Metropolitana di Roma SpA
| Metropolitana di Roma SpA | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Spa |
| resolution | January 1, 2010 |
| Reason for dissolution | Takeover by ATAC |
| Seat | Rome |
| Number of employees | about 2500 |
| Branch | Public transport |
| Website | www.metroroma.it |
The Metropolitana di Roma SpA was a public company . It operated local rail transport in the Italian capital Rome and its surrounding area - apart from the Rome tram , which was operated by the Azienda Tranvie ed Autobus del Comune di Roma (ATAC). It was taken over by ATAC on January 1, 2010 .
meaning
The Metropolitana di Roma SpA had 2,500 employees and transported in a day more than 1,500 train more than one million passengers. All of the lines it operates are electrified and, with the exception of the Giardinetti line, are standard gauge :
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Metropolitana di Roma
- Line A, 18.4 km, 27 stations and around 500,000 passengers per day
- Line B, 18.2 km, 22 stations and around 350,000 passengers per day
- Line C: 18.1 km, 21 stations
- Railway line Roma Porta San Paolo – Cristoforo Colombo ( Lido di Ostia ). It is 28.4 kilometers long, has 13 stops and around 110,000 passengers a day. It will be technically aligned with a metro line in its operation and the timetable will be increased. The alignment is most evident in the newly acquired vehicles, which largely correspond to those of the Roman subway.
- Roma Laziali – Giardinetti railway with a gauge of 950 mm. Around 35,000 passengers travel here every day. The distance between Laziali and Panatano was 17.7 kilometers. The Giardinetti – Panatano section has been closed since July 4th, 2008. It will be converted to be integrated into the future C line of the metro. At present (2008) operations are suspended on this section. The route used to be as far as San Cesareo. It is the remainder of an original route Rome - Fiuggi - Alatri - Frosinone
- Roma Flaminio – Viterbo railway line . With 102 kilometers it was the longest route of the Metropolitana di Roma SpA , has 44 stops (14 of them in the urban area of Rome) and around 45,000 travelers per day. It is to be modernized to enable a S-Bahn -like operation.
history
Beginnings
The Metropolitana di Roma SpA emerged from a series of merger processes between different railway companies . In 1899 a railway company was founded, which was nationalized in 1928. In 1941 she took over the Rome – Lido lines from the SEFI and Rome – San Cesareo from the Società Ferrovie Vicinali (SFV) and renamed itself Società Tramvie e Ferrovie Elettriche di Roma (STFER).
STFER
After the Second World War , the STFER was handed over to the city of Rome. In 1954 she was given the right to operate the Rome Metro . In 1970 she bought the Rome Flaminio / Piazza del Popolo – Viterbo railway from the Società Romana Ferrovie del Nord (SRFN). In 1976 STFER sold its bus network to the Azienda Tranvie ed Autobus del Comune di Roma (ATAC) and renamed itself Azienda Consortile Transporti Laziali (Acotral). After merging with another company (CTL), it has been called COTRAL since 1993 .
Metropolitana di Roma SpA
COTRAL split in 2000 into the two joint stock companies Linee Laziali SpA and Metroferro SpA. The latter was renamed Metropolitana di Roma SpA in 2001 , which initially operated under the name of MetRo and which is now known as metro or metro ROMA .
Railway Museum
The Azienda per i Trasporti Autoferrotranviari del Comune di Roma (ATAC) maintains a small railway museum in the Rome Porta San Paolo train station on the Rome Porta San Paolo – Cristoforo Colombo (Rome - Lido di Ostia) railway line . The museum is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Access is via the western side platform of Porta San Paolo train station. There is no entrance fee, but access is only possible with a valid ticket.
literature
- Metro Roma (Brochure by Metropolitana di Roma Spa, around 2007).