Line A, which opened in February 1980, goes through the city on a northwest to southeast diagonal. It has 27 stations. Header stations are Battistini (in Boccea) and Anagnina (at Osteria del Curato). It’s the orange line.
Line B crosses the city from north to south and goes parallel to the River Tiber. Header stations are Rebibbia and Laurentina. There are a total of 22 stations. It’s the blue line.

Rome metro stations

– Line A stations:
Battistini, Cornelia, Baldo degli Ubaldi, Valle Aurelia, Cipro-Musei Vaticani, Ottaviano-San Pietro, Lepanto, Flaminio-Piazza del Popolo, Spagna, Barberini – Fontana di Trevi, Repubblica-Teatro dell’Opera, Termini, Vittorio Emanuele, Manzoni, San Giovanni, Re di Roma, Ponte Lungo, Furio Camillo, Colli Albani-Parco Appia Antica, Arco di Travertino, Porta Furba-Quadraro, Numidio Quadrato, Lucio Sestio, Giulio Agricola, Subaugusta, Cinecittà and Anagnina.
Some of the stops are near of points of interest for the visitor:

• Cipro: Vatican Museum
• Ottaviano: St. Peter’s Square
• Flaminio: Villa Borghese, Piazza del Popolo and Santa Maria dei Miracoli
• Repubblica: Terme di Diocleziano
• Vittorio Emanuele: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
• S.Giovanni: Basilica di S.Giovanni e la Scala Santa.
• Cinecittà: To visit the famous film studios.
• Spagna: Piazza di Spagna e Trinità dei Monti
• Barberini: Via Veneto e la Fontana di Trevi

– Line B stations:
Rebibbia, Ponte Mammolo, Santa Maria del Soccorso, Pietralata, Monti Tiburtini, Quintiliani, Tiburtina, Bologna, Policlinico, Castro Pretorio, Termini, Cavour, Colosseo, Circo Massimo, Piramide, Garbatella, Basilica San Paolo, Marconi, EUR Magliana, EUR Palasport, EUR Fermi and Laurentina.
Line B interesting stops for the visitor:

• S.Paolo: Basilica di San Paolo.
• Piramide: To visit the pyramid of Caius Cestius.
• Circo Massimo and Colosseo: Essential both visits.

Line C is under development but some excavations have revealed a monumental building in the time of Emperor Hadrian, so it could take some time until it is completed..

Suburban subway lines in Rome

In addition to the lines A and B, the three suburban lines operated by Met.Ro. S.p.A. act for all purposes as Metro extensions and they even use the same ticket (extra urban sections more expensive, are clearly indicated on the map).

1. Rome – Viterbo line:
This line goes from Flaminio station to Montebello Station and it hash a total of 14 stations:
Flaminio, Euclide, Acqua Acetosa, Campi Sportivi, Tor di Quinto, Due Ponti, Grottarossa, Saxa Rubra, Centro RAI, Labaro, La Celsa, Prima Porta, La Giustiniana-Villa di Livia and Montebello.
Frequency of trains varies with time between 10 – 15 minutes.

2. Rome – Pantano line:
On one side of the Termini station is the station Laziali – Pantano, also known as Rome – Pantano. In its route goes through four stations:
San Giovanni, Colosseo, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, Via della Conciliazione and Piazza del Risorgimento (in the Prati district).
Frequency of trains varies with time between 10 – 15 minutes. In holidays maybe 30 minutes.

3. Rome – Lido line:
Lido line starts in Porta San Paolo Rome and goes to the southern coastal district of Ostia Lido (very close to Fiumicino airport).
The first part of the route is common to the Line B of Rome Subway and also these stations:
Vitinia, Acilia, Casal Bernocchi, Centro Giano and Ostia Antica. Header station is Cristoforo Colombo, next to the end of the Via Cristoforo Colombo, which leads from Rome to Ostia.
Frequency of the trains is 10 minutes and holidays and August maybe 20 minutes.

