Rome–Giardinetti railway

The Roma–Giardinetti railway is a narrow-gauge street running tram-train railway in Rome, Italy. It connects Laziali (a regional train station some 800 metres (2,625 ft) from Termini's main concourse) with Giardinetti to the east just past the Grande Raccordo Anulare, Rome's orbital motorway.^[1] It is run by ATAC, the company responsible for public transportation in the city, which also operates the Rome Metro.^[2]

Roma–Giardinetti
A train at Porta Maggiore in 2010
Overview
Status	Operational (partial closure)
Owner	ATAC
Locale	Rome, Italy
Termini	Roma Termini Giardinetti
Stations	19 (7 closed)
Website	ATAC
Service
Type	Light rail
Operator(s)	ATAC
History
Opened	1916
Closed	2015 (Centocelle-Giardinetti)
Technical
Line length	5.4 km (3.4 mi)
Track gauge	950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in)
Electrification	1,650 V DC, overhead lines
Route map Map of the Rome–Giardinetti railway.

Rome-Giardinetti
Legend
5 14 Leo. Exp. Termini Laziali A B FL4 FL5 FL6 FL7 FL8  S.Bibiana 3 5 14 19 Porta Maggiore Ponte Casilino Sant'Elena Villini Alessi Filarete Tor Pignattara Berardi Balzani Centocelle ̶T̶o̶g̶l̶i̶a̶t̶t̶i̶ C ̶G̶r̶a̶n̶o̶ ̶A̶l̶e̶s̶s̶a̶n̶d̶r̶i̶n̶o̶ C ̶T̶o̶r̶r̶e̶ ̶S̶p̶a̶c̶c̶a̶t̶a̶ C ̶T̶o̶r̶r̶e̶ ̶M̶a̶u̶r̶a̶ ̶T̶o̶b̶a̶g̶i̶ C ̶G̶i̶a̶r̶d̶i̶n̶e̶t̶t̶i̶ ̶ C

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.^[3]

The line had been due to be dismantled in 2016 to be replaced with a bus lane along Via Casilina,^[4] but in March 2015 it was announced that the line would instead be retained and modernised.^[5]