Monte Sant'Angelo railway station

Monte Sant'Angelo
General information
Location	Naples, Campania Italy
Coordinates	40°50′31.8″N14°11′07″E / 40.842167°N 14.18528°E / 40.842167; 14.18528
Line(s)	Line 7
Train operators	EAV
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Monte Sant'Angelo platform

Monte Sant'Angelo railway station will be a railway station in Naples located between the districts of Soccavo and Fuorigrotta. It will be served by the Line 7 railway line, managed by EAV.

It takes its name from the Monte Sant'Angelo hill, where the University of Naples Federico II complex of the same name is located. The station was designed by Indian-born architect Anish Kapoor and will serve university students as well as the Rione Traiano neighborhood, where an exit is planned. It will be accessible via a new railway link (also under construction) connecting the Cumana and Circumflegrea railways, creating a fully urban railway line, Line 7.

History

Construction of the station began in 2008, but progress has been slow due to the complexity of Kapoor's artistic massive structure, which was transported to Naples by sea from the Netherlands only in the summer of 2015. ^[1]

Station layout

The station's design is highly ambitious: the planned exits will be made of steel and will have a sinuous, mouth-like shape, resembling fissures in the ground. Many have mischievously associated the structures with female genitalia, a comparison partially acknowledged by Amanda Levete, a collaborator on Kapoor's project. ^[2]

Connections

• Bus stop

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Italy portal

• History of rail transport in Italy
• List of railway stations in Campania
• Railway stations in Italy

References

1. "Monte Sant'Angelo i cantieri del metrò riaprono dopo 4 anni". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2015-06-06. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
2. "Levete: «Io, archistar della stazione del metrò più sexy del mondo» - Corriere del Mezzogiorno". corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it. Retrieved 2025-03-23.