Catania Centrale railway station Catania Centrale railway station Catania Centrale is the main railway station of the Italian city of Catania, in Sicily. Along with Palermo Centrale, Messina Centrale and Syracuse it is one of the most important stations of its region. It is managed by the "Ferrovie dello Stato", the national rail company of Italy. The station was inaugurated on 24 June 1866. One century later it was upgraded and renewed due to the electrification of the Messina-Catania line. Catania Centrale is located close to the Port of Catania and by the sea. It has a railway depot and a link to the
Terni–Sulmona railway again; the team was relegated and never recovered its lost position. In the 1930s steam locomotives were dismissed and faster ALn 56 and ALn 556 diesel multiple units (DMU) were introduced; in the 1980s these were replaced with ALn 668 3300 series. In 1905 all Italian railways were nationalized and Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane took control of the Terni–Sulmona railway. In 2008 Trenitalia, the passenger division of Ferrovie dello Stato, put out passenger services on the Terni–L'Aquila route entrusting Ferrovia Centrale Umbra for the service (now Umbria Mobilità, part of the Busitalia group). Ferrovia Centrale Umbra operates his services using