Transport in Rome
Encyclopedia
Rome
has an extensive internal transport system and is one of the most important road, rail and air hub in Italy
.
Atac (Agenzia del Trasporto Autoferrotranviario del Comune di Roma, Agency for rail and road transport of the city of Rome) is the municipally owned public transport agency which manage public transport in the city.
is the rapid transit
system serving the city with 2 underground lines. The first track opened in 1955. The total length of the network is 38 km (23.6 mi). The two existing lines, A and B, intersect at Roma Termini station.
A third line, line C, is under construction. It will serve 30 stations over a distance of 25.5 km (15.8 mi). It will partly replace the existing tram line, Termini-Pantano and it will feature full automated, driverless trains.
A fourth line, line D, is under development. It will have 22 stations over a distance of 20 km (12.4 mi).
-Regionale lines (Regional State Railways) provide mostly a suburban service with more than 20 stations scattered throughout the city, a metro-like service is provided by the Roma-Lido (starting at Ostiense station) and Roma-Nord (starting at Flaminio station) rail lines, but with lower frequencies than Metro lines, as the Rome–Giardinetti
light rail
line. There is also a regional commuter rail system with seven lines which link the hinterland of the Rome Metropolitan Area. One of these lines serves the second airport of the city, Ciampino
.
network, including two trolleybus
routes (with additional trolleybus lines under construction). The Metrebus integrated fare system allows holders of tickets and integrated passes to travel on all companies vehicles, within the validity time of the ticket purchased.
and Bologna
. The main station serving the city, Roma Termini, is the busiest station in Italy and one of the largest in Europe
. The second largest station in the city is Roma Tiburtina, which is being redeveloped for high-speed rail
service. Other notable stations include Roma Ostiense
, Roma Trastevere
, Roma Tuscolana, Roma San Pietro, Roma Nomentana and Roma Casilina.
Rome is served by an extensive motorway network. The most important motorway serving the city is the A90, also known as Grande Raccordo Anulare or GRA (Great Ringroad) which run in a circle around the city. The GRA is connected to the roman branch of the A1
Milan
- Naples
and other two motorways which arrive further inside the city: the A24
Teramo
- Roma and the A91 Roma - Fiumicino Aeroporto
.
Traffic congestion in Rome is notorious. This issue is caused mainly by the undersized public transport network and the extremely high cars per capita ratio in the city. In fact, not only Italy has a very high ratio of cars per capita, but Rome has also one of the highest in the country. The Province of Rome
is the second province in Italy by automobiles per capita (0,687) and 5th by vehicles per capita (0,87).
s. The intercontinental Leonardo Da Vinci Airport is Italy's largest airport both for national and international traffic and is one of the busiest in Europe. It is more commonly known as Fiumicino, as it is located within the territory of the nearby comune
of Fiumicino, in the south-west of Rome. The older Rome Ciampino Airport is a joint civilian and military airport. These main two airports are owned and managed by Aeroporti di Roma.
The third airport serving the city, the Aeroporto dell'Urbe, is a small, low-traffic airport located about 6 km (3.7 mi) north of the city centre, which handles most helicopter
and private flights.
A fourth airport in the eastern part of the city, the Aeroporto di Centocelle
(dedicated to Francesco Baracca
), is no longer open to civil flights; it hosts the Comando di Squadra Aerea (which coordinates the activities of the Aeronautica Militare
) and the Comando Operativo di Vertice Interforze (which coordinates all Italian military activities), although large parts of the airport are being redeveloped as a public park.
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
has an extensive internal transport system and is one of the most important road, rail and air hub in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
Urban transportation
Rome has a urban transport network which consists of buses, trams, rapid transit lines, light rail lines and suburban railways.Atac (Agenzia del Trasporto Autoferrotranviario del Comune di Roma, Agency for rail and road transport of the city of Rome) is the municipally owned public transport agency which manage public transport in the city.
Rome Metro
Rome MetroRome Metro
The Rome Metro is an underground public transportation system that operates in Rome, Italy and opened in 1955. There are currently two metro lines, the A line and the B line . A third line, the green C line, and a new branch of the B line, are currently under construction. Plans have also been...
is the rapid transit
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
system serving the city with 2 underground lines. The first track opened in 1955. The total length of the network is 38 km (23.6 mi). The two existing lines, A and B, intersect at Roma Termini station.
A third line, line C, is under construction. It will serve 30 stations over a distance of 25.5 km (15.8 mi). It will partly replace the existing tram line, Termini-Pantano and it will feature full automated, driverless trains.
A fourth line, line D, is under development. It will have 22 stations over a distance of 20 km (12.4 mi).
Trams and commuter rail
Rome overground rail transport comprises the tramway network, suburban and urban lines in and around the city of Rome, plus an "express line" to Fiumicino Airport. Whereas most FSTrenitalia
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport.-Passenger transport:...
