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
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane ferry boats. Until 2009 there was another ferry service for freight transport, which was activated in 1961 to connect the continent to the Sardinia, between Civitavecchia and Golfo Aranci. Since 2010, after the regular service has been suspended, there is an on-call service for Messina Marittima and Villa San Giovanni Mare railway station|Villa San Giovanni Mare. The former company CEOs were: :Lorenzo Necci (1989–1996), Giancarlo Cimoli (C1996–2004), Elio Catania (2004–2006), Mauro Moretti, (2006–2014), Michele Mario Elia (2014–2015), and Renato Mazzoncini (2015–2017) Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane has been sentenced by the Italian authorities for the 29 June 2009 accident in Viareggio,