Roma Termini railway station

For the Rome Metro station underneath Termini, see Termini (Rome Metro). For the Italian town, see Termini Imerese.

Roma Termini
General information
Coordinates	41°54′03″N 12°30′07″E
Operated by	Trenitalia
Managed by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Grandi Stazioni
Line(s)	Rome–Florence (high-speed) Rome–Florence (traditional) Rome–Naples (high-speed) Rome–Formia–Naples Rome–Cassino–Naples Rome-Nettuno Rome–Pisa Rome–Pescara Rome-Ancona Rome–Viterbo Rome–Velletri Rome–Albano Rome–Frascati Rome–Fiumicino
Platforms	32
Other information
Classification	Platinum
History
Opened	1862 (1862)
Services

Roma Termini (in Italian, Stazione Termini or Stazione di Roma Termini - Giovanni Paolo II) is the main railway station of Rome, Italy. It is named after the district of the same name, which in turn took its name from ancient Baths of Diocletian (in Latin, thermae), which lie across the street from the main entrance.

Overview

The station has regular train services to all major Italian cities, as well as daily international services to Paris, Munich, Geneva, Basel, and Vienna. With twenty-nine platforms and over 150 million passengers each year, Roma Termini is one of the largest railway stations in Europe.

Termini is also the main hub for public transport inside Rome. Both current Rome Metro lines (A and B) intersect at Termini metro station, and a major bus station is located at Piazza dei Cinquecento, the square in front of the station. However, the main tram lines of the city cross at Porta Maggiore, some 1,500 metres east of the station.

On 23 December 2006, the station was dedicated to Pope John Paul II.

History

Façade of the first permanent Termini station, circa 1890. The obelisk on the right, a memorial to Italian casualties in battle of Dogali, is now in a nearby street, via delle Terme di Diocleziano.

On 25 February 1863, Pope Pius IX opened the first, temporary Termini Station as the terminus of the Rome–Frascati, Rome–Civitavecchia and Rome-Ceprano lines.

The first two lines previously had separate stations elsewhere in the city, and, as the third line was under development, the city chose to build one central station, as opposed to the Paris model of having separate terminus stations for each line or each direction. The dilapidated Villa Montalto-Peretti, erected in the 16th Century by Pope Sixtus V, was chosen as the site for this new station, which was to be called the "Stazione Centrale delle Ferrovie Romane" (Central Station of Roman Railways).

Construction of the permanent station began in 1868, in the last years of the Papal Temporal Power over the city of Rome, and was completed in 1874 after the Capture of Rome and installing of government of United Italy. It was laid out according to a plan by the architect Salvatore Bianchi. The front of this station reached Via Cavour, which means it stuck some 200 metres deeper into the city than the current station.

In 1937, it was decided to replace the old station, as part of the planning for the 1942 World's Fair, which was never held because of the outbreak of World War II. The old station was demolished, and part of the new station was constructed, but works were halted in 1943 as the Italian fascist government collapsed. The side structures of the design by Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande are still part of the current-day station.

Current building

The current building was designed by the two teams which won a competition in 1947: Leo Calini and Eugenio Montuori; Massimo Castellazzi, Vasco Fadigati, Achille Pintonello and Annibale Vitellozzi. It was inaugurated in 1950. The building is characterized by the extremely long, modernist façade in travertine and by the gravity-defying double curve of the cantilever roof in reinforced concrete. Because of these, it carries the nickname the Dinosaur. The famous anodized aluminium friezes are work of artist Amerigo Tot: the composition is about capturing the dynamics in sound and speed of a train.

Servian Walls

A length of the early Roman Servian Wall is preserved outside the station.

Train services

The station is served by the following services (incomplete):

• High speed services (Eurostar Frecciargento) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce

Preceding station		Trenitalia		Following station
Terni toward Ravenna		[[]]		Terminus
Terminus		[[]]		Caserta toward Lecce
Terminus		[[]]		Napoli Centrale toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Firenze S.M.N. toward Venezia Santa Lucia		[[]]		Terminus
Firenze S.M.N. toward Udine		[[]]		Terminus
Firenze Campo di Marte toward Brescia or Bolzano-Bozen		[[]]		Terminus
Firenze S.M.N. toward Milano Centrale		[[]]		Napoli Centrale toward Salerno
Roma Tiburtina toward Torino Porta Nuova		[[]]		Terminus
Milano Centrale toward Torino Porta Nuova		[[]]		Terminus
Milano Centrale Terminus		[[]]		Napoli Centrale Terminus
Civitavecchia toward Milano Centrale		[[]]		Terminus
Roma Ostiense toward Torino Porta Nuova		InterCity		Latina toward Salerno
Roma Ostiense toward Ventimiglia		InterCity		Terminus
Terminus		InterCity		Terni toward Ancona
Terminus		InterCity		Latina toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Orte toward Milano Centrale		InterCity		Latina toward Salerno
Orte toward Venezia Santa Lucia		InterCity		Latina toward Napoli Centrale
Orte toward Trieste Centrale		InterCity		Terminus
Terminus		InterCity		Latina toward Taranto
Terminus		InterCity		Frosinone toward Bari Centrale
Terminus		InterCity		Latina toward Palermo Centrale
Terminus		InterCity		Latina toward Siracusa
Terminus		InterCity		Latina toward Napoli Centrale
Brindisi toward München Hbf		Intercity Notte		Terminus
Chiusi-Chianciano Terme toward Udine		Intercity Notte		Terminus
Civitavecchia toward Torino Porta Nuova		Intercity Notte		Latina toward Napoli Centrale
Orte toward Milano Centrale		Intercity Notte		Napoli Centrale Terminus
Terminus		Treno regionale		Roma Tiburtina toward Ancona
Preceding station		Lazio regional railways		Following station
Terminus		Template:FRR lines		Template:FRR stations toward Template:FRR stations
Terminus		Template:FRR lines		Template:FRR stations toward Template:FRR stations
Terminus		Template:FRR lines		Template:FRR stations toward Template:FRR stations
Terminus		Template:FRR lines		Template:FRR stations toward Template:FRR stations
Terminus		Template:FRR lines		Template:FRR stations toward Template:FRR stations

In the movies

• Stazione Termini (1953)
• Indiscretion of an American Wife (1954)

See also

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Lazio
• Rail transport in Italy
• Railway stations in Italy
• Roma Ostiense railway station, the third-largest station in Rome
• Roma Tiburtina railway station, the second-largest station in Rome

External links

• Official page at Grandistazioni website