The Bari metropolitan railway service is a
commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter r ...
service in the Italian city
Bari. It consists of two lines, joining the
central railway station, located in the city centre, with the
dormitory suburb San Paolo
San Paolo (Italian for "Saint Paul") is a ''comune'' in the Province of Brescia
The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some ...
(line FM1) and with the
″Karol Wojtyła″ Airport and the city of
Bitonto (line FM2).
The system is operated by
Ferrotramviaria
Ferrotramviaria is a private railway company of Italy. Based in Bari, in the Apulia region, it manages the ''Ferrovie del Nord Barese'' network, composed by the Bari–Barletta railway and the Bari metropolitan railway service.
Railway services ...
. The national railway company
Trenitalia
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail tra ...
also operates an urban railway service between
Molfetta
Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.
It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect.
History
The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are a ...
and
Mola di Bari
Cathedral.
Mola di Bari, commonly referred to simply as Mola ( Barese: ), is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, in the region of Apulia, in Southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
In recent times, the town was best known for ...
.
History
The construction of a
commuter railway to the
dormitory suburb San Paolo was approved by
Bari city council in 1999.
The railway line was opened on 24 June 2008, and after the test services was opened to the public service on 22 December.
On 20 July 2013 the new line FM2 to
Bitonto, that also connects the
″Karol Wojtyła″ Airport, has been opened.
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Lines being built
See also
* List of Bari metropolitan railway stations
References
External links
Official page of the operator company
{{Urban public transport in Italy
Transport in Bari
Bari
Railway lines opened in 2008