Vatican Railway Station
The Vatican Railway was opened in 1934 to serve Vatican City and its only station, Vatican City. The main rail tracks are standard gauge and 300 metres long, with two freight sidings, making it the shortest national railway system in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: only railway station in Vatican City
- Also known as: “Vatican City” and “Vatican City railway station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Peter’s Basilica and Sistine Chapel.
Saint Peter’s Basilica
Church
Photo: Rabax63, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. Saint Peter’s Basilica is situated 270 metres northeast of Vatican Railway Station.
Sistine Chapel
Church
Photo: Snowdog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Sistine Chapel is situated 370 metres northeast of Vatican Railway Station.
St. Peter’s Square
Square
Photo: Giannisk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave in Rome, directly west of the neighborhood of Borgo. St. Peter’s Square is situated 420 metres east of Vatican Railway Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Rome and Trastevere.
Old Rome
Old Rome is the historic medieval and renaissance center of Rome. While the oldest section of Rome is at the Forum, and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, Old Rome remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.
Trastevere
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trastevere is a district in Rome. The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today Trastevere is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.
Vatican Railway Station
- Categories: dead-end railway station, border train station, station, and transportation
- Location: Vatican, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.90088° or 41° 54′ 3″ northLongitude
12.45093° or 12° 27′ 3″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Operator
Ferrovia VaticanaOpen location code
8FHJWF22+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 2015144901OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6696761Wikidata ID
Q801683
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Vatican Railway Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدينة الفاتيكان”
- Belarusian: “Ватыканскі вакзал”
- Danish: “Stazione di Città del Vaticano”
- Dutch: “station Città del Vaticano”
- Dutch: “station Vaticaanstad”
- Esperanto: “Stacidomo de Vatikanurbo”
- French: “Cité du Vatican”
- French: “gare de la Cité du Vatican”
- French: “Gare de la Cité du Vatican”
- French: “la Cité du Vatican”
- German: “Bahnhof Città del Vaticano”
- German: “Vatikanstadt”
- Hungarian: “Vatikánvárosi vasútállomás”
- Italian: “Città del Vaticano”
- Italian: “Stazione della Città del Vaticano”
- Italian: “stazione di Città del Vaticano”
- Italian: “Stazione di Città del Vaticano”
- Italian: “Stazione Vaticana”
- Japanese: “バチカン駅”
- Korean: “바티칸 역”
- Korean: “치타델바티카노 역”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatikanets jernbanestasjon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vatikanjernbanestasjonen”
- Polish: “Watykan”
- Portuguese: “Estação do Vaticano”
- Russian: “Ватиканский вокзал”
- Spanish: “Ciudad del Vaticano”
- Spanish: “Estación Città del Vaticano”
- Spanish: “Estación Ciudad del Vaticano”
- Spanish: “Estación de Ciudad del Vaticano”
- Spanish: “Estación del Vaticano”
- Spanish: “Estación Della Città del Vaticano”
- Spanish: “Estación ferroviaria del Vaticano”
- Swedish: “Vatikanstaten”
- Ukrainian: “Ватиканський вокзал”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vatican Railway Station”. Photo: Binter, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.