Venice has two rail stations:

• Venice-Mestre Rail Station: The first station that all Venice-bound trains enter is the Venice-Mestre Rail Station.
  This station does not bring you to Venice, but rather Mestre, mainland Venice.The rail station is located in Piazzale Favretti 1 - 30170 Mestre
  
  Useful numbers:
  Tel.892021 (timetable - tickets booking and sale)
  041.784319 (helpdesk)
  Fax 041.784498
  Customers with disabilities: tel. 041.785570 - 041.929472 Fax 041.785038
  
  You can get to the city from the station by taking the city bus or by taxi (Call a taxi: tel. 041.936222).
  Attention: buy bus tickets at the nearest tobacconist or coffe shop (urban fare 1 €)
  You must stamp your tickets on buses. On non-working days and weekdays from 8 pm until 7 am, you can buy your ticket on board the bus, by asking the driver. The cost is higher than the tickets normally available from any outlets . After purchasing, you must stamp your ticket in the machine. Please have the right coins ready. Urban fare 1,50€ 

• Venice Santa Lucia Station: After crossing the bridge that spans the lagoon, the train next comes to the Santa Lucia Station of Venice. The rail station is located on Fondamenta S. Lucia - 30100 Venice. 
  
  Useful numbers
  Tel.892021 (timetables)
  041.785670 (helpdesk)
  Fax 041.785038
  Customers with disabilities: tel. 041.785570 Fax 041.785038
  
  Before 1846, the year the rail bridge was officially opened, Venice and the mainland were connected only via water. Just about every part of the city can be easily reached from the station, either on foot, by public boat (vaporetto) or water taxi For more information on train timetables, check out the Trenitalia web site.