FR Lines: Ferrovie dello stato (State Trains)

Besides Rome metro and suburban lines, we can use trains FR (Ferrovie dello Stato) for urban transportation .
The tickets are valid also for railway transport, metro and bus. At present there are 8 lines with high frequency service.

FR 1: Orte-Roma Tiburtina-Fiumicino
This line starts at Orte station, and ends at Fiumicino airport (Leonardo da Vinci). This line goes through the following stations:
Orte, Gallese, Civita Castellana, Collevecchio, Stimigliano, Gavignano Sabino, Poggio Mirteto, Fara in Sabina, Pianabella di Montelibretti, Monterotondo, Settebagni, Fidene, Nuovo Salario, Nomentana, Tiburtina, Tuscolana, Roma Ostiense, Trastevere, Villa Bonelli, Magliana, Muratella, Ponte Galeria, Nuova fiera di Roma, Parco Leonardo, and Fiumicino Airport.

FR 2: Roma Tiburtina-Tivoli
Line starts at Tiburtina station and goes to Guidonia Montecelo. Stations:
Prenestina, Serenissima, Togliatti, Tor Sapienza, La Rustica-Centro, La Rustica UIR, Salone, Ponte di Nona and Lunghezza.

FR 3: Viterbo/Cesano- Roma Ostiense
Starts at Ostiense station near Viterbo. This line’s stations are:
Roma Ostiense, Quattro Venti, Roma Trastevere, Roma San Pietro, Valle Aurelia, Proba Petronia-Appiano, Balduina, Gemelli, Monte Mario, San Filippo Neri, Ottavia, Ipogeo degli Ottavi, La Giustiniana, La Storta, Olgiata e Cesano. Despues de Cesano, las estaciones son: Anguillara, Vigna di Valle, Bracciano, Manziana-Canale Monterano, Oriolo Romano, Capranica-Sutri, Vetralla, Tre Croci e Viterbo Porta Romana and Viterbo Porta Fiorentina.

FR 4: Albano/Frascati/Velletri- Roma Termini
From Termini station to Ciampino. From here trains continue in regional service to Frascati, Albano Laziale and Velletri. A fourth destination, Frosinone-Cassino direction, is currently called FR6. The station that defines the urban section is Capannelle.

FR 5: Civitavecchia-Roma Termini
The line starts at Termini Station direction of Cerveteri-Ladispoli, ending upon reaching Civitavecchia. The station that defines the urban section is Aurelia station
Its stations are:
Maccarese-Fregene, Torre in Pietra-Palidoro, Cerveteri-Ladispoli, Santa Severa, Santa Marinella and Civitavecchia.

FR 6: Frosinone-Roma Termini
Line starts at Termini international station, follows the route of the FR4 til Ciampino station where heads to Frosinone and Cassino.

FR 7: Latina-Roma Termini
Line starts at Termini station and goes to Latina. First section to Campoleone is the same route than FR8.
After Campoleone stops are : Cisterna di Latina and Latina.

FR 8: Nettuno-Roma Termini
The line branches from at FR7 Campoleone, to head towards Nettuno. Common stops within the urban area are Torricola and Termini. Other stops are:
Pomezia – Santa Palomba y Campoleone, Aprilia, Campo di Carne, Padiglione, Lido di Lavinio, Villa Claudia, Marechiaro, Anzio Colonia, Anzio.

FR frequencies depends on many factors so we can’t inform accurately.

Finally there is a express line going from Leonardo Da Vinci Airport (also known as Fiumicino) to Termini.

Airport – Roma Termini: no stops until Termini Central station. There is one trainevery 30 minutes. Journey time is 30 minutes. Last departure from airport at 23.35, 15 euros/ticket.
Departures from platform l 23-24, next to Termini entrance.

