Line 6
Overview
StatusService suspended since 2013
reopening projected for June 2024[1]
LocaleNaples, Campania, Italy
Termini
Stations4 (planned total of 8)
Service
TypeLight metro[2]
SystemNaples Metro
Operator(s)ANM
Rolling stockT 67
History
Opened4 February 2007 (2007-02-04)
Suspended2013
Technical
Line length2.2 km (1.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
standard gauge
Route map

Line 6 (Italian: Linea 6) is a 2.2-kilometre (1.4 mi)[3] light metro[2] line that forms part of the Naples Metro. It connects 4 stations. The line is currently closed to the public[4] due to low ridership. It has been closed since 2013.[1]

When the planned expansion of Line 6 is completed, there will be a total of 8 stations along a planned 5.5-kilometre (3.4 mi) route.[2] The line is projected to reopen in 2024.[1]

History

What was to become Line 6 was originally planned as a rapid tramway line (Linea Tranviaria Rapida, LTR) with some below ground tracts. Works started in the late 1980s. The first section was planned to be opened for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Since the Mergellina terminal station could not be completed in time the line was not opened and was left unused for many years.

In the 2000s it was decided to complete the Mergellina station and to open the section that had already been built, but as a light metro without any connection with the tram network. The section was opened on 4 February 2007 from the Mostra to the Mergellina stations with two intermediate stations at Lala and Augusto and a frequency of a train every 8 minutes.[5][6]

Since the existing section was very short and the area was already served by other parallel lines, (Line 2 and Cumana), the line was underused. The service was suspended on 10 March 2011 and was later re-opened with a reduced frequency and only in the morning from Mondays to Fridays.[7]

The Line was run by Metronapoli until November 2013 when the running of the Naples Metro was taken over by Azienda Napoletana Mobilità SpA (ANM). All service on line 6 has been suspended since 2013, following a building collapse that affected the tunnel. It is projected to reopen in June 2024.[1]

Expansion

The line will be extended from the west of Naples to the city center, at Municipio station.

In July 2006, preliminary work towards the Municipio station, where work on the Line 1 station was already under way, began. In September 2007, Ansaldo STS was awarded a €426m contract for the 3.1-kilometre (1.9 mi) Mergellina–Municipio section.[8]

As of now, the line is closed to the public until the extension of the line is completed,[9] which is projected for mid-2024.[1]

Stations

Line 6
Municipio**
Naples Metro Line 1 1 Trams in Naples
 Chiaia – Monte di Dio**
 San Pasquale**
 Arco Mirelli**
 Mergellina
The logo of Line 2 of Naples Metro run by Trenitalia. 2
 Lala
 Augusto
 Mostra Cumana railway
(**) Under construction
Naples Metro Line 6
Station Opened Notes
Mostra 2007Interchange with Line 2 and Cumana railway
Augusto 2007
Lala 2007
Mergellina 2007Interchange with Line 2
Arco Mirelli 2024Under construction
San Pasquale 2024Under construction
Chiaia – Monte di Dio 2024Under construction
Municipio 2024Under construction (for Line 6); Opened for Line 1 in June 2015 – eventual Interchange station between Lines 1 & 6

Service

Trains on Line 6 formerly travelled every 16 minutes, only in the mornings from Mondays to Saturdays.[10] But ridership on the operational tract of the line was low and the line is currently closed.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Frattasi, Pierliugi (14 February 2023). "L'apertura della Metro Linea 6 di Napoli slitta di un anno/ A giugno 2024" [The opening of the Metro Line 6 in Naples is postponed by a year – To June 2024]. Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "metro" (in Italian). Azienda Napoletana Mobilità s.p.a. (ANM). Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  3. ↑ "anm in cifre" [anm in figures] (in Italian). Azienda Napoletana Mobilità s.p.a. (ANM). Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  4. 1 2 "Frequenze def" [Final frequencies] (PDF) (in Italian). Azienda Napoletana Mobilità s.p.a. (ANM). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  5. ↑ "Napoli metro Line 6 opens". Railway Gazette International. 1 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17.
  6. ↑ Metropolitana 6 a Napoli. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 291 (March 2007), p. 10.
  7. ↑ Napoli chiude prima. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 336 (April 2011), p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Napoli awards €426m metro Line 6 contract". Railway Gazette International. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-03-21.
  9. ↑ "ANM Web Site - Linea 6". www.anm.it. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  10. ↑ Metronapoli – Frequenza corse linee metropolitane (pdf) Archived July 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

  • Guido Mazzuolo: La linea tranviaria rapida a Napoli. Sintesi del progetto. In: ″Ingegneria Ferroviaria″, October 1984, p. 680–685.
  • Riccardo Carugati: Tram rapido a Napoli. In: ″I Treni Oggi″, July–August 1990, p. 31–33.
  • Marcello Cruciani, Roberto Zannotti: ″Mondiale″ un anno dopo – 2. In: ″I Treni Oggi″ Nr. 117 (July–August 1991), p. 27–28.
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