Messina Centrale railway station "Repubblica" stop, on station's square), opened in 2003. For long distance transport it counts some InterCity and Express trains to Rome, Turin, Milan and Venice, linking it also with Genoa, Naples, Bologna, Florence, Pisa and other cities. It is also part of the projected Berlin–Palermo railway axis. Messina Centrale railway station Messina Centrale is the main railway station of the Italian city of Messina, in Sicily. As Palermo Centrale, Catania Centrale and Syracuse it is one of the most important stations of its region. It is owned by the "Ferrovie dello Stato", the national rail company of Italy. The station,
Florence–Rome high-speed railway is referred to by Ferrovie dello Stato (the State Railways) as the "Linea Lenta" (meaning "slow line", abbreviated "LL") to distinguish it from the parallel high-speed line. In 2016 a contract was let for resignalling with ETCS level 2. The line is part of Corridor 1 of the European Union's Trans-European high-speed rail network, which connects Berlin and Palermo. The 315 km railway between Rome and Florence developed from several different lines by several different companies for different purposes and as a result was curvy and slow. Over the years there had been many studies, proposals and projects for deviations