Termini

Termini is one of the most important areas in Rome, mainly because of its main railway station "Roma Termini".

Roma Termini is a big and modern railway station, but it has a long history:

In the second half of 1800 all the small stations in Rome merged to form one main station, the "Roman Main Railway Station".

A few years later, on 2 July 1868, the works of the new Station Termini Rome, planned by architect Salvatore Bianchi, were opened in the presence of Pope Pio IX.

Italy went through difficult years, such as "the Seizure of Porta Pia" with the following passage of Rome to the Italian Reign, and so the prescribed time for the construction of the railway station was greatly delayed.

Finally, in 1874 works ended and Rome had its Temrini railway station.

It consisted of two buildings, the one was for arrivals and the other for departures, in the middle, behind a metal canopy there were the railway tracks. There were six in all, including goods trains.

In the years to come the first electric carriages started appearing and the train became a more and more used means, so new modernizing works of the station were needed:

Works of the first good project started, but they were soon interrupted by the fall of the fascist dictatorship and the war. At the end of the world fights it was necessary to find a new and modern project, since the old one was considered to be obsolete. The job was given to architects Calini, Montuori and Vitellozzi, who demolished the old station and built one of the most significant examples of Italian rationalism, carried out in 1950.

The new Station Termini Rome is connected with all areas of Rome's city centre and with all main Italian cities.

On the occasion of 2000 Jubilee, the station was completely restored and took its current features:

Nowadays Termini railway station is the biggest and the most advanced in Italy, its system of truck operation ( 31 trucks) is fully computerized (AAC – Computerized Central Equipment) and is one of the most developed in Europe.