Rome subways: tickets and fares

• BIT. biglietto integrato a tempo
  Price 1,50 €. It’s valid for 100 minutes from being validated and can be used in any form of public transport.
  Allows multiple trips by bus and tram, but just one by Metro.
• BIG . Biglietto integrato Giornaliero (Daily ticket)
  It costs € 6.00 and is valid for a whole day. During that time it can be used freely under any local transportation.
  Expires at 24:00 of the day it was validated.
• BTI . Biglietto turistico integrato (Tourist ticket)
  Price 16.50. Valid for 3 days and it can be used in all municipal transport. Expires at 24:00 of the third day after it was validated.

Note: Children up to 9 years old travel free ( must be with an adult).

Tickets must be purchased in advance, normally can not be purchased on board (only a few buses have ticket machines). But there are thousands of sale points in the city. Sold at newsstands, in subway stations, vending machines and at tobacconists (recognizable by a large T).

Tickets are validated in access control machines at metro stations and inside the buses and trams. If you dont validate your ticket you might be fined.

Where can i use my ticket?
Metro Lines A and B (managed by Met.Ro), municipal buses and trams (ATAC), regional buses (COTRAL), regional trains Rome-Lido, Rome-Viterbo, Rome-Pantano (managed by Met. Ro) and FR trains on the municipal sections.

Rome Metro schedule and timetable

From 5.30 to 23.30 (Friday and Saturday until 1:30 am).

Frequency

The frequency ranges from 3′ to 5′ in the weekends in line A and from 5′ to 7′ on weekends for Line B.

Rome Metro Map

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Currently, the system has a single line and it connects 17 stations. The track is 13.7 km long. It is operated by a fully automated driverless train control technology. Trains can run at a maximum speed of 80 km/hour, though normally the speed is 30 km/hour. Brescia Mobilità S.p.A. monitors the operation of the system. Every day, around 44,100 people travel by Brescia Metro.

Historical Background

Brescia was in serious need of a rapid transit network. Being the fourth largest city in the northwest Italy and the home to a large number of inhabitants, the city was heavily under road traffic congestion problems.

The first initiative was taken in the 1980s when fully automated metro systems started operating in various European cities. A number of feasibility studies were undertaken all of which reported in favor of an automated light rail metro system. However, the project was terminated in 1996.

In later years, funding came from central and local governments. In 2000, an international tender for the construction of the first phase of a metro system was announced. It was won by a group of companies consisted of AnsaldoBreda, Ansaldo STS, Acciona and Astaldi. In April 2003 a contract worth € 575 million was signed. Construction work started in 2004 and the system began operation on 2nd March 2013. The system was built in a very cost-effective way.

Hours of Operation

Since 2nd March 2014, the system stays open from 5 AM to midnight, weekdays or weekends. On peak hours, a train comes every 4 minutes; on off-peak hours every 8-10 minutes. The frequency changes with the onset of winter and with the beginning of the academic year.

You’ll get the details of train frequency here.

Lines and Stations

Brescia Metro line is spread from Prealpino in the northern part of the city to Sant´Eufemia-Buffalora in the southeastern part. A depot is located at near the Sant´Eufemia-Buffalora station. It takes about 30 minutes to complete a full journey on the line. However, this duration changes subject to variations in train frequency. Each station is built very near to the previous station as the city authority aims to reduce the use of automobiles.

The system has a deep level tube tunnel running under the city center. 8 of system’s stations (Marconi,Ospedale, Vittoria, San Faustino, Bresciadue, Stazione FS, Volta and Lamarmora) are located inside the tunnel whereas five others (Casazza, Prealpino, Europa,Mompiano and San Polo) are just below the surface level. Two stations (Sant’Eufemia – Buffalora and Sanpolino) are elevated. The remaining two (San Polo Parco and Poliambulanza) are built at the ground level.

Being close to the main shopping street and important squares in the city center area, Vittoria is the busiest station in the whole system. The Sant’Eufemia-Buffalora terminal is within city’s industrial and commercial belt. San Faustino is located in the historic parts of the city.

