Station Piazza Armerina

Satzione Piazza Armerina
History
The station of Piazza Armerina was opened September 7, 1920 with the opening to traffic is Valguarnera-line from Piazza Armerina Dittaino. Adjacent to the station was also built the locomotive shed for storage and supply of steam locomotives of the R370 and later of Multiple Traction RALn60. Until the sixties was also linked by rail to Caltagirone, which could be reached by rail also Siracusa and Ragusa by connecting the railway station with trains Vizzini Railway Siracusa-Ragusa-Vizzini (also deleted), and through Dittaino Station, the main railway line for FS Enna, Palermo and Catania. This line served several towns in the south of the province of Enna and it was very busy (in the section to Dittaino) particularly important in relation to the mining of large mines and Floristella Grottacalda, (even when road traffic was inconsistent or inadequate ). The station was abandoned, along with the railroad in 1971 despite having a good passenger.

Features
The main building of the station was a massive building with two levels of 4 light classical form of prospectus and 3 sides. Right next to it insisted the cargo warehouse shed with a binary tree joined with top loader. A large square of the side rail freight. 3 tracks in front of the building with two shelters without sidewalks for passenger service.