Line B (Rome Metro)
| Rome Metro Line B | |||
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Termini Station
(Feb 2017) |
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Rapid transit | ||
| System | Rome Metro | ||
| Locale | Rome, Italy | ||
| Termini |
Rebibbia (north-east), Jonio (north) Laurentina (south-west) |
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| Stations | 26 | ||
| Daily ridership | 345,000 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 9 February 1955 | ||
| Owner | ATAC | ||
| Operator(s) | ATAC | ||
| Character | Underground and Elevated | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 18.151 km (11.279 mi) plus B1 branch of 5,5 km | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | Overhead lines | ||
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Line B is a metro line serving Rome, Italy, and part of the Rome Metro. Despite its name, Line B was the first line to be built in the city. It crosses Rome diagonally from north-east, starting at Rebibbia and at Jonio stations, to south, terminating at Laurentina, in the EUR district. It crosses Line A at Termini station. The line has 26 stations and is shown in blue on Metro maps.
Its first service runs at 05:30 and its last at 23:30. From 18 January 2008, the last Friday and Saturday service runs at 1:30. It carries 345,000 passengers a day and runs 377 trains a day, with a peak time frequency of one train every 3 minutes in the shared section and 4,5 minutes in the branches. Every 6 minutes at other times, at a maximum frequency of 9 minutes at the most off-peak times.
Despite its name, Line B was the first metro line in Rome. The line was planned during the 1930s by the Fascist government in search of a rapid connection between the main train station, Termini, and a new district to the south-east of the city, E42, the planned location of the Universal Exposition (or Expo), which was to be held in Rome in 1942. The exposition never took place due to Italy's entrance into the Second World War in 1940. When work was interrupted some of the tunnels on the city-centre side of the metro (between Termini and Piramide) had been completed and were used as air raid shelters during the war.
Work on the metro began again in 1948, in concert with turning the space, formerly designated for the Expo, into a commercial district under the name Esposizione Universale Roma(EUR). The line was officially opened on 9 February 1955 by the then President of the Republic Luigi Einaudi. Regular services began on the following day.
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