Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station

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Firenze Santa Maria Novella
View of the station building.
General information
Location	Piazza della Stazione 50123 Florence Italy
Coordinates	43°46′34″N 11°14′53″E / 43.77611°N 11.24806°E / 43.77611; 11.24806
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by	Grandi Stazioni
Line(s)	Bologna–Florence (high speed) Bologna–Florence (traditional) Florence–Rome (high speed) Florence–Rome (traditional) Viareggio–Florence Florence–Pisa–Livorno Florence–Faenza
Distance	314.077 kilometres (195.158 mi) from Roma Termini
Platforms	15
Construction
Architect	Gruppo Toscano
Other information
IATA code	ZMS
History
Opened	1848 (1848)
Rebuilt	1934 (1934)
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Firenze Santa Maria Novella (in English Florence Santa Maria Novella) or Stazione di Santa Maria Novella (IATA: ZMS) is the main railway station in Florence, Italy. The station is used by 59 million people every year and is one of the busiest in Italy.^[1]

It is at the northern end of the Florence–Rome high-speed railway line Direttissima, which was completed on 26 May 1992 and the southern end of the Bologna–Florence railway line, opened on 22 April 1934. A new high speed line to Bologna opened on 13 December 2009. The station is also used by regional trains on lines connecting to: Pisa, Livorno (Leopolda railway); Lucca, Viareggio (Viareggio–Florence railway); Bologna (Bologna–Florence railway) and Faenza (Faentina railway).