Beautiful, nicely organized train station named Santa Lucia in Venice provides all the comfort to passengers. It is located at the western end of the Grand Canal, in the Cannaregio district. Not far from Piazzale Roma, where the bus station and tram station are located. From this head station begins the railway section of four tracks that reaches the Venice Porto Marghera station first and then the Venice Mestre station, from where it branches off into the various lines for Milan, Rome, Naples, Turin, Salerno, Bologna, Verona , Brescia, Ferrara, Trieste, Udine. From this station there are also lines to some European cities such as Paris, Vienna, Munich and Geneva. The station is also served by the historic Simplon Orient Express line. Work on the construction of the railway began in 1860. It got its current look in 1952 when all the works were completed under the leadership of engineer Paolo Perilli. Within the station, ticket sales for regional trains as well as for high-speed freccia rossa trains are well organized. Of course there are also vending machines for ticket sales. Staniza offers a rich gastronomic offer. There are restaurants, pastry shops, snack bars, coffee bars. And also a multitude of quality souvenir shops as well as textile clothing stores. La Ferrovia is the name of the Vaporetto stop, which is located right in front of the station. From this departure vaporetto lines area you can take one of these boats, whose many lines cross the canals of Venice and the neighboring islands. One important note, remember to validate your ticket before boarding the train by inserting it into the special machines of the station.