Turin Metro
Turin Metro | |||
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Overview | |||
Native name | Metropolitana di Torino | ||
Locale | Turin, Piedmont, Italy | ||
Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
Number of lines | 1 | ||
Number of stations | 23[1] | ||
Daily ridership | 155,000[2] | ||
Annual ridership | 42.5 million (2018)[3] | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | February 4, 2006 | ||
Operator(s) | Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT) | ||
Number of vehicles | 58 (2009)[4][a] | ||
Train length | 52 m (171 ft) | ||
Headway | 2 minutes | ||
Technical | |||
System length | 15.1 km (9 mi 31 ch)[1] | ||
Track gauge | 1,620 mm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Electrification | 750 V DC third rail | ||
Average speed | 33 km/h (21 mph)[1] | ||
Top speed | 80 km/h (50 mph)[1] | ||
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The Turin Metro (Italian: Metropolitana di Torino) is the modern VAL rapid transit system serving Turin. It is operated by Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT), a public company controlled by the municipality of Turin. The system comprises one 15.1-kilometre (9 mi 31 ch) line with 23 stations connecting Fermi station in Collegno with Piazza Bengasi in Turin, near the border with the municipality of Moncalieri.[1]
History
The history of metro in Turin begins in 1930s, when the first project of an underground railway was put forward. However, only a part of the first tunnel was built, and the actual project was put aside. Nowadays, the tunnel is part of an underground parking system.
A new company committed to the development of a metro system in Turin was founded in 1960s. Several projects and feasibility studies were made for a 7 km (4.3 mi) underground line under the city centre and then for a line connecting
In the mid-1980s, a new proposal for a system of 5
A new project was approved in 1995 for a line running from Campo Volo on the west border of the city to Porta Nuova, the main railway station in Turin. The project was put in hold due to lack of funds.
The project for the underground line was resumed in April 1999 with a longer route to Lingotto based on the VAL system. Works on the line began on 19 December 2000, part of the works for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics. The first section from Fermi to XVIII Dicembre was opened on 4 February 2006, while the second section on the south to Porta Nuova opened on 5 October 2007. Porta Susa station opened later on 9 September 2011. The last part of the line on the south to Lingotto was inaugurated on 6 March 2011.[5]
Lingotto – Bengasi southern extension
Two additional stations, reaching the Southern boundary of the city, were built between 2012 and 2021. These stations are
Timeline
Section | Date | Route |
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1 | 4 February 2006 | Fermi – XVIII Dicembre |
2 | 5 October 2007 | XVIII Dicembre – Porta Nuova |
3 | 6 March 2011 | Porta Nuova – Lingotto |
4 | 23 April 2021 | Lingotto – Bengasi |
Network
Line | Terminals | Opened | Newest extension | Length | Stations |
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Line 1 | Fermi – Bengasi | 4 February 2006[1] | 23 April 2021[1] | 15.1 km (9.4 mi)[1] | 23[1] |
Service
Ticketing
From May 2018, the single journey ticket costs €1.70 and it includes the urban line and the suburban line for 100 minutes. Moreover, any form of urban transport season ticket is valid also for the metro system.[6]
Opening hours
Turin metro starts operating at 5:30 from Monday to Saturday and at 7:00 on Sundays. It closes at 22:00 on Mondays, at 00:30 from Tuesday to Thursday, at 1:30 on Friday and Saturday and at 1:00 on Sundays.[7]
Plans
Line 1
Collegno – Cascine Vica westward extension
A further Western extension is planned to reach the boundaries of
Line 2
On 30 August 2017, a contract to create the preliminary design for a second line was awarded to Systra, a French conglomerate.
Part of the Southern track will be elevated to reduce building costs (starting from Piazza Cattaneo to Cimitero Sud). On Northern side, from Vanchiglia to Rebaudengo, it will follow an old (currently abandoned) railway track, which was used to connect the old and abandoned scalo Vanchiglia freight terminal to the main Turin railway.
Preliminary analysis conducted by Systra in the Spring of 2018 resulted in some changes to this original alignment. The following June, public consultations were announced and the new alignment, with the list of 23 planned stations was published on the city's website.[11] In December 2018, the preliminary project was submitted to the Ministry of Transportation for funding approval, with an objective to start the bidding process by 2021.[12] In 2019, the Italian government committed €828 million in funding for Line 2's total projected €3 billion cost, with construction due to begin in 2021 for a 2028 opening.[13]
List of planned stations of the Turin Metro Line 2 |
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In the future, a 4 station extension could cover suburbs of Beinasco and Orbassano to reach terminus Pasta di Rivalta in the city of Rivalta di Torino.
Possibility for Line 3
The former mayor of Turin,
In 2019, the mayor of Venaria, together with the first citizens of Pianezza, Druento, Cafasse, Alpignano, Fiano and Val della Torre, presented a new proposal of metro to the mayor of Turin Chiara Appendino. The route will include the west part of the city: Torino Dora railway station,
Rolling Stock
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VAL 208 trainset used on the Turin Metro
Network Map
See also
- Trams in Turin
- Turin metropolitan railway service
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- Lists of rapid transit systems
Notes
- ^ Before the extension to Lingotto.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "La Linea 1 di Metropolitana" [Metro Line 1] (PDF) (in Italian). Citta' di Torino. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
- ^ "2006 – 2016: 10 anni di metropolitana a Torino". Gruppo Torinese Trasporti S.p.A. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Ricca, Jacopo (13 March 2019). "Due minuti e 17 secondi, torna alla normalità la metropolitana di Torino" (in Italian). Repubblica.it. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Servizi" (PDF). GTT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Metropolitana Torino fino al Lingotto, inaugurazione 6 marzo con tratte gratuite e feste di via". Eco di Torino. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "URBAN AND SUBURBAN TRANSPORT FARES". GTT Torino. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Gli orari". GTT Torino. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ Graziano, Alessandro (4 December 2017). "Metro dopo metro la linea 1 vedrà il completamento!" (in Italian). Mobilita Torino. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "COLLEGNO-RIVOLI – Metro Ovest: Entro il 2023 il prolungamento fino a Cascine Vica sarà realtà" (in Italian). Quotidiano di Venaria. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Nuovo step per la linea 2 della metro di Torino". TorinOggi.it. 2017-08-30. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "M2TO Progetto Premliminare della Linea 2" (PDF) (in Italian). Citta di Torino. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Linea 2 della Metropolitana, definito il tracciato" (in Italian). Torino Click. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Government announces Torino metro Line 2 funding". Railway Gazette. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Elezioni, Appendino vuole tram e bus gratis su alcuni percorsi". La Repubblica. 2016-05-22. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Program for Torino 2016". Chiara Appendino. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Montanari:La linea 2 è soltanto un bluff: meglio ripensarla". La Stampa. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Nuova linea della metropolitana di Torino fino a Venaria: via libera per lo studio di fattibilità" (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-05-10.
External links
- Turin Metro Map on Google earth with geolocation
- GTT – official website (in Italian)
- Line 2 Public Consultations Website (in Italian)
- Turin Metro Infrastructure
- Metrotorino at UrbanRail.Net
- Site with information and picture of Metrotorino (in Italian)
- Metrotorino at metros.hu (in Hungarian)
- Photos
- Turin Metro Map (in English)