Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station

Firenze Santa Maria Novella
View of the station building.
General information
LocationPiazza della Stazione
50123 Florence
Italy
Coordinates43°46′34″N 11°14′53″E / 43.77611°N 11.24806°E / 43.77611; 11.24806
Owned byRete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated byGrandi Stazioni
Line(s)
Distance314.077 kilometres (195.158 mi)
from Roma Termini
Platforms15
Construction
ArchitectGruppo Toscano
Other information
IATA codeZMS
History
Opened1848 (1848)
Rebuilt1934 (1934)
Location
Firenze Santa Maria Novella is located in Tuscany
Firenze Santa Maria Novella
Firenze Santa Maria Novella
Location in Tuscany
Firenze Santa Maria Novella is located in Italy
Firenze Santa Maria Novella
Firenze Santa Maria Novella
Location in Italy

Firenze Santa Maria Novella (in English Florence Santa Maria Novella) or Stazione di Santa Maria Novella (IATA: ZMS) is the main railway station in Florence, Italy. The station is used by 59 million people every year and is one of the busiest in Italy.[1]

It is at the northern end of the Florence–Rome high-speed railway line Direttissima, which was completed on 26 May 1992 and the southern end of the Bologna–Florence railway line, opened on 22 April 1934. A new high speed line to Bologna opened on 13 December 2009. The station is also used by regional trains on lines connecting to: Pisa, Livorno (Leopolda railway); Lucca, Viareggio (Viareggio–Florence railway); Bologna (Bologna–Florence railway) and Faenza (Faentina railway).

  1. ^ "Firenze S. Maria Novella". Grandi Stazioni (in Italian). Archived from the original on May 9, 2018.