News in 2003
January 22, 2003: Ennio Cascetta, Responsible for Tranports at
Regione Campania,
has presented the
"Regional Metro Program for mobility and development in Campania".
Among other things, scheduling has been announced for opening of
sections and stations of Naples Metro
(see news - in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
February 23, 2003: European Union allows
Regione Campania
further fundings for regional metro system
(see news - in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
March 1, 2003: new direct line Casalnuovo - Naples of
Circumvesuviana opens:
three new stations
(Centro Direzionale,
Poggioreale
and
Botteghelle),
and an important step forward toward realization of
both Campania Region Metro and Naples Metro
(Linea 3)
(see news - in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
For a description of stations read
here - in Italian -
(from Il Mattino).
April 8, 2003: opening of station
Materdei (Linea 1)
announced to take place on July 4
(see news - in Italian - from Il Mattino)
April 16, 2003: on July 4 tunnel connecting station
Museo (Linea 1)
and exit leading to Museo Archeologico enters service:
100-metre long tapis roulants leading directly to Museum ticket booths
(see news
- in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
April 16, 2003: a "mini-metro" underground shuttle service
between station
Montedonzelli (Linea 1)
and Via Domenico Fontana - Via Bernardo Cavallino area has been announced,
and another is under consideration to connect
Cardarelli Hospital entrance to station
Colli Aminei (Linea 1)
(see news -
in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
May 5, 2003: kiosk designed to decorate
Materdei station
(Linea 1)
torn down
(see news - in Italian -
from Il Mattino)
May 8, 2003: station
Monte Sant'Angelo (Linea 7)
will be arranged by Anish Kapoor, worldwide known artist from India
(see press release
- in Italian -
from Il Mattino)
May 19, 2003: opening of Aversa - Piscinola section of new
Alifana
line (11 kms, 5 stations, connection with
Linea 1)
announced to take place by end 2005
(see press release -
in Italian - from Il Mattino)
May 30, 2003:
Linea6
works stopped: new fundings from
Regione Campania
are not available yet. Vice-Mayor Rocco Papa
announces no economical problems exist and works are going to continue
without any delay
(see press release - in Italian -
from Il Mattino)
June 5, 2003: today
Linea6
works start again
(see news
- in Italian -
from
Il Mattino).
June 17, 2003: tunnel connecting
station Museo
(Linea 1)
with box office inside Archaeological Museum
announced to open in October 2003
(see news
- in Italian -
from Il Mattino).
June 28, 2003: officially announced for July 5 opening of station
Materdei
(Linea 1)
(see news
- in Italian -
from Il Mattino)
July 2, 2003: starting from September 1, the number of units composing
Linea 1
trains will be increased from two to three cars,
so as to carry up to 1,290 passengers
(see news -
in Italian -
from Il Mattino)
July 3, 2003: Rocco Papa, Naples vice-Mayor, announces the
tenth metro line
to connect Piazza Cavour/Museo to Capodichino.
Project financing is under consideration to carry out line construction.
Scheduled end of works is 2011.
July 5, 2003: station
Materdei
(Linea 1)
has entered service.
Read
a description of the station
and
comments by ministers
(both news are from
Il Mattino).
September 16, 2003:
SEPSA
Montesanto
station
(Linea 5
and
Linea 7)
will undergo restyling: works start at the end of September 2003 and
should end in 2005 for a total cost of 40 million euros.
A tunnel is being considered to connect this station with FS
Montesanto
station
(Linea 2)
(see news
- in Italian -
from
Il Mattino).
September 18, 2003: starting on Monday September 22nd,
Linea 1
trains in the time band from 6 to 9,30 will be
composed by one more unit, for a total train capacity of 1290 passengers
(see news
- in Italian -
from
Il Mattino).
October 6, 2003: pedestrian tunnel connecting station
Museo
(Linea 1
and
Linea 2)
with National Archaeological Museum
opens in Mid-November
(see news
- in Italian -
from
Il Mattino).
October 6, 2003: Metro information point opens in Mid-October at
Piazza Municipio
(see news
- in Italian -
from
Il Mattino).
October 30, 2003: presented stations on section
Aversa Centro - Piscinola of
Alifana
(to open by end 2006)
and on section
Piscinola - Di Vittorio
(Linea 1)
(to open in 2007)
(see press release -
in Italian - from
Il Mattino).
December 4, 2003: vice-mayor Rocco Papa proposes a further station
in Via Chiaia for
Linea6
between stations
Martiri
and
Plebiscito
(see news -
in Italian - from
Il Mattino).
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