Naples is linked to the rest of national railways by four stations, among which the main one is Napoli Centrale (Naples Central) at Piazza Garibladi. The other stations are: Naples Piazza Garibaldi (in the underground of Napoli Centrale), Naples Mergellina (near the waterfront of Mergellina) and Naples Campi Flegrei (in the city district of Fuorigrotta, at the beginning of the Phlaegrean Fields).

The station of Naples Central had been built between 1954 and 1960 following the project by the famous Italian architect Pierluigi Nervi and is currently under restoration works leaded by the design firm Grandi Stazioni (Grand Stations), aimed to requalify the most important Italian stations. Its main architectural characteristics, which will be kept and highlighted by the new project, are the pyramids on the rooftop and the triangular pilasters, which were really futuristic elements for the time they were conceived.

The station faces the large square of Piazza Garibaldi, at a few distance both from city centre and historic centre. Several bus lines connect to the centre and to the harbour, even if the leave by (or pass through) the opposite side of the square from the station entrance. Main lines are R2 bus to the centre and tram-car 1 to the port. Nearby the station leave also the buses to other cities in Campania and southern Italy, or the international buses as Eurolines, which lead to the main European destinations.

All around Piazza Garibaldi there are several 4 and 3 star hotels, and in the neighborhood there are many others, even 2 and 1 star hotels, to satisfy all demands. Behind the station, at 15 minutes walking through the street of Corso Meridionale, there is Centro Direzionale (Business Centre), the new business district built in the 80s following the project by Kenzo Tange. Behind the Centro Direzionale and also on the other side of Central Station there are the highway's entrances.

At the station of Napoli Centrale you can take also the trains by local railways Circumvesuviana and Alifana. The Circumvesuviana Railways connect Naples to all locations around Vesuvius and to Sorrento Peninsula: the end-of-line and main station is at less then 1 km from Piazza Garibaldi, but all trains pass under the station of Napoli Centrale, where is an apposite linkage station. From each arrival stations then leave buses to all surrounding locations. The Alifana Railways, also called Metro Campania North-East, join Naples to Caserta and then continue to Piedimonte Matese on the North and to Benevento on the East.

Other local railways, which leave from the station of Naples Montesanto close to the city centre and the historic centre, are the Cumana and Circumflegrea Railways, which connect Naples to the whole Flegrea (Phlaegrean) area up to the Tyrrhenian seaside. The Cumana line, working since 1889, follows the coastline for about 20 kms, crossing the Westernly side of Naples (Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Fuorigrotta, Bagnoli) and passing through Pozzuoli, Arco Felice, Baia, Fusaro up to Torregaveta in the district area of Bacoli and Monte di Procida.

In the Fifties was built also the Circumflegrea line, making it possible the connection between Naples and Torregaveta through the inland areas. In fact the Circumflegrea same leave from Montesanto and arrives to Torregaveta, but follows a longer route, about 27 kms, after crossing the westernly Naples districts of Soccavo and Pianura and the towns of Quarto Flegreo, Licola and Cuma. At Torregaveta Circumflegrea joins to Cumana, forming a closed ring line and permitting to furthest locations in the Phlaegrean Fields to be connected in a complete manner.