At present, 18 AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro trains are put in operation. 14 of them are used regularly; 4 are kept in reserve. These vehicles are similar to those used in Copenhagen Metro. The trains are each 39 meters long, 2.65 meters wide having 3 cars. Each train has a capacity of 314 riders. With these vehicles and the set headway, currently, the metro system can carry maximum 8500 riders per hour in either direction. If needed, the authority has plans to increase the number of vehicles up to 40.

Expansion

It is only the beginning of a massive project that aims to connect the entire city and also nearby suburbs by a single subway network. The authority plans to build a 3.5 km long line between Fiera Exhibition Ground and Lamarmora Station. The line is going to cover a highly populated locality of the city. Another line is proposed between Inzino and Prealpino through the Trompia Valley region.

Fare and Ticket

The entire area of operation is divided into two zones and the fare is decided depending on the zones traveled. Brescia Municipality area constitutes zone 1. Nearby municipalities are covered under zone 2. A ticket for zone 1 costs € 1.40, for zone 1+2 is € 1.90. Aside from this ticket, passengers can also buy season tickets and passes. Tickets can be bought from the physical ticket sales points as well as using the Brescia Mobilità official app. A single ticket or pass can be used for both, metro as well as bus within Brescia Mobilità network.

Get more insight on the ticket and fare systems from here.

Facilities and Services

While using Brescia Metro, expect following services and facilities:

• All the stations have platform screen doors. The platform floors are decorated with Pyramidal glass skylights.
• Each train car reserves two seats for disabled persons.
• The metro authority offers paid Park and Ride facility.
• For passengers with strollers and wheelchairs, there are elevators in the stations. Some stations also have escalators.
• Each train has the provision of manual operation to handle any emergency.
• Ticket machines display instructions in 5 languages including English, German and Spanish.
• The vehicles are more spacious than standard metro trains in order to ensure comfortable riding.

Rules

Going to ride Berscia Metro? Know the rules beforehand.

• Passengers are not allowed to leave baggage unattended in the stations and also on the trains.
• New passengers should get in the train only after all the current passengers get off.
• Bikes are allowed on the trains only during the off-peak hours, weekends and holidays. Bikes should be placed at the carriages marked with bike sign.

Tips

Here are some tips to better use the Brescia Metro system.

• Tickets have specific validity periods. Zone 1 tickets remain valid for 90 minutes and zone 1+2 tickets 100 minutes.
• Only buying a ticket is not enough. You must validate it before every journey.

Brescia Metro Map

Map Via https://www.bresciamobilita.it/

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Each year 11 million people use the Metropolitana di Genova that is the Genoa Metro italian name.

The Genoa Metro has low frequency and few hours of service but is still a good option for tourists. Almost all stations are near a site of interest, either commercial or cultural areas or any kind of attraction. Furthermore AMT is a well integrated system so that changing from metro to bus, to tram or whatever is quite easy and tickets are valid for the entire network except Volabus and Navebus.

Genoa Metro lines and stations

It is a 7kms long line serving eight stations. The terminals are Brin and Brignole. From the subway there is direct connection with Trenitalia. The first section of this line was opened in 1990 between Dinegro and Brin stations separated by only 3 kilometers. The occasion for the opening was the great amount of people visiting this area as Italy celebrated the Football World Cup that year. All stations are underground, except Brin that goes elevated and Brignole at surface level. The line was expanded gradually until 2012 to Brignole. Stations: Brin, Dinegro, Principe, Darsena, San Giorgio, Sarzano / Sant’Agostino, De Ferrari, Brignole. The time to do the full trip is 15 minutes.

Tickets and fares

Biglietto ordinario ticket

It costs € 1.50. The ticket is valid for 100 minutes on the whole AMT network except in the Navebus and Volabus.

Biglietto Integrato ticket

Is the same as the previous ticktet but you can also use the second class Trenitalia train service. The price is € 1.60.

10 Biglietto integrato

It’s 10 tickets for 15€.

Single ticket + Navebus

You can travel for 60 minutes around the AMT network (excluding Volabus) and also the Navebus. The price is € 1.60. This ticket is reserved exclusively for the Genoese citizens.

