{portal|Trains|Architecture|Italy}}- History of rail transport in Italy
- List of railway stations in Veneto
- Rail transport in Italy
- Railway stations in Italy
References1. ^List of Italian stations and categories {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013192704/http://www.rfi.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=df2d822169639210VgnVCM1000004016f90aRCRD |date=2013-10-13 }} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.grandistazioni.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=4a4172ceeae7b110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD |title=Venezia S. Lucia |author= |date= |work=Grandi Stazioni official website |publisher=Grandi Stazioni |accessdate=8 October 2010}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.grandistazioni.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=89a472ceeae7b110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD |title=Venezia S. Lucia - New project |author= |date= |work=Grandi Stazioni official website |publisher=Grandi Stazioni |accessdate=8 October 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.venezia.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/31696 |title=Al via i lavori di restyling della stazione ferroviaria di Santa Lucia. |author= |date= |work=Comune Venezia official website |publisher=Comune Venezia |trans-title =Work begins on the restyling of Santa Lucia station. |accessdate=8 October 2010|language=it}}
External links{{commonscat-inline|Venezia Santa Lucia train station|Venezia Santa Lucia}}- "Grandi Stazioni SpA" official website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100715082644/http://www.stazionidelmondo.it/veneziasantalucia.htm Stazioni del Mondo - Description and images of Venezia Santa Lucia station] {{it icon}}
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