Rome–Giardinetti railway
{{Short description|Railway line in Italy}}
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| name = Roma–Giardinetti
| color = FFCB04
| logo =Ferrovia_Roma-Giardinetti.svg
| logo_width = 60px
| logo_alt = Roma–Giardinetti
| image = Řím, Porta Maggiore, úzkorozchodná elektrická jednotka.jpg
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| image_alt = A train at Porta Maggiore.
| caption = A train at Porta Maggiore in 2010
| type = Light rail
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| status = Operational (partial closure)
| locale = Rome, Italy
| start = Roma Termini
| end = Giardinetti
| stations = 19 (7 closed)
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| open = 1916
| close = 2015 (Centocelle-Giardinetti)
| owner = ATAC
| operator = ATAC
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| linelength_km = 5.4
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| gauge = {{RailGauge|950mm}}
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| electrification = 1,650 V DC, overhead lines
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| website = [http://www.atac.roma.it/en ATAC]
| map = File:Mappa ferr Roma-Giardinetti.png
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{{Railway Rome-Giardinetti}}
The Roma–Giardinetti railway is a narrow-gauge street running tram-train railway in Rome, Italy. It connects Laziali (a regional train station some {{Convert|800|m|ft|0}} from Termini's main concourse) with Giardinetti to the east just past the Grande Raccordo Anulare, Rome's orbital motorway.{{cite web|title=Il Libro Giallo del Trenino|url=http://www.cityrailways.net/studi-e-tecnica/2015/2/10/il-libro-giallo-del-trenino.html|website=CityRailways|accessdate=2015-04-22|language=Italian}} It is run by ATAC, the company responsible for public transportation in the city, which also operates the Rome Metro.{{cite news|last1=Piccirilli|first1=Antonio|title=Un 'carro bestiame' nel cuore della città: quale futuro per la Roma-Giardinetti?|url=http://pigneto.romatoday.it/trenino-laziali-tra-insicurezza-e-degrado.html|accessdate=2015-04-22|newspaper=Roma Today|date=25 June 2013|language=Italian}}
History
The present railway is the only part of the old and longer Rome–Fiuggi–Alatri–Frosinone railway to be in service. The latest shortening of the line occurred in 2008 with the closing of the Giardinetti–Pantano section, which has now become part of the Metro Line C.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/metro_c_atac_sindaco_apertura_pantano_centocelle-686804.html|title=Metro C, apre la Pantano-Centocelle: folla di romani all'inaugurazione|access-date=2018-07-23}}
The line had been due to be dismantled in 2016 to be replaced with a bus lane along Via Casilina,{{cite news|last1=Bisbiglia|first1=Vincenzo|title=Trenino Roma-Giardinetti, la corsa è finita|url=http://www.iltempo.it/roma-capitale/cronaca/2015/01/25/trenino-roma-giardinetti-la-corsa-e-finita-1.1371736|accessdate=2015-04-22|newspaper=Il Tempo|date=25 January 2015|language=Italian}} but in March 2015 it was announced that the line would instead be retained and modernised.{{cite news|last1=Sina|first1=Ylenia|title=La Roma Giardinetti devierà sulla Togliatti: destinazione Tor Vergata|url=http://www.romatoday.it/politica/roma-giardinetti-tor-vergata-torre-spaccata-torre-maura.html|accessdate=2015-04-22|newspaper=Roma Today|date=19 March 2015|language=Italian}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.atac.roma.it/ Atac official website]
- [http://www.atac.roma.it/files/doc.asp?r=4 Map of transport in Rome]
{{Urban rail transport in Rome}}
{{Urban public transport in Italy}}
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Category:Railway lines in Lazio
Category:950 mm gauge railways in Italy