The Ente Autonomo Volturno S.r.l., also known by the acronym EAV, is a company that operates in the sector of

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

by road, rail and cableway, in the

Campania Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...

Region. It was born in 1904 on the initiative of the municipality of Naples as an independent body for the construction and management of a hydroelectric plant on the

Volturno The Volturno (ancient Latin name Volturnus, from ''volvere'', to roll) is a river in south-central Italy. Geography It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Castel San Vincenzo (province of Isernia, Molise) and flows southeas ...

river, completed in 1909 and operational since 1916. Subsequently the body entered various other sectors including that of public transport with the purchase, in 1931, of the Azienda Tramviaria of the Municipality of Naples. Subsequently, it performed the tasks of contracting station and group which included railway and automobile transport operators as well as cable cars, such as

Circumvesuviana Circumvesuviana () is a railway network in the east of the Naples metropolitan area, previously run by a company of the same name, now operated by Ente Autonomo Volturno. Electrically powered throughout, the system uses the narrow gauge of ...

, MetroCampania NordEst and SEPSA. In 2012, on the initiative of the Campania Region, it incorporated the aforementioned companies, taking over the management of services as both infrastructure manager and

railway company A railway company is a company within the rail industry. It can be a manufacturing firm or an operator. Some railway companies operate both the trains and the track, while, particularly in the European Union, operation of the track is undertaken ...

History

Activities

Public transport

Railway services

Ente Autonomo Volturno manages on behalf of the Campania Region, which owns it, the isolated railways Circumflegrea,

and Cumana to which are added the

Alifana The Ferrovia Alifana is a former railway company of southern Italy. It held public passenger service on the rail line connection Naples to Piedimonte d'Alife (now Piedimonte Matese). In 2005 it was acquired by the MetroCampania NordEst (MCNE), ano ...

, Benevento-Cancello railways (also called Caudina railway) and the Naples-Giugliano-Aversa line. The Circumvesuviana railway network includes the following sections: Botteghelle-San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples-Nola-Baiano, Naples-Ottaviano-Sarno, Naples-Pompeii-Poggiomarino, Pomigliano d'Arco-Acerra and Torre Annunziata-Sorrento. The overall length of the six relations is 142.367 km for a total extension of 203.447 km. All reports are Italian narrow gauge (950 mm); there are a total of 96 stations, with a density of one station every 1.5 km, all with

railway platforms Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

. Tourist services are also available on the network: ''Sorrento Express'', connection between Naples and the centers of the

Sorrento peninsula The Sorrento Peninsula or Sorrentine Peninsula is a peninsula located in southern Italy which separates the Gulf of Naples to the north from the Gulf of Salerno to the south. Geography Overview The peninsula is named after its main town, Sorr ...

carried out with the first restored electromotives, ''Napoli Express'', connection between Naples and

Sorrento Sorrento (, ; nap, Surriento ; la, Surrentum) is a town overlooking the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the south-eastern terminus of the Circumvesuviana rail ...

carried out with a more modern electric train, and the ''Campania Express'', which connects the stations of Naples,

Herculaneum Herculaneum (; Neapolitan and it, Ercolano) was an ancient town, located in the modern-day ''comune'' of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Like the nea ...

Pompeii Pompeii (, ) was an ancient city located in what is now the ''comune'' of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried ...

and Sorrento with a Metrostar train. The entire Circumvesuviana network carries about 70,200 travelers a day for a total of nearly 26 million passengers a year. The network made up of the Circumflegrea and Cumana railways boasts a total length of 47 km and connects the stations of Montesanto, in Naples, and Torregaveta, in

Bacoli Bacoli (; la, Bauli) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about west of Naples. Geography Bacoli borders the municipalities of Monte di Procida and Pozzuoli. Its territory, o ...

. It carries about 37,000 travelers a day, for a total of 13.5 million travelers a year. Funivia Monte Faito (7)

Automotive services

= Faito tramway

= The Faito tramway connects the center of

Castellammare di Stabia Castellammare di Stabia (; nap, Castiellammare 'e Stabbia) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania region, in southern Italy. It is situated on the Bay of Naples about southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento. History ...

with Mobnte Faito in the summer period, right in the part that falls within the city of

Vico Equense Vico Equense is a coastal town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in southern Italy. Geography Vico Equense is part of the greater Bay of Naples metropolitan area and is a tourist destination. Located on a tuff cliff, it is ...

, in 8 minutes. The lift was opened in 1952 and completely modernized in 1990. The cableway service was suspended in 2013. The reopening, after modernization and consolidation works, initially scheduled for 25 April 2016, took place on 4 May of the same year.

Part of the rolling stock

File:I08 119 Bf Napoli Piazza Garibaldi, ETR 211.jpg, ETR 201-226 File:ET400 cumana.jpg, Elettrotreno EAV ET.400 File:ET.502 EAV.jpg, Elettrotreno EAV ET.500 File:14.10.17 Santa Maria a Vico ETR243.105 (37711002026).jpg, Elettrotreno EAV TFA Alfa 2 File:StazionePiscinola26.jpg, Elettromotrici ACOTRAL MA 100

References

External links

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Brief mention of the history of the EAV
' (in Italian), on ''enteautonomovolturno.it''. {{Urban rail transport in Naples Naples Metro Transport in Naples Rapid transit in Italy Companies based in Campania Transport organisations based in Italy Italian companies established in 1904 Transport companies established in 1904