The City of Naples has commenced passenger service on Metro Line 6, which will use Hitachi Rail’s digital signalling and rolling stock as part of a 200 million EUR contract.

The new Metro Line 6 is approximately 6 kilometres long and connects 8 stations across the city, including 4 new ones.

Initially, the line will use existing rolling stock. However, Hitachi Rail will also introduce 22 new trains from 2025.

The new rolling stock that Hitachi Rail will deliver for Line 6
The new rolling stock that Hitachi Rail will deliver for Line 6
Gaetano Manfredi, Mayor of Naples said:

With the inauguration of Line 6, a project started some 40 years ago amidst various difficulties and continuous upgrades is finally completed. At last, an infrastructure work of high strategic value is handed over to the city. A further piece of the city's mobility.

The new metro line guarantees an increase in the number of interchange points in the city's transport network, making it possible now to connect the western area with the city centre and, in the near future, to reach the airport area, which is currently outside the track connections. This is a significant step towards improving urban mobility, with reverberations in terms of strengthening the infrastructure network and as an opportunity for further impetus towards an increasingly sustainable, modern and efficient dimension of Naples.

The new vehicles for this line are being manufactured across Hitachi Rail’s sites, including those in Naples and Pistoia. They will feature state-of-the-art telecommunications and onboard digital signalling, as well as a smart air-conditioning system.

As part of the project, a new railway depot for train maintenance and parking is also being constructed. The depot will cover an area of approximately 110,000 square metres and will include a new control room for the underground line.

Luca D'Aquila, COO Hitachi Rail Group and CEO Hitachi Rail Italia said:

Today is a day of celebration for an important milestone achieved. It has been a long and complex journey that Hitachi Rail, as the concessionaire of the City of Naples for the design and construction of Line 6, has been able to harmonise and guide.

The line that has inspired our work over the years has never changed: to contribute to the mobility of Neapolitan citizens. We have done this by constantly deploying our innovations and the best available technologies.

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