Scenic route
Messina–Siracusa
Messina → Siracusa · Italy
- Distance
- 176 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 56 km/h
- Top speed
- 150 km/h
- Operator
- Trenitalia
- Train
- Trenitalia Regionale Veloce
- Countries
- Italy
- In service since
- 1871
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Sicily’s east coast end to end: out of Messina along the Ionian shore below Taormina, past Etna at Giarre and Acireale into Catania, then the salt flats and Augusta’s bay to Siracusa. Complete since 1871.
How this line was checked
- Line traced onto the OpenStreetMap rail graph
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of RE 5383 (Zug-Nr. 5383)
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