Line C (Rome Metro)

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Line C
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Line C is a Rome Metro line which runs from Monte Compatri-Pantano in the eastern suburbs of Rome, in Italy, to San Giovanni near the city centre, where it meets Line A.[4] It is the third metro line to be built in the city and the first to be fully automated.[5]

The first section, between Monte Compatri-Pantano and Parco di Centocelle, opened on 9 November 2014. The second, from Parco di Centocelle to Lodi, opened on 29 June 2015.

Rome-Fiuggi railway
.

Construction

Rome Metro: Line C
Legend
 Venezia
3
Fori Imperiali-Colosseo B
Porta Metronia
3
San Giovanni A
Lodi
RM-Giard.
Pigneto
Malatesta
Teano
5 19
Gardenie
5 19
Mirti
RM-Giard.
Parco di Centocelle
Alessandrino
Torre Spaccata
Torre Maura
Giardinetti
Torrenova
Torre Angela
Torre Gaia
Grotte Celoni
Due Leoni-Fontana Candida
Borghesiana
Bolognetta
Finocchio
Graniti
Monte Compatri-Pantano

Archeological investigations began in August 2006, before the first construction sites opened in March 2007 on Piazza Roberto Malatesta, to construct Malatesta station. The Lodi station followed one month later.[7]

In May 2008, crews constructed two

Ottaviano
(thus providing a second interchange with Line A) is again under discussion.

In 2009, during preliminary excavations for the station at Piazza Venezia (near the Capitoline Hill) workers found remains of what has been identified as emperor Hadrian's Athenaeum.

Route

Line C operates on 19.5 kilometers (12.1 mi) of route (of which 8.7 kilometers (5.4 mi) is at grade),[6] and serves 22 stations. Of the entire route, about 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) are underground, while the rest is located in the open air.[11]

Initially, the planned termini were Pantano (a frazione of the

Ottaviano, and Line B at Colosseo. At Pigneto, a new railway station is currently being constructed on the FL1 line. At the Colosseo stop a public museum was to be constructed in the station to display archaeological material that was excavated during construction, but the project has been scrapped due to the lack of funds.[12] Instead, a portion of the ruins of the barracks used by the Praetorian Guard will be viewable through a large glass window.[13]

The initial plan featured a station at

better source needed
]

Extensions

The following extensions have been studied:

Rolling stock

Line C is served by 30

AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro
convoys.

The metro depot of Line C, the Deposito di Graniti, which extends over 21.7 hectare, is located between the station Graniti and the Eastern terminus Monte Compatri-Pantano. It additionally serves as the maintenance and control center of Line C.[15]

References

  1. ^ "12 maggio, ore 12.00: apre la stazione Metro C "S. Giovanni"" (in Italian). romamobilita.it. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  2. ^ "Apre la stazione San Giovanni: da lunedì modifiche alle linee bus" (in Italian). romatoday.it. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  3. ^ "La Metro C compie un anno: 326 corse al giorno e 50mila passeggeri" [Metro Line C is one year old: 326 trips a day and 50 thousand passengers]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Milan. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Biondino, Alessio (13 May 2018). "Raggi inaugura la stazione Metro C San Giovanni: "Giornata storica"" (in Italian). Romait. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. ^ "The Driverless System". Metro C Spa. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b Chiandoni, Marco (30 June 2015). "Rome metro Line C reaches Lodi". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  7. ^ "Notiziario" [News Bulletin] (PDF) (in Italian). Roma Metropolitane. 1 October 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  8. ^ "Diario del Cantiere" [Construction Site Diary] (in Italian). Roma Metropolitane. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Linea C: I Dettagli Dell'Accordo. Date, Penali e Prolungamento" [Line C: Details of the Agreement, Dates, Penalties and Extension] (in Italian). Metroxroma. September 10, 2013.
  10. ^ "Future Developments" (PDF) (in Italian). Metro C Spa. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  11. ^ "I numeri della metro" [The Numbers of the Metro] (in Italian). Metropolitana di Roma. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Metro C, niente museo alla stazione Colosseo" [Metro C: No museum at the Colosseum Station]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  13. ISSN 0003-8113
    . Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  14. ^ "La Linea C" (in Italian). Metro C scpa. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Il Deposito di Graniti" [The Granite Deposits] (PDF). Metrocspa.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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