Linea 5

Stations:
Montesanto (2, 7),
Cilea (1, 7),
Piave (7),
Soccavo (7),
Traiano,
La Trencia,
Pianura,
Torre Poerio,
Pisani
and then outside Naples to Licola and Torregaveta.
Tracks completed and in use by Circumflegrea line, which is part of
S.E.P.S.A. lines.
Its Montesanto-Pisani section will constitute Metro Linea 5.
Two stations to be built: Torre Pisani and Cilea. This latter
will be an interchange with
Linea 1
by means of a system of lifts and escalators
(the lines operate with a difference in height of 120 metres).
Works have been approved on March 13 2001 (see
news -in Italian- from
La Repubblica, or
news -in Italian- from
Il Mattino).
No news are currently available about their actual realization.
Track doubling in section Montesanto - Pianura (km. 7,460) under development
(see SEPSA official site).
Track doubling in section Pianura - Pisani (km. 2,836) to fund.
By end 2004 new stations Traiano, La Trencia and Pianura will be completed and will enter service.
Cumana-Circumflegrea system here.
Current Circumflegrea timetable:
here
or
here.
Train frequency:
- during all service: 20 min
Timetable:
- First train: from Montesanto: 5.43 from Licola: 6.23
- Last train: from Montesanto: 21.03 from Licola: 21.43
Distances in minutes:
- Montesanto - Piave 6 min (station Cilea to be built in between)
- Piave - Soccavo 1 min
- Soccavo - Traiano 3 min
- Traiano - La Trencia 3 min
- La Trencia - Pianura 2 min
- Pianura - Pisani 5 min
Recent news
March 11, 2002: A group of people living in Pianura (Via Vicinale Campanile)
say that track doubling for
Linea5
is damaging their houses
(see press release - in Italian -
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).
January 21, 2004: Comune di Napoli
approves construction of a pedestrian underpass in
Montesanto
area between
Linea 2
station and that of
Linea 5
and
Linea 7
(see news
- in Italian - from
Il Mattino).
March 6, 2005: new station
Traiano
(Linea 5)
starts service
(see
news
- in Italian - from
Il Mattino,
and
official note
- in Italian -
by
SEPSA).
July 7, 2005: new station
La Trencia
(Linea5)
enters service,
in next months also station
Pianura will be available
(see
news
- in Italian - from
Il Mattino).
December 3, 2005: CIPE has funded 323 million euros for Naples metro works:
42.2 millions for
Montesanto station
(Linea 5 and Linea 7),
61.1 millions for
Cilea - Quattro Giornate interchange node
(Linea 1,
Linea 5 and
Linea 7) to complete by 2010,
119.7 millions for the section
Capodichino - Centro Direzionale
(Linea 1)
and 100 millions for the section
San Pasquale - Municipio
(Linea 6)
(see news
and table - in Italian - from
Il Mattino).
For details about trains and a picture of a Circumflegrea train click
here.
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