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Napoli Mergellina railway station ( it, Stazione di Napoli Mergellina) serves the city and ''
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, Southern Italy. Opened in 1925, it is the third most important railway station in Naples, after Napoli Centrale and Napoli Campi Flegrei. It also forms part of the Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway. The station is currently managed by
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) is the Italian railway infrastructure manager, subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), a state-owned holding company. RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it provides signalling, maintenance and other se ...
(RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by
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. Train services are operated by
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. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of
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(FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.


Location

Napoli Mergellina railway station is on Corso Vittorio Emanuele, to the south west of the city centre. It is about north of the Mergellina marina, from where the hydrofoils depart for the islands in the
Gulf of Naples The Gulf of Naples (), also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy (province of Naples, Campania region). It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. It i ...
.


History

The station was opened on 20 September 1925, upon the inauguration of the Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway. Originally, the station had 5 platforms for passenger services, but since 2009 only platforms 3 and 4 are in operation. Since 2017, the station is unstaffed.


Passenger and train movements

The station has about 6.2 million passenger movements each year.


See also

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List of railway stations in Campania This is the List of railway stations, list of the railway stations in Campania owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, a branch of the Italy, Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato. List Other stations ;Not owned by FS *Napoli Porta Nolana railw ...
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Description and pictures of Napoli Mergellina railway station
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at January 2011.''
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Mergellina Mergellina is a coastal district of the city of Naples, Italy. It is located in the quartiere of Chiaia. It stands at the foot of the Posillipo Hill and faces the Castel dell'Ovo. Some people say the name derives from "mergoglino", a local name for ...
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