Biglietto Genovapass

Best suited for tourists. It costs € 4.50. With this pass you can travel unlimited around the AMT network (excluding Navebus and Volabus) for 24 hours.

Biglietto 24 hour ticket

It costs 9.00. Valid for 4 people. It is valid for 24 hours after validation. Valid in the AMT network (except Navebus and Volabus) and second class of Trenitalia. It is interesting because for the price of 2 people you can get 4. 5 24hours tickets cost € 18.00.

Biglietto Volabus

It costs € 6.00. It’s valid for a trip in Volabus and 60 minutes of travelling in the AMT network (metro, bus, funicular)

Purchase tickets via SMS

Buying a ticket via SMS is simple: before boarding, simply send an SMS with the text AMT to the number 4850209.

Fines

Between 40 and 360 euros. So you better have a valid ticket.

All fares information in its official website (in italian).

Hours and frequency of service

The Genoa Metro operates from 6:00 to 21:00.
During the week the frequency at rush hour (7-9 am) is 6 minutes and 7 minutes the rest of the time.
Saturday, frequency is 7 minutes during rush hour and up to 11 minutes in regular hours. Holidays, metro starts operating at 7:00 am and runs every 8-15 minutes. The stations are open until 21:15 for all the users have time to leave.

Another Genoa metro map

Airport service

Genoa International Airport is about 6 km from the center. There is no subway service but a shuttle that runs every 30 minutes from the airport and has a journey time of 30 minutes. It costs € 6.

Curious facts

In the historic center of Genoa you can only walk, as the streets are so narrow that cars do not fit.

Accessibility

Every metro stations has been built taking into account the removal of architectural barriers. There are elevators and dedicated access to vehicles in all stations. There also are mini ramps to access trains.

Links of interest

Official maps.

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The system is operated by the Turinese Transport Group and carries about 22 million passengers per year (2010 figures). The most resaltable is that this metro is operated with a Siemens patented system called VAL 208, which is used in very few cities.The abbreviations mean "light automatic vehicle" a fully automatic subway system on tires. All elements of the VAL system (trains, roads, security systems, platforms) have been designed exclusively for this system, so it does not support other types of metro nor metro with driver.

The only existing line to date, was opened in 2006 in time for the Olympic Games in Turin

Turin Metro Lines

The Turin Metro network consists of a single line, Line 1, which opened in 2006, of 13.2 km length and 21 stations.

This line runs from the Fermi station (Collegno) to Lingotto station, on a route that passes by the center of the city through the stations of Porta Nuova and Porta Susa

The stations are as follows: Fermi, Paradiso, Marche, Massaua, Pozzo Strada, Monte Grappa, Rívoli, Racconigi, Bernini, Principi d´Acaja, XVIII Diciembre, Porta Susa FS, Vinzaglio, Re Umberto, Porta Nuova FS, Marconi, Nizza, Dante, Carducci-Molinette, Spezia, Lingotto, and two more under construction for 2013, stations of Italia 61 and Bengassi.

Future Expansions:

In 2009 it was approved the construction of Line 2, and is scheduled to become operational in 2020-2022.

Major Stations:

Porta Susa, Porta Nuova

Curiosities:

Journey time from the start point of the system to the end of it, is only 23 minutes. 60 seconds on average between each station.

Opening Hours

The metro is open Monday through Friday from 05:30 am to 23:50 pm, Saturday from 05:30 am to 01:30 am and on Sunday from 07:00 am to 23: 50 pm.

Frequency Step

Every 2 minutes.

Fares and Tickets

The ticket prices are the same for the entire area of urban network operated by GTT.

