Mergellina is a station of the Naples Metro in Naples, Campania, Italy. The platforms serving Line 2 have been active since 25 September 1925, while the one serving Line 6 has been active since 4 February 2007.[1]

Mergellina
Naples Metro station
View of the passenger building
View of the passenger building
General information
LocationCorso Vittorio Emanuele
80122 Napoli NA
Naples, Campania
Italy
Coordinates40°49′53″N 14°13′09″E / 40.83139°N 14.21917°E / 40.83139; 14.21917
Line(s)Line 2 and Line 6
Urban and suburban buses
Train operatorsTrenitalia (Line 2), ANM (Line 6)
Connections
Construction
ArchitectGaetano Costa
History
Opened20 September 1925
Services
Preceding station Naples Metro Naples Metro Following station
Piazza Amedeo Line 2 Piazza Leopardi
Preceding station Naples Metro Naples Metro Following station
Arco Mirelli
towards Municipio
Line 6 Lala
towards Mostra
parking tickets escalators elevators disabled access public transportation
Line 2
San Giovanni-Barra
Galileo Ferraris**
Gianturco
Piazza Garibaldi 1
Piazza Cavour
Montesanto
Piazza Amedeo
Mergellina 6
Piazza Leopardi
Campi Flegrei 6 (Mostra station)
Cavalleggeri Aosta
Bagnoli-Agnano Terme
Pozzuoli Solfatara
(**) Under construction
Line 6
Municipio
1 Trams in Naples
Chiaia – Monte di Dio
San Pasquale
Arco Mirelli
Mergellina
2
Lala
Augusto
MostraCumana railway

The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and ANM. However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.

Location

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Mergellina station is on Corso Vittorio Emanuele, to the south west of the city centre. It is about 200 metres (660 ft) north of the Mergellina marina, from where the hydrofoils depart for the islands in the Gulf of Naples.

History

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The station was opened on 20 September 1925, upon the inauguration of the Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway.[2] Originally, the station had 5 platforms for passenger services, but since 2009 only platforms 3 and 4 are in operation. Since 2017, the station is unstaffed.

The Line 6 railway, designed by Lampugnani and entry into service February 4, 2007, is the current terminus of the Line 6 while waiting for the line to be extended to Municipio: there are two binary logs. As with the entire line, passenger traffic is still at most, given the small size of the line. In 2008 the station work continues to connect to the train station and Metro Napoli Mergellina, one of the main stations of Naples, in which you can take the metro Line 2. Station is reached by passing under the bridge of the metro Line 2. Mergellina is part of the Art Stations and has been decorated with works by Merz. Another special feature of the station is the inclined elevator.

The previous station is Arco Mirelli, the next is Lala.

Passenger and train movements

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The station has about 6.2 million passenger movements each year.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Napoli". urbanrail.
  2. ^ Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
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