-Regionale lines (Regional State Railways) provide mostly a suburban service with more than 20 stations scattered throughout the city, a metro-like service is provided by the Roma-Lido (starting at Ostiense station) and Roma-Nord (starting at Flaminio station) rail lines, but with lower frequencies than Metro lines, as the Rome–Giardinetti
Rome–Giardinetti railway
The Roma-Giardinetti railway connects the zone of Laziali with Giardinetti suburb, in the city of Rome, Italy. The line is operated like a tramway....
light rail
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
line. There is also a regional commuter rail system with seven lines which link the hinterland of the Rome Metropolitan Area. One of these lines serves the second airport of the city, Ciampino
Ciampino
Ciampino is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It was a frazione of Marino until 1974, when it became a comune; it obtained the city status in 2004 by presidential decree.-Overview:It is best known for the local "Giovan Battista Pastine" International Airport, best known as...
.
Buses
Rome has a comprehensive busBus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
network, including two trolleybus
Trolleybuses in Rome
The Rome trolleybus system forms part of the public transport network of the city and comune of Rome, Italy. In operation since 2005, the current system comprises a single route, with both a normal and an express service...
routes (with additional trolleybus lines under construction). The Metrebus integrated fare system allows holders of tickets and integrated passes to travel on all companies vehicles, within the validity time of the ticket purchased.
Railways
Rome is one of the major hubs of Italian railway network, along with MilanMilan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
. The main station serving the city, Roma Termini, is the busiest station in Italy and one of the largest in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. The second largest station in the city is Roma Tiburtina, which is being redeveloped for high-speed rail
High-speed rail
High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions by the European Union include for upgraded track and or faster for new track, whilst in the United States, the U.S...
service. Other notable stations include 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...
, Roma Trastevere
Roma Trastevere railway station
Roma Trastevere railway station is a major station serving the city and comune of Rome, Italy. Opened in 1911, it forms part of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome, Rome–Capranica–Viterbo and Rome–Fiumicino railways....
, Roma Tuscolana, Roma San Pietro, Roma Nomentana and Roma Casilina.
Roads
Autostrada A1 (Italy)
The Autostrada A1, or Autostrada del Sole , is an Italian motorway which connects Milan with Naples via Bologna, Florence and Rome. At 754 km, it is the longest Italian autostrada and is considered the “spinal cord” of the country’s road network...
Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
- Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and other two motorways which arrive further inside the city: the A24
Autostrada A24 (Italy)
The Autostrada A24, or Autostrada dei Parchi , is a motorway connecting Rome to the Adriatic Sea. Commencing at the Grande Raccordo Anulare , the A24 runs broadly north-east past L'Aquila and through a 10km tunnel under the Gran Sasso before reaching Teramo.First planned in 1973 to connect Lazio...
Teramo
Teramo
Teramo is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines and the Adriatic coast...
- Roma and the A91 Roma - Fiumicino Aeroporto
Leonardo da Vinci International Airport
Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport , also commonly known as Fiumicino Airport, is Italy's largest airport with 36.3 million passengers served in 2010, located in Fiumicino, 35 km from Rome's historic city centre....
.
Traffic congestion in Rome is notorious. This issue is caused mainly by the undersized public transport network and the extremely high cars per capita ratio in the city. In fact, not only Italy has a very high ratio of cars per capita, but Rome has also one of the highest in the country. The Province of Rome
Province of Rome
The Province of Rome , is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. The province can be viewed as the extended metropolitan area of the city of Rome, although in its more peripheral portions, especially to the north, it comprises towns surrounded by rural landscape.-Geography:The Province of Rome...
is the second province in Italy by automobiles per capita (0,687) and 5th by vehicles per capita (0,87).
Motor Traffic Limited Zone (ZTL)
Chronic congestion caused by cars led to the partial banning of motor traffic from the central part of the city during workdays, from 6 am to 6 pm. This area is called Zona a Traffico Limitato (ZTL), motor traffic limited zone. Heavy traffic due to night-life crowds during weekends led in recent years to the creation of other ZTLs in the Trastevere and S. Lorenzo districts during the night, and to experimentation with a new night ZTL also in the city center (plans to create a night ZTL in the Testaccio district as well are underway). In spite of all these measures, traffic in Rome remains an unsolved problem.Airports
Rome is served by three civil airportAirport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
s. The intercontinental Leonardo Da Vinci Airport is Italy's largest airport both for national and international traffic and is one of the busiest in Europe. It is more commonly known as Fiumicino, as it is located within the territory of the nearby comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
of Fiumicino, in the south-west of Rome. The older Rome Ciampino Airport is a joint civilian and military airport. These main two airports are owned and managed by Aeroporti di Roma.
The third airport serving the city, the Aeroporto dell'Urbe, is a small, low-traffic airport located about 6 km (3.7 mi) north of the city centre, which handles most helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
and private flights.
A fourth airport in the eastern part of the city, the Aeroporto di Centocelle
Aeroporto di Centocelle
Centocelle Airport is an airport situated in Centocelle, a quarter of Rome in Italy. It is also known as Rome-Centocelle Airport ....
(dedicated to Francesco Baracca
Francesco Baracca
Count Francesco Baracca was Italy's top fighter ace of World War I. He was credited with 34 aerial victories.-Before World War I:...
), is no longer open to civil flights; it hosts the Comando di Squadra Aerea (which coordinates the activities of the Aeronautica Militare
Aeronautica Militare
The Italian Air Force is the air force of the Italian Republic. It has held a prominent role in modern Italian military history...
) and the Comando Operativo di Vertice Interforze (which coordinates all Italian military activities), although large parts of the airport are being redeveloped as a public park.