The FL lines, formerly ''Lazio regional railways'' ( it, ferrovie regionali del Lazio, also ''Ferrovie Laziali'') consist of 8
commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...
lines operated by
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 transp ...
, converging on the city of
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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Lines FL1, FL2 and FL3, particularly in areas closer to Rome, function like a
rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
service, integrated with the
Rome Metro
The Rome Metro ( it, Metropolitana di Roma) is a rapid transit system that operates in Rome, Italy. It started operation in 1955, making it the oldest in the country.
The Metro comprises three lines – A (orange), B (blue) and C (green) †...
and surface transportation. The other lines (numbered from FL4 to FL8) are served by traditional regional trains, and used almost exclusively for commuter traffic.
All eight lines are considered regional trains by
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 transp ...
. On timetables and departure boards at the stations the trains are marked with the letter ''R'' (Regional).
The numbering of the lines (FL1, FL2, ...) appears only in some informational materials and on the signs of some stations.
However, in the ATAC network, the numbering appears in all network maps.
Lines
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FL1 Orte
Orte is a town, ''comune'', former Catholic bishopric and Latin titular see in the province of Viterbo, in the central Italian region of Lazio, located about north of Rome and about east of Viterbo.
Geography
Orte is situated in the Tiber vall ...
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Fiumicino Aeroporto
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FL2 Roma Tiburtina ↔
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FL3 Roma Ostiense
Roma Ostiense is a railway station in Piazza dei Partigiani serving the Ostiense district of Rome, Italy, a short distance from the Porta San Paolo. It is run by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana arm of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane group and the ...
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Viterbo Porta Fiorentina
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FL4 Roma Termini
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Frascati
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Albano Laziale
Albano Laziale (; it, label= Romanesco, Arbano; la, Albanum) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Latium, central Italy. Rome is distant. It is bounded by other communes of Castel Gandolfo, Rocca di Papa ...
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Velletri
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FL5 Roma Termini ↔
Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia (; meaning "ancient town") is a city and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located west-north-west of Rome. The harbour is formed by two pier ...
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FL6 Roma Termini ↔
Cassino
Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley.
Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...
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FL7 Roma Termini ↔
Minturno-Scauri
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FL8 Roma Termini ↔
Nettuno
Nettuno is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy, south of Rome. A resort city and agricultural center on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it has a population of approximately 50,000.
Economy
It has a ...
Frequencies
Sections with one train every 15 minutes:
* Fiumicino Aeroporto - Fara Sabina (line FL1)
* Roma Ostiense - Cesano di Roma (line FL3)
Sections with one train every 30 minutes:
* Fara Sabina - Poggio Mirteto (line
FL1)
* Roma Tiburtina - Lunghezza (line
FL2)
* Cesano - Bracciano (line
FL3)
* Roma Termini - Civitavecchia (line
FL5)
Sections with one train every 60 minutes:
* Poggio Mirteto - Orte (line
FL1)
* Lunghezza - Tivoli (line
FL2)
* Bracciano - Viterbo Porta Fiorentina (line
FL3)
Fares
For travel between stations in the City of Rome, ticketing is integrated with the Metrebus Rome system. A passenger may use the integrated ticket "BIT" from 1,50€ (valid for 100 minutes) or any other type of integrated ticket or Metrebus pass; in addition, Trenitalia sells special "Anello" tickets where one may travel on any Trenitalia train within the City of Rome with a single 1€ ticket (valid for 90 minutes). The "Anello" and the Metrebus Rome tickets are only valid within Rome, bounded by the stations: Capannelle (FL4 and FL6), Cesano di Roma (FL3), Fiera di Roma (FL1), Lunghezza (FL2), Roma Aurelia (FL5), Settebagni (FL1) and Torricola (FL7 and FL8).
For all trips that take place outside the "Anello" ring, or that cross through the ring, the typical regional mileage rate applies.
Network map
See also
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History of rail transport in Italy
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
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List of railway stations in Lazio
This is the list of the railway stations in Lazio owned by:
* Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, a branch of the Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato;
* ATAC SpA.
RFI stations
ATAC stations
See also
*Railway stations in Italy
*Ferrovie dell ...
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Rail transport in Italy
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of of which active lines are 16,723 km. The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail netw ...
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Transport in Rome
Rome has an extensive internal transport system and is one of the most important road, rail and air hubs in Italy.
Rome banned diesel vehicles from its roads for the first time on Tuesday 14 January 2020. The local transport authority said the o ...
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Rome–Lido railway
The Roma–Lido railway is an urban railway line connecting the Porta San Paolo Station in Rome to Lido di Ostia, Rome's seaside neighborhood.
The railway is long, stops at 13 stations and carries on average over 90,000 passengers per day.
Hi ...
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Rome–Civita Castellana–Viterbo railway
The Rome–Civita Castellana–Viterbo railway is a regional railway line connecting Rome, Italy, with Viterbo, capital city of the Province of Viterbo. The long line, also known in Rome as the ''Roma Nord'' line, after its former concessionair ...
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