Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station
Firenze Santa Maria Novella | |||||
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View of the station building. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Piazza della Stazione 50123 Florence Italy | ||||
| Coordinates | 43°46′34″N 11°14′53″E / 43.77611°N 11.24806°E | ||||
| Owned by | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana | ||||
| Operated by | Grandi Stazioni | ||||
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| Distance | 314.077 kilometres (195.158 mi) from Roma Termini | ||||
| Platforms | 15 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Architect | Gruppo Toscano | ||||
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| IATA code | ZMS | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1848 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1934 | ||||
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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.
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).