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Roma Porta San Paolo
Roma Porta San Paolo
Ferrovie regionali del Lazio
	Roma Porta San Paolo station
General information
Location	Rome
Coordinates	41°52′33″N 12°28′54″E / 41.875968°N 12.481767°E
Line(s)	Rome-Ostia
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	at-grade, terminal station
History
Opened	August 10, 1924
Location
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Roma Porta San Paolo is the terminal train station of the Rome–Lido railway line in Rome (Italy). The station is connected to the station Piramide of the metro (line B) and to the Roma Ostiense railway station of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. It has six tracks.

The edifice houses the ticket office and service structures, as well as a news-stand and a coffee shop. It also includes the Porta San Paolo Railway Museum.

History edit

An old picture of the main building of the station.

The building of the station was started, together with the one of the railway, at the beginning of 1919, after the inauguration ceremony of December 30, 1918 in the presence of King Victor Emmanuel III.

The station was designed by Marcello Piacentini. A quite similar one was the Ostia Nuova terminal train station, whose foundation stone was laid on December 10, 1920, also in the presence of the King, and that was destroyed during the war.

The graffiti decorating the interior of the station are works by the Florentine artist Giulio Rosso.

The station and the railway line were inaugurated on August 10, 1924, with a special ride, in which Mussolini – who had become Prime Minister in the meanwhile – took part.

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