Line 6 (Naples Metro)

Line 6
Overview
LocaleNaples, Campania, Italy
Termini
Stations8
Service
TypeLight metro[1]
SystemNaples Metro
Operator(s)ANM
Rolling stockFirema T 67, Hitachi Rail
History
Opened4 February 2007 (2007-02-04)
Closed2013 (2013)
Reopened17 July 2024 (2024-07-17)
Technical
Line length5.5 km (3.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
standard gauge
Route map

Line 6 (Italian: Linea 6) is a 5.5-kilometre (3.4 mi)[2] light metro[1] line that forms part of the Naples Metro. The four-station first part of the line opened in 2007, but was then closed from 2013 to 2024. It was reopened for service and extended to eight stations on 17 July 2024.

History

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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.[3][4]

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.[5]

The line was run by Metronapoli until November 2013, when the operation of the Naples Metro was taken over by Azienda Napoletana Mobilità SpA (ANM).

In July 2006, preliminary work on extending Line 6 towards Piazza Municipio, 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.[6]

Only six years after opening, the line began what became an 11-year closure. Initially, the closure resulted from a building collapse in 2013 that affected the tunnel, then continued during work to extend the underground line from Mergellina eastwards to Municipio.[7] It reopened with the new section to Municipio on 17 July 2024 (with a ceremonial inauguration on 16 July).[8][9][10][11]

Expansion

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In 2009, an extension to Bagnoli was planned, with intermediate stops at Campegna, Acciaieria, Città della Scienza, and Porta del Parco. In 2014, Invitalia, which took over as the implementing body for the cleanup of the ex-ILVA area, presented a modification to the project. The new plan proposed the extension of the line to Coroglio, near the island of Nisida, with intermediate stops at Campegna, Neghelli, and Acciaieria.[12]

In 2022, a branch line was planned from the future Campegna station to the Posillipo neighborhood, with a stop in the caverns of Piazza San Luigi and an elevator connection to the overlying Via Francesco Petrarca.[13]

On 30 March 2023, the Municipality of Naples issued the call for tenders for the final and executive design of the two extensions: Campegna-Nisida and Campegna-Posillipo.[14][15]

Stations

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Line 6
Legend
Municipio
1 Trams in Naples
 Chiaia – Monte di Dio
San Pasquale
Arco Mirelli
Mergellina
 2
 Lala
Augusto
Mostra  Cumana railway
This diagram:
Naples Metro Line 6
Station Opened Notes
Municipio 2024 Interchange with Line 1 and Naples tramway network
Chiaia – Monte di Dio 2024
San Pasquale 2024
Arco Mirelli 2024
Mergellina 2007 Interchange with Line 2
Lala 2007
Augusto 2007
Mostra 2007 Interchange with Line 2 and Cumana railway (Line 4)

Service

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The frequency of Line 6 is one train every 14 minutes.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "metro" (in Italian). Azienda Napoletana Mobilità s.p.a. (ANM). Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Napoli metro Line 6 opens". Railway Gazette International. 1 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17.
  4. ^ Metropolitana 6 a Napoli. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 291 (March 2007), p. 10.
  5. ^ Napoli chiude prima. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 336 (April 2011), p. 7.
  6. ^ "Napoli awards €426m metro Line 6 contract". Railway Gazette International. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-03-21.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Napoli, pronto il metrò di Chiaia: la Linea 6 inaugura il 16 luglio con la stazione di Peter Greenaway" [Naples, the Chiaia metro is ready: Line 6 opens on 16 July with the Peter Greenaway station]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2024-07-10. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  9. ^ Frattasi, Pierliugi (12 July 2024). "La Metro Linea 6 di Napoli sarà aperta dalle 7,30 alle 15,30: corse ogni 14 minuti con 3 treni" [The Metro Line 6 of Naples will be open from 7.30 to 15.30: running every 14 minutes with 3 trains]. Fanpage.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  10. ^ "ANM Web Site - Linea 6". www.anm.it. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  11. ^ Bovenizer, Noah (July 18, 2024). "Naples re-opens metro line after 11 years". Railway Technology. Verdict Media Limited. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "Bonifica - Valutazione Ambientale Strategica (VAS) e il monitoraggio - Rilancio Bagnoli". www.invitalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  13. ^ Napolitan, Redazione (2022-02-06). "Da Posillipo a San Pasquale, le nuove fermate della linea 6 della metro di Napoli - Napolitan.it". Napolitan - Il nuovo modo di leggere Napoli (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  14. ^ Napoli, Comune di. "Affidamento del progetto di fattibilità tecnica ed economica, con opzione del progetto definitivo e del progetto esecutivo, per la realizzazione del prolungamento della linea 6 della metropolitana di Napoli: tratta Campegna – Nisida e tratta Campegna – Posillipo". www.comune.napoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  15. ^ "Linea 6, arriva un'importante novità per il prolungamento verso Bagnoli e Posillipo". NapoliToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  16. ^ Avolio, Nicola (2024-07-12). "Riapre dopo 11 anni la Linea 6 della metropolitana di Napoli, corse ogni 14 minuti con tre treni". Internapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-12.

Bibliography

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  • 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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