The FL1 (until 2012 FR1) is a
regional rail
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route forming part of the
Lazio regional railways
The FL lines, formerly ''Lazio regional railways'' ( it, ferrovie regionali del Lazio, also ''Ferrovie Laziali'') consist of 8 commuter rail lines operated by Trenitalia, converging on the city of Rome.
Lines FL1, FL2 and FL3, particularly in a ...
network ( it, ferrovie regionali del Lazio), which is operated by
Trenitalia
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, and converges on the city of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, Italy.
[
The route operates over the infrastructure of the ]Florence–Rome railway
The Florence–Rome railway is part of the traditional main north–south trunk line of the Italian railway network. The line is referred to by Ferrovie dello Stato (the State Railways) as the ''Linea Lenta'' (meaning "slow line", abbreviated ''L ...
, the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway and the Rome–Fiumicino railway
The Rome–Fiumicino railway is an urban railway line in Rome.
History
The railway link between Rome and Fiumicino was officially opened on 6 May 1878, when a branch of the Livorno–Rome railway (also called the ''ferrovia Tirrenica''—"Tyrrhen ...
.[ Within the territory of the '']comune
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'' of Rome, it plays the role of a commuter rail
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way. It is estimated that on average about 65,000 passengers travel on an FR1 train each day.
The designation FR1 appears only in publicity material (e.g. public transport maps), in the official timetables, and on signs at some stations.[ The electronic ]destination board
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Often used as a public transport timetable in airports or r ...
s at stations show only the designation "R1".
Route
*
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 ...
↔ Fiumicino Aeroporto
The FL1, a cross-city route
A cross-city route is a public transport route linking one suburb (or satellite) of a city or town with another, usually relatively distant, suburb (or satellite).
Such a route can be operated by various forms of public transport, including co ...
, runs from 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 ...
, in the province of Viterbo
Viterbo ( it, provincia di Viterbo) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Viterbo.
Geography
Viterbo is the most northerly of the provinces of Lazio. It is bordered to the south by the Metropolitan City of Rome C ...
, in a southerly direction over the Florence–Rome railway as far as Roma Tiburtina
Roma Tiburtina is the second largest railway station in Rome, after Roma Termini. Located in the north-eastern part of the city, it was originally constructed during the 1860s as a terminal station. In recent years, the station has been redevelop ...
. It then continues, via the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway east and south of Rome's city centre, to Roma Trastevere. Finally, it takes the Rome–Fiumicino railway to Fiumicino Aeroporto, in the ''comune'' of Fiumicino
Fiumicino () is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the eleventh-bu ...
southwest of the city centre.[
]
History
The first FL1 services between Monterotondo-Mentana and Fiumicino Aeroporto went into operation during 1994, bringing about an increased frequency of services on the lines through Rome.
The route also included hourly trains between 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 ...
and Monterotondo-Mentana.
Until 2000, the FL1 route divided into two sections near Fiumicino: one train in every four branched off to Fiumicino Città, while the remaining services headed towards Fiumicino Aeroporto.
Upon the introduction of the new timetable in 2000, the Fiumicino Città station was officially closed.
On 7 December 2006, the new Fiera di Roma railway station was opened to the public, and included in the FL1 route.
Stations
The stations on the FL1 are as follows:[
* ]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 ...
* Gallese in Teverina
* Civita Castellana-Magliano
* Collevecchio-Poggio Sommavilla
* Stimigliano
Stimigliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. As of 1 January 2018, it had a population of 2,321 and an area of .All demographics and ot ...
* Gavignano Sabino
* Poggio Mirteto
Poggio Mirteto is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former Catholic bishopric in Sabina in the Central Italian region Lazio (Latium). Administratively Poggio Mirteto is in the province of Rieti (formerly part of the province of Perugia) and geogra ...
* Fara Sabina-Montelibretti
* Piana Bella di Montelibretti
* Monterotondo-Mentana
* Settebagni (limit of urban service)
* Fidene
* Nuovo Salario
* Val D'Ala
* Roma Nomentana
* Roma