The first stretch of Rome's
long-awaited third underground railway line, Metro C, will be
inaugurated Sunday morning when Mayor Ignazio Marino will ride
the line, Marino told ANSA Friday.
Metro C will be serviced by Rome's first fleet of driverless
trains, comprised of six interconnected carriages per train,
with a carrying capacity of up to 1,200 passengers per train.
Work on the line began in 2007 and when finished is planned
to have 24 stations total, stretching from the historic center
at the Imperial Fora to the city's far eastern periphery at
Pantano.
The first stretch to open on November 9 runs approximately
13 kilometers on a 15-station route covering the easternmost
tract of the line, from Pantano to the Centocelle neighborhood.
Trains on that stretch were put into testing at the end of
2013.
The first 13 trains to go into service were produced by the
Ansaldo Breda company in Reggio Calabria.
Completion of the entire line is scheduled for September
2020.
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