Bologna metropolitan railway service

Bologna metropolitan railway service
Overview
Locale	Bologna, Italy
Transit type	Commuter rail
Number of lines	8 foreseen
Number of stations	87 foreseen
Daily ridership	48,000[1]
Operation
Operation will start	2015 (2015)?
Operator(s)	Trenitalia, TPER
System map

The Bologna metropolitan railway service (Italian: servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Bologna, acronym: SFMBO) is a commuter railway service around the Italian city of Bologna. It is currently under construction.

History[edit]

Launched in 1995 with two suburban lines attested in the Bologna Centrale Railway Station,^[2] with the agreement of the program of 2007 is expected activation of more straight lines with a regular timetable for 2012, but due to delays in the full activation Bologna Central station AV completion buoyancy base is postponed to 2015.^[3] in June 2013 have been completed on 90% of the infrastructure works and are active 70% of the services provided positioned in the base.^[4]

Lines[edit]

The following 8 lines are foreseen:

• S 1a Bologna Centrale–Porretta Terme
• S 1b Bologna Centrale–San Benedetto Sambro-Castiglione Pepoli
• S 2a Bologna Centrale–Vignola
• S 2b Bologna Centrale–Portomaggiore
• S 3 Bologna Centrale–Poggio Rusco
• S 4a Bologna Centrale–Ferrara
• S 4b Bologna Centrale–Imola
• S 5 Bologna Centrale–Modena

See also[edit]

• List of suburban and commuter rail systems
• Bologna tramway

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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