Roma Termini railway station

Location
	Roma Termini Location within Rome

Roma Termini
Roma Termini
General information
Location	Piazzale dei Cinquecento; 00185 Rome; Italy
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	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
History
Opened	1862; 162 years ago
Location
Location
	Roma Termini Location within Rome

Roma Termini (in Italian, Stazione Termini) 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.^[1]

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,^[2] 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.^[2]

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.

The terminal building today

The current building was designed by the two teams selected through a competition process 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 linear lobby hall, a tall space of monumental dimensions. This great hall is fronted by full height glass walls, and is covered with a concrete roof that consists of a flattened and segmented arch, a modernist version of a Roman bath's barrel vault. The vault is structurally integrated with a cantilevered canopy that extends over the entrance drive. The end result is a gravity-defying modernist structure that also recalls a similar achievement of Roman architecture. The back of the hall leads to a transition space of ticketing functions before reaching the train shed, and is topped by an even longer building block that houses a 10-story hotel, clad with a façade of travertine.

Architecturally, the building punctuates the sense of arrival to Rome, and communicates a sense of the Eternal City as both modern and traditional, looking forward to the future as well as remembering its history. Its bold presence in the urban fabric expresses the diversity of the City's history, and speaks of the dramatic new scale of the modern industrial economy of Italy.

The anodized aluminium frieze panels set in sequence along the length of the glass wall are the 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 (Frecciarossa) Turin - Milan - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
High speed services (Italo) Turin - Milan - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
High speed services (Frecciarossa) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
High speed services (Italo) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
High speed services (Frecciargento) Trieste - Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome
High speed services (Frecciargento) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome
High speed services (Frecciargento) Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Fiumicino Airport
High speed services (Frecciargento) Udine - Treviso - Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome
High speed services (Frecciargento) Bolzano/Bozen - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome
High speed services (Frecciargento) Brescia - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome
High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
High speed services (Frecciargento) Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Milan - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Florence - Rome
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Ravenna - Rimini - Foligno - Terni - Rome
High speed services (Frecciabianca) Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria
Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Messina - Palermo / Siracusa
Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria
Intercity services Rome - Naples - Salerno - Taranto
Intercity services Rome - Foggia - Bari (- Taranto)
Intercity services Ventimiglia - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome
Intercity services Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome - Naples - Salerno
Intercity services Livorno - Civitavecchia - Rome - Naples
Intercity services Trieste - Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome
Intercity services Ancona - Foligno - Terni - Rome
Intercity services Perugia - Foligno - Terni - Rome
Night train (EuroNight) Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Venice - Bologna - Florence - Rome
Night train (CityNightLine) Munich - Wörgl - Innsbruck - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome
Night train (Intercity Notte) Trieste - Udine - Treviso - Venice - Padua - Bologna - Rome
Night train (Intercity Notte) Bolzano/Bozen - Verona - Rome
Night train (Intercity Notte) Rome - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
Night train (Intercity Notte) Rome - Naples - Messina - Palermo / Siracusa
Regional services (Leonardo Express) Rome - Fiumicino Airport
Regional services (Treno Regionale) Rome - Pomezia - Latina - Formia - Minturno - Naples
Regional services (Treno Regionale) Rome - Pomezia - Nettuno
Regional services (Treno Regionale) Rome - Venafro - Campobasso
Regional services (Treno Regionale) Rome - Ciampino - Zagarolo - Collefero - Frosinone
Regional services (Treno Regionale) Rome - Ciampino - Albano Laziale
Regional services (Treno Regionale) Rome - Ciampino - Velletri
Regional services (Treno Regionale) Civitavecchia - Cerveteri - Rome

Preceding station	Trenitalia	Following station
Roma Tiburtina toward Torino Porta Nuova	Frecciarossa	Napoli Centrale toward Salerno
Roma Tiburtina toward Venezia Santa Lucia	Frecciarossa	Napoli Centrale toward Salerno
Roma Tiburtina toward Trieste Centrale	Frecciargento	Terminus
Roma Tiburtina toward Venezia Santa Lucia	Frecciargento	Terminus
Roma Tiburtina toward Venezia Santa Lucia	Frecciargento	Fiumicino Aeroporto Terminus
Roma Tiburtina toward Udine	Frecciargento	Terminus
Firenze Campo di Marte toward Bolzano/Bozen	Frecciargento	Terminus
Firenze Campo di Marte toward Brescia	Frecciargento	Terminus
Terminus	Frecciargento	Caserta toward Lecce
Terminus	Frecciargento	Napoli Centrale toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Civitavecchia toward	Frecciabianca	Terminus
Civitavecchia toward	Frecciabianca	Terminus
Terni toward	Frecciabianca	Terminus
Terminus	Frecciabianca	Napoli Centrale toward
Terminus	InterCity	Latina toward Palermo Centrale
Terminus	InterCity	Latina toward Siracusa
Terminus	InterCity	Latina toward Reggio di Calabria Centrale
Terminus	InterCity	Latina toward Taranto
Terminus	InterCity	Frosinone toward Bari Centrale
Roma Ostiense toward Ventimiglia	InterCity	Terminus
Roma Ostiense toward Torino Porta Nuova	InterCity	Latina toward Salerno
Roma Ostiense toward Livorno Centrale	InterCity	Latina toward Napoli Centrale
Orte toward Trieste Centrale	InterCity	Terminus
Orte toward Ancona	InterCity	Terminus
Roma Tiburtina toward Perugia	InterCity	Terminus
Orvieto toward Wien Hbf	EuroNight	Terminus
Orvieto toward München Hbf	EuroNight	Terminus
Chiusi-Chianciano Terme toward Trieste Centrale	Intercity Notte	Terminus
Orte toward Bolzano/Bozen	Intercity Notte	Terminus
Terminus	Intercity Notte	Caserta toward Lecce
Terminus	Intercity Notte	Latina toward Palermo Centrale
Terminus	Intercity Notte	Latina toward Siracusa
Terminus	Treno regionale	Fiumicino Aeroporto Terminus
Terminus	Treno regionale	Torricola toward Napoli Centrale
Terminus	Treno regionale	Torricola toward Nettuno
Terminus	Treno regionale	Venafro toward Campbasso Centro
Terminus	Treno regionale	Ciampino toward Frosinone
Terminus	Treno regionale	Capannelle toward Albano Laziale
Terminus	Treno regionale	Capannelle toward Velletri
Roma Tuscolana toward Civitavecchia	Treno regionale	Terminus
Preceding station	Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori	Following station
Roma Tiburtina toward Torino Porta Nuova	Italo	Napoli Centrale toward Salerno
Roma Tiburtina toward Venezia Santa Lucia	Italo	Napoli Centrale toward Salerno
Preceding station	Lazio regional railways	Following station
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In popular culture

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

References

^ Guida d'Italia. Roma. Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1999. p. 162.: "il toponimo deriva dalle terme di Diocleziano" ("the toponym derives from the Baths of Diocletian").
^ ^a ^b Roma Termini

External links

Official page at Grandistazioni website

[1] Guida d'Italia. Roma. Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1999. p. 162.: "il toponimo deriva dalle terme di Diocleziano" ("the toponym derives from the Baths of Diocletian").

[termini-2] Roma Termini

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