• Single Urban Ticket: 1 €, valid during 70 minutes from its validation in the entire urban network for bus, trams and subway.
• 15 Urban Tickets Card: 15 single urban tickets for 13,50 €.
• Suburban Single Ticket: 1.30 € valid for 90 minutes from validation in the entire network of buses, trams of suburban area.
• Single Ticket Urban + Suburban; 1.70 € valid for 90 minutes from validation in the entire network of buses, trams and metros in urban and suburban area.
• 5 Single Urban+Suburban Tickets ; 6.50 €
• 1-Day ticket: ticket valid for day within the urban and suburban transport of GTT. It costs 5 €. Non transferable.
• 2-Days ticket: ticket valid for 2 days within the urban and suburban transport of GTT. It costs 7.50 €. Non transferable
• 3-Days ticket: ticket valid for 3 days within the urban and suburban transport of GTT. It costs 10.00 €. Non transferable
• Ticket Shopping, this is a valid ticket for 4 hours to move within the urban area. Valid from 09:00 to 20:00 horas. It costs 3 €

Airport

Sandro Pertini International Airport is located 16 km in north of the city center.

The train station is just a few meters of the terminal and is accessed from Departures via a covered walkway with a length of 150 meters.

Trains run between 05.00 am and 21.45 hours with the station towards Turin GTT Dora. Trains run between the Airport and the station of Turin GTT Dora every 30 minutes between 06:49 and 21:19 hours.The inverse service from the GTT Dora station to the Airport also has a periodicity of 30 minutes and runs between 05:03 am and 19:43 hours.Travel time is 19 minutes and the cost of a single ticket, (ticket "Trenibus") costs 3.70 € and enables to make use of not only the metro to Dora GTT but also the urban public transport of the GTT for 70 minutes.

There is also a shuttle bus service from the SADEM company that runs every 30-45 minutes.The service operates from the airport and the city between 05:00 am and 23:00 hours and from the city to the airport between 06 : 00 am and 24.00 hours. The journey takes about 40 minutes to Turin, with intermediate stops. Costs 6.5 €, 7.00 € if it is bought on board.

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Catania metro

Catania metro system, or Metropolitana di Catana in italian, is the shortest in the world.
The total length of the system is just 3.8 kms. It just has 6 stations.
Metropolitana of Catania, usually known as just Metro, its operating since 27 June 1999.

The city, located in the coast of Sicily, is the second largest of the province.
Catania was facing urban transportation congestion so the need for the metro service was justified.
The work is just “half done” as the system doesn’t reach many destinations, working hours and frecuency are not
enough and the consequence is that is not a very popular transport. Then is not easy to find funding to expand
and improve the system.

It is managed by the Ferrovia Circumetnea,FCE, (Etna rails). The metro system is being extended
and there are some stations and sections under construction (Piazza Giovanni XXIII, Piazza Stesicoro…).
Metro services are going to be complemented with another system operated by RFI (Reti Ferroviarie Italiane).

Lines and stations

The northen half of the route (Borgo to Piazza Galatea section) the Metropolitana di Catana circulates
underground and is double track. The other half (Piazza Galatea to Porto section) circulates at ground level
and is single track. That’s another limitation for the frecuency that trains can depart.

Stations: Borgo, Giuffrida, Italia, Galatea, Stazione F.S. Centrale and Porto.
Borgo station connects with the Circumetnea railway.

There are two more planned lines and should be currently open but due to funding problems the
projects are stalled.

Hours of operation and frecuency

It doesn’t operate very often. There is a train every 15 minutes but you could find yourself waiting for almost half an hour.
Hours of operation are from 07:00 until 20:45 and only from monday to saturday.

Rates and tickets.

The tickets cost € 1 for 90 minutes and € 2,50 for a day. There is also a season ticket for a month for 10€.
You can purchase tickets at kiosks. Tickets are also valid for urban buses.
Tickets must be validated when you use them at metro gates or machines on buses.

Interesting facts

The metro system is facing several problems: not enough riderships due to limited destinations, service frequency
and working hours.

Connection to the airport

By the public Alibus line 457 of AMT which departs from the central train station.
An extension to the system is planned since 2006 from Galatea to the west,
and probably it will get to the airport from Stesicoro.

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