Montesanto railway station

Montesanto
General information
Location	Naples, Campania Italy
Coordinates	40°49′21″N14°11′41″E / 40.82250°N 14.19472°E / 40.82250; 14.19472
Line(s)	Cumana and Circumflegrea
Train operators	EAV
Connections	Line 2 (Napoli Montesanto)
History
Opened	1889;136 years ago (1889)
Services
Preceding station Naples SFM Following station Terminus Cumana railway Corso Vittorio Emanuele towards Torregaveta Preceding station Naples SFM Following station Terminus Circumflegrea railway Piave towards Licola
Route map Legend 0.000 Montesanto 2.421 Corso Vittorio Emanuele to Circumflegrea railway Depot Passante Ferroviario di Napoli 4.321 Fuorigrotta 5.164 Mostra–Stadio Maradona 6.130 Edenlandia Line 7 (Naples Metro) (planned) EAV-RFI junction to Villa Literno 6.787 Agnano 7.688 Bagnoli– Città della Scienza 8.325 Dazio Old alignment (†1999) Terme ( Patamia Pepere ) (†19??) 9.367 PM Accadia (†1999) 10.594 Gerolomini Old alignment (†2025) 11.420 Cappuccini (†2025) 11.984 Pozzuoli (1889) (†2025) Pozzuoli (under construction) 13.208 Cantieri (†2022) 14.153 Arco Felice 15.753 Lucrino Old alignment (†1999) to Circumflegrea railway 18.204 Fusaro 19.810 Torregaveta Source: Italian railway atlas [1] This diagram: view talk edit Legend 0.000 Montesanto 3.387 Piave 3.882 Soccavo Line 7 (Naples Metro) (under construction) 4.494 Traiano 6.621 La Trencia 7.462 Pianura 10.298 Pisani 12.165 Quarto Centro 12.888 Quarto officina 13.813 Quarto Officina Passante Ferroviario di Napoli 16.437 Grotta del Sole 19.590 Licola de facto terminus since 2012 21.127 Marina di Licola no service since 2012 22.695 Cuma no service since 2012 24.950 Lido Fusaro no service since 2012 Cumana railway 26.810 Torregaveta no service since 2012 Source: Italian railway atlas [1] This diagram: view talk edit
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Montesanto railway station (Italian : Stazione di Montesanto) is a railway station in Naples, Italy. It is located at the terminus of the Cumana and Circumflegrea railway lines, both managed by EAV.

Structures and systems

The building, in the 1880s on a design by the engineer Antonio Liotta inspired by the liberty style, was the subject, between 2005 and 2008, of a demanding and radical restoration conceived by the neapolitan architect Silvio D'Ascia who the original structure has been completely transformed thanks to the use of large glazed surfaces (1,700 m² of glass roofs) and metal members (3,500 m² of stainless steel cladding).

The station has 4 tracks: the first and second are part of the Cumana railway, the third and fourth are part of the Circumflegrea railway. Both lines, after different routes, rejoin Torregaveta, the opposite terminus.

The station is directly connected to the Montesanto Funicular, while you can easily walk to the RFI station, served by the convoys of line 2, and the Dante stop of line 1.

On 25 May 2016, the station was named after Petru Birladeanu, an innocent victim of the Camorra, who was mistakenly killed in the station on 26 May 2009. ^{[2] [3]}

Work is underway for the construction of the Monte Sant'Angelo link road, which will make the station also the terminus of Line 7.

Passenger movement

Being in the historic center of Naples, and being the terminus of the two railways, passenger traffic is very strong.

The frequency of trains is one every 20 minutes for both the Cumana railway and the Circumflegrea railway.

The station is frequented by 60,000 users daily, with a traffic of 200 trains per day. During the restoration work, the building continued to perform its function without interruption.

Services

The station has:

• Ticket office
• Accessibility for handicapped people
• Bar
• Elevators
• Escalators
• Toilet

See also

• List of railway stations in Campania

References

1. Atlante ferroviario s'Italia e Slovenia[Italian and Slovenian railway atlas)] (1 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2010. pp. 69–70, 76–7, 82, 147–53, 155. ISBN   978-3-89494-129-1.
2. "La stazione della cumana di Montesanto intitolata a Petru Birladeanu, vittima innocente della camorra". La Repubblica (in Italian). 25 May 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
3. "Si è cercato Petru Birladeanu -" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 March 2021.