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RFI has built a station for Catania Airport south of Catania Centrale on the electrified coastal line from Messina to Siracusa, on the island of Sicily.
The airport runway is just across the boundary fence from the railway, and it always seemed a no-brainer to build a station there.
I was last there in 2017, and the last lap on the airport bus from congested Catania city centre to the airport was fraught with delay and timetable confusion.
So that should now be history.
Apparently the local metro will also run to the airport by 2026, but in the meantime it's a short shuttle-bus transfer between airport station and the terminal.
Catania airport station opens | News | Railway Gazette International
Funders of new UK stations might like to note that the €6.5m for the Catania Airport station is about a quarter of the typical cost of a similar scale of station in the UK.
The airport runway is just across the boundary fence from the railway, and it always seemed a no-brainer to build a station there.
I was last there in 2017, and the last lap on the airport bus from congested Catania city centre to the airport was fraught with delay and timetable confusion.
So that should now be history.
Apparently the local metro will also run to the airport by 2026, but in the meantime it's a short shuttle-bus transfer between airport station and the terminal.
Catania airport station opens | News | Railway Gazette International
The station is located a few hundred meters from the airport entrance, but is also linked via a free shuttle bus service operated by municipal transport operator Amt.
An elevated walkway is planned in the medium term. The city also plans to extend its metro network to the airport by 2026.
Funders of new UK stations might like to note that the €6.5m for the Catania Airport station is about a quarter of the typical cost of a similar scale of station in the UK.