The metropolitan
railways network
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The Palermo Metropolitan Railways presently
include three lines:
A line: Stazione Centrale - Punta Raisi
(Falcone-Borsellino Airport)
Total length 35 km, serving 15 stations: Stazione Centrale,
Guadagna (opening soon), Vespri-Policlinico, Palazzo
Reale-Orleans, Notarbartolo, Francia, San Lorenzo-Colli,
Cardillo Zen, Tommaso Natale, Isola delle Femmine, Capaci, Capaci-Torre
Ciachea, Carini, Piraineto, Aeroporto
Falcone-Borsellino.
Double rail on the surface from Stazione Centrale to Guadagna,
then underground from Vespri to Notarbartolo. Single
rail underground from Notarbartolo to Francia and again on
the surface along the rails of the Palermo-Trapani railway. A new
double rail section has been opened in 2001 from Carini to Aeroporto
Falcone-Borsellino.
Trains: From September 9th 2004 the Minuetto trains are operating on this line.
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B line: Stazione Notarbartolo - Giachery
Total length 4 km,
serving 4 stations: Notarbartolo, Imperatore Federico, Fiera, Giachery.
Single rail
underground from Notarbartolo to Imperatore Federico, then
in a trench.
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A line B train at the
Notarbartolo station
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C line: Stazione Centrale – Termini
Imerese
Total length 36 km, 11 stations: Stazione
Centrale, Brancaccio, Roccella, Ficarazzi, Bagheria, S. Flavia-Porticello,
Casteldaccia, Altavilla Milicia, S. Nicola, Trabia, Termini Imerese.
Double rail on the surface along the rails of the Palermo-Messina
railway.
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.
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Travel
Info
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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 Termini Imerese,
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
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Ticket: 1.30 Euro.
Valid for 90 minutes from first entrance on both lines of the metropolitan
service inside the urban area of Palermo (from Stazione Centrale to Tommaso
Natale on line A, from Notarbartolo to Giachery on
line B, and from Stazione Centrale to Roccella on line C). The ticket is not valid
for the AMAT bus service.
Weekly ticket: 10
Euros; Monthly ticket: 26.50 Euros; Yearly ticket: 239 Euros. These
tickets allow to travel on both lines of the metropolitan service
inside the urban area of Palermo, between the Roccella, Stazione
Centrale, Notarbartolo, Tommaso Natale and Giachery stations.
They can not be used for the urban bus service.
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Trinacria express for the Falcone-Borsellino Airport:
single journey: 5.80 Euros; weekly ticket: 30.00 Euros; monthly ticket:
62.15 Euros.
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History
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Ticket 1991
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On May 1990: For the
Football World Cup a metropolitan railway service
is inaugurated on the Stazione Centrale - Giachery
section (initially only 6 stops: Stazione
Centrale, Vespri-Policlinico, Notarbartolo, Imperatore Federico-Stadio,
Fiera, Giachery).
On May
1993: The San Lorenzo-Colli and Tommaso Natale
stations, along the Palermo-Trapani railway, are included in the
metropolitan service and the trains from the Notarbartolo station
terminate their journey to Giachery or
Tommaso Natale, alternatively.
On August 1994: Opening of the Francia and Cardillo Zen
stop along the Palermo-Trapani railway
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Timetable 1992-93
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Ticket 1999
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On
the 22nd June 2001: Opening of the Palazzo
Reale-Orleans station
On the 6th October 2001: A new junction connects the
Piraineto station on the Palermo-Trapani railway to
the Falcone-Borsellino airport and the metropolitan service is
extended from the Stazione Centrale to the new Aeroporto
Falcone-Borsellino underground station, the actual terminal of the
A line of the metropolitan railway, while the Notarbartolo —
Giachery section operates separately as B line.
On
the 16th January 2012: after a one-year stop, the Palermo C.le-Notarbartolo section is re-opened
upgraded to a double rail and almost completely underground line.
On
the 20th January 2015: the Roccella station was opened on the C
line.
Since
29th June 2015 the railway line to Punta Raisi was stopped due to upgrading
works and the A line of the subway has been running only from Central
Station to Notarbartolo station. Upgrading works are expected to last 18
months with re-opening scheduled in January 2017.
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Timetable 1993-94
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Map 1995
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Timetable 1995
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Photos
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Trinacria Express
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Stazione Notarbartolo
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Stazione Centrale
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Giachery station (Line B)
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Ticket
office at Giachery (Line B)
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Minuetto at the Stazione Centrale
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Front
of the Stazione Centrale
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S. Lorenzo station (Line A)
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Notarbartolo station
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Trinacria Express
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Punta Raisi station
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Trinacria Express
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photos ©:
Metropalermo, Mario Palermo, Pietro Rizzo, Omar Cugini
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Planned
works and works in progress
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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. 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 and
have been started in September 2014.
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.
Project of the
urban public transportation network of Palermo.
RESTYLING OF
THE STAZIONE CENTRALE
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TRAMWAYS
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Four tramway lines are operating in Palermo: T1 from Roccella to
the Stazione Centrale; T2 from Borgo Nuovo to
the Notarbartolo station; T3 from San Giovanni Apostolo (CEP) to
Notarbartolo station; and T4 from Notarbartolo Station to corso Calatafimi
flanking the viale Regione Siciliana.
Total length of the lines: the
total length of the four lines is 18 kilometres. A total of 44 stops are
operated.
Total cost: 322 millions
euro.
Progression of works: 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 have been completed in November 2015. The
inauguration and opening to the public of all four lines of the service took
place on 30 December 2015.
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Links
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http://www.palermoweb.com/metropa/
http://www.comune.palermo.it/Comune/Progetto_Zeus/Metropolitana.htm
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/euromet.htm
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