The Venice Santa Lucia Train Station is the main station train travelers arrive and depart from in Venice. It is a modern building in the main city and is connected to the Grand Canal. The station is a great entrance to the antique city of Venice.
It is one of the largest stations in Italy and the ninth in terms of passenger flow. It takes its name from the church of Santa Lucia, demolished to make way for the station itself. The station connects with Mestre, where it branches off into lines for Milan, Trento, Trieste and Udine.
- Address: Fondamenta Santa Lucia 30121 Venezia.
- On the Grand Canal easily accesible to the center of Venice.
- Hours of operation: 6 am to midnight.
- Cities commonly traveled to from this station: Rome, Milan, Florence, Paris, Vienna, Munich, Zurich, etc.
Visitors to Venice with the hotel in Mestre
For tourists staying in Mestre who want to visit the historic center of Venice, there are daily trains every 10 minutes that make the journey from Venezia Mestre to Venezia Santa Lucia and vice versa. The duration of the journey is 11 minutes. The price of the ticket, in 2024, is 1.45 euros.
To know the train schedules: Mestre Venice train schedules
Vaporetti to different places in the city
Map of waterbus stops in front of the railway station on the banks of the Grand Canal:
Motorboats (vaporetti):
- Line 2 to Piazzale Roma (Bus station) \ Tronchetto \ Giudecca \ San Marco (San Zaccaria)
- Line N (night) to Piazzale Roma (Bus station) \ Tronchetto \ Giudecca \ San Marco (San Zaccaria)
- Line 2 to Rialto \ San Marco (Giardinetti)
- Line N (night) to Rialto \ San Marco \ Lido (Santa Maria Elisabetta)
To know the motorboats (vaporetti) schedules: Vaporetti schedules in Venice.
Venice Train Station Services
Tourism office:
- Hours: 7 am to 9 pm.
- Phone: 041/5298711.
- Location: ground floor.
Baggage consignment
- The luggage storage is located inside the station, along platform 1.
- Hours: 7 am to 11 pm
- Rates: 5 hours for 10 euros; 20 euro per day
- Location: ground floor.
Restrooms
- Hours: 6 am to midnight.
- Location: ground floor.
Places to eat in the station
- Bar-Restaurant
- Supermarket
- Location: ground floor
Currency Exchange
- Hours: 6:30 am to 11 pm
- Location: ground floor