Type Light metro Status Closed to the public Locale Naples Stations 4 | System Naples Metro Rolling stock T 67 Operator ANM | |
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Termini 24 November 2003
4 February 2007 (Mostra – Mergellina Section) Opened January 11, 2007 (2007-01-11) | ||
Line 6 (Italian: Linea sei) is a 2.2-kilometre (1.4 mi) light metro line that forms part of the Naples Metro. It connects 4 stations. The line is currently closed to the public due to low ridership.
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When the planned expansion of Line 6 is finished (2017), there will a total of 8 stations along a planned 5.5-kilometre (3.4 mi) route length.
History
The actual Line 6 was originally projected as a rapid tramway line (Linea Tranviaria Rapida, LTR) with some underground parts. Works started at the end of the 1980s, with a plan to open the first section for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. As the end station Mergellina couldn't be completed in time, the line wasn't opened and was left abandoned for many years.
In the 2000s it was decided to complete the Mergellina station and to open the section that had already been built, but as a light metro without any connection with the tram network. The section was opened on 4 February 2007, from Mostra to Mergellina with two intermediate stops at Lala and Augusto, and a frequency of a train every 8 minutes.
Line was operated by Metronapoli until November 2013 when operations of the Naples Metro was taken over by Azienda Napoletana Mobilità SpA (ANM).
As the existing section is really short, and already served by other parallel lines (Line 2 and Cumana), the line has been much less used since its opening. The service was suspended on 10 March 2011, and later re-opened only in the morning from Mondays to Fridays with a reduced frequency.
Expansion
The line will be extended from the west of Naples to the city center at Municipio.
Preliminary work began in July 2006 on the way to Municipio, where work is already under way on Line 1. In September 2007 Ansaldo STS was awarded a €426m contract for the 3.1-kilometre (1.9 mi) section Mergellina–Municipio.
Service
Trains on Line 6 formerly travelled every 16 minutes, only in the mornings from Mondays to Saturdays. But ridership on the operational rump part of Line 6 was low, and the line is currently closed to the public.