Cagliari railway station Cagliari railway station Cagliari is the main railway station of the Italian city of Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia. It is owned by the "Ferrovie dello Stato", the national rail company of Italy, and is the most important station of its region. The station is sometimes unofficially named "Cagliari Centrale" and "Cagliari Piazza Matteotti". This second name is due to station's position on Giacomo Matteotti Square. The station was inaugurated in July 1879, as terminus of the central Sardinian line to Oristano, Ozieri and Olbia. In 1893 it was linked to the port for freight traffic. In the late 1980s,
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Transport was created, including the general management of Ferrovie dello Stato, and in 1945, the company was renamed "Azienda Autonoma delle Ferrovie dello Stato". The period after World War II was particularly tough for Ferrovie dello Stato, since most of the Italian rail network was severely damaged and the rolling stock was obsolete. The network was rebuilt almost entirely by 1952. Since then, a period of renewal started. New trains were introduced, among them the ETR 300, and many sections of the national network were electrified and sometimes doubled. In 1957, the new ALn 442/448 multiple unit was introduced, greatly