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The Palermo Metropolitan Railways  presently include three lines:

A line B train at the Notarbartolo station

TRINACRIA EXPRESS From 2001, when the junction between the Piraineto station on the Palermo-Trapani railway and the "Falcone-Borsellino" airoport was activated, Trenitalia started a new regular connection with the Punta Raisi airport terminal, this train has been called "Trinacria express". Trinacria express trains are scheduled to leave the Punta Raisi terminal at minute 00 and the Palermo Centrale station at minute 09 of every hour, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. and take 60 minutes for the whole travel, stopping at Vespri, Palazzo Reale-Orleans, Notarbartolo, Francia and at the Piraineto interchange station, where travellers from Trapani can take the "Trinacria express". Trains making more stops leave the Punta Raisi terminal at minute 20 and the Palermo Centrale station at minute 39 of every hour and take 70 minutes for the whole travel. The one-way ticket from Palermo to Punta Raisi costs 5.80 euro and can be purchased at the Trenitalia ticket offices and in many newspapers and cigarettes shops. Weekly tickets (30.00 euro) and a monthly ticket (62.15 euro) are also available.

The Palermo Metropolitan Railway is operated by the Ferrovie dello Stato.

Operation time:
A line: from 4:45 a.m. to 8:09 p.m. for trains to Aeroporto, and from 5:54 a.m. to 09:00 p.m. for trains to Stazione Centrale, every day but at lower frequency on Sundays and holydays.
B line: from 6:40 a.m. to 8:20 p.m. for trains to Giachery, and from 6:59 a.m. to 8:40 p.m. for trains to Notarbartolo, from Mondays to Saturdays only.
C line: from 5:44 a.m. to 9:40 p.m. for trains to Altavilla Milicia, and from 5:57 a.m. to 9:57 p.m. for trains to Stazione Centrale, every day but at lower frequency on Sundays and holydays.

Frequency:
A train every 30 minutes is ensured on both A line and B line but the frequency is increased on line A at rush hours, though extra-trains usually don't reach the airport. On the C line frequency ranges from 60 to 20 minutes at rush hours.

To consult a complete timetable of the Palermo metropolitan railways click HERE

Trinacria express for the Falcone-Borsellino Airport: single journey: 5.80 Euros; weekly ticket: 30.00 Euros; monthly ticket: 62.15 Euros.

A line and C line

A double rail will be constructed between Brancaccio and Carini (from Carini to the Punta Raisi airport the double rail is already operating). The length of the journey to the airport will so be decreased. Nine new stations will be opened: Roccella, Brancaccio residenziale, Guadagna, Palazzo di Giustizia, Lolli, Lazio, Belgio, La Malfa e Sferracavallo, so that a total of 18 stations will be opereted in the urban area.
Length of the line: 26 kilometres
Total cost: 623 millions euro
Progression: works have been committed to a general contractor on 05/11/2004. After a long stop waiting for the approval of a major modification of the project, works have started on February 2008 and must be completed within 1,670 days. Updates on the progression of the works can be found at the MobilitaPalermo.org website.

Plan of the line after completion.

B line
Closing the ring section from Giachery to Lolli station, the B line will be completed. At present, only half of the line is operating, from Notarbartolo to Giachery station including four stops: Notarbartolo, Imperatore Federico, Fiera and Giachery. The extension will have four more stops: Porto, Politeama, Malaspina-Catania and Lazio-Libertà.
Length of the line: 6.5 kilometres
Extension: 2.3 kilometres
Total cost: 125 million euro.
Progression: works have been committed by Italferr to Tecnis SpA in June 2007, but Salini Locatelli srl asked for a revision of the commitment. In May 2008 the final judgment cancelled the commitment of the works.

D line 
This new line, entirely underground, will cross the town from South to North, with a total length of 17.6 kilometres. The first section, 7 kilometres from via Oreto to the Notarbartolo station, includes ten stops: Svincolo Oreto, Oreto sud, Oreto nord, Piazza Giulio Cesare, Piazza Borsa, Teatro Massimo, Politeama, Via Archimede, Piazza Alberico Gentili and Stazione Notarbartolo. It will take only 12 minutes for the journey from Svincolo Oreto to Stazione Notarbartolo. The total cost for this section will be 535 millions euro. The second section, to Tommaso Natale-Partanna Mondello, will be built later.
Length of the line: 17.6 kilometres
Total cost: 1,085 millions euro
Progression: on 18/02/2005 the development of the project of the first section has been committed to Systra s.a., Ingegneria Y Economia del Transporte s.a., Lombardi Italia Ingegneri Consulenti s.r.l., Dominique Perrault and Technital S.p.A. On 18/12/2008 300 millions euro have been destined by the Italian government to the Palermo metropolitan railway. The Regione Siciliana promised to provide 300 millions more. The Palermo municipality will soon call for a project financing commitment.

TRAMWAYS
THE PROJECT. Three tramways are in project: the first one from Roccella to the Stazione Centrale; the second one from Borgo Nuovo to the Notarbartolo station; and the last from San Giovanni Apostolo to Notarbartolo station, along the viale Regione Siciliana until corso Calatafimi.
Total length of the lines: the total length of the three lines will reach 15 kilometres, equally subdivided among the three lines. A total of 40 stops will be operated.
Total cost: 192 millions euro.
Progression: on the 30/12/2005 the project has been committed to the "Sis" consortium including: "Bombardier Transportation Italy", "Mosco & Associati", "Edil Scavi", "Amec Spie Rail", "Seib Ingenieur-Consult", "Ingenieurbüro Wosnitza und Knappe" and "ETC Transport Consultants", but works actually started only on June 2007 and should be completed within five years.

Project of the urban public transportation network of Palermo.


RESTYLING OF THE STAZIONE CENTRALE