Line 2 (Naples metro)
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Train at Napoli Campi Flegrei railway station
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| Locale | Naples, Italy | ||
| Transit type | Commuter rail | ||
| Number of lines | 1 | ||
| Number of stations | 12 | ||
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| Began operation | 1925 | ||
| Operator(s) | Trenitalia | ||
| Host railroads | RFI | ||
| Number of vehicles |
ALe 724 ALe 582 TAF |
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| Track gauge |
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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Line 2 (Italian: Linea 2) is a commuter rail service operated by Trenitalia in the city of Naples, Italy. It connects 12 stations.
Line 2 operates on the Villa Literno–Napoli San Giovanni-Barra railway, which crosses the city of Naples from west to east.
Line 2 also has some regional extensions. These are the Formia-Castellamare, Naples-Capua and Naples-Salerno (all these services use the Passante railway, of which the latter two start from Campi Flegrei station). Line 2 is the only Trenitalia service forming part of the Naples metropolitan railway service.
The construction of the line, part of the ″direttissima″ Rome–Naples, was begun in 1911 and after a suspension during World War I, it was completed in 1925 between Pozzuoli and Piazza Garibaldi, electrified with third rail. Two years later the ″direttissima″ was completed, and the electrical rail service was extended towards Villa Literno and San Giovanni-Barra.
In November 1935 the line was also electrified with overhead line; the third rail was discontinued in 1938.
In 1997, the line was numbered as Line 2, while the proper Naples Metro line became Line 1. The two lines were connected with a pedestrian tunnel between Museo and Cavour in 2002.
In 2001, operation of the line was taken over by Metronapoli SpA, a newly established in which Trenitalia held a 38% stake. However, in November 2005, operation of line 2 was transferred back to Trenitalia, and that company sold its Metronapoli shares to the municipal government.
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