Roma Porta San Paolo is a station in Rome, Italy, on the Rome-Lido railway line, with interchange to Piramide

Piramide (Rome Metro)

Piramide is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is sited on Piazzale Ostiense just outside Porta San Paolo, in the Ostiense quarter. Its atrium houses mosaics that have won the Artemetro Roma by Enrico Castellani and Beverly Pepper...

 (Line B

Line B (Rome Metro)

Line B is a metro line serving Rome, Italy, and part of the Rome Metro. Despite its name, Line B was the first line to be built in the city. It crosses Rome diagonally from north-east, starting at Rebibbia station, to south, terminating at Laurentina, in the EUR district. It crosses line A at...

) and Roma Ostiense

Roma Ostiense railway station

Roma Ostiense is a train station in Piazza dei Partigiani serving the Ostiense district of Rome, Italy, a short distance from the Porta San Paolo. It is run by the Centostazioni arm of the Ferrovie dello Stato group and the urban rail lines FR1, FR3, and FR5 run through the station...

 (mainline) stations. It is named after the nearby Porta San Paolo

Porta San Paolo

The Porta San Paolo is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Ostiense Museum is housed within in the gatehouse...

, has two platforms and also houses a railway museum, the Museo ferroviario di Porta San Paolo.

History

The line was opened on 30 December 1918 by King Victor Emmanuel III but the station (to plans by Marcello Piacentini

Marcello Piacentini

Marcello Piacentini was an Italian architect and urban theorist.-Biography:Born in Rome, he was the son of architect Pio Piacentini...

) was only begun in 1919. It was opened on 10 August 1924, in the presence of Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

, soon to become head of the Italian government.