Siracusa railway station Siracusa railway station Siracusa is the main railway station of the Italian city of Syracuse (It.: "Siracusa"), in Sicily. Like Palermo Centrale, Catania Centrale and Messina Centrale it is one of the most important stations in Sicily. It is owned by the "Ferrovie dello Stato", the national rail company of Italy. The station was inaugurated on 19 January 1871 as the southern terminal of the line from Messina and Catania. On 13 August 1892 a short rail connection to the port and the station of Siracusa Marittima was opened, originally named Siracusa Porto, not used for passenger traffic. The original
TrainOSE Fund has been the sole shareholder of the corporation since April 2013. In July 2013, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund launched an international tender for the privatisation of TrainOSE. Italian state railway group Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane submitted the only binding offer for a 100% stake in Greece’s national passenger and freight train operator TrainOSE, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund announced on July 6, 2016. On July 14, 2016, the privatisation agency accepted Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane's offer, worth 45 million euros, to buy 100% of TrainOSE. TrainOSE's shares were completely transferred on 14 September 2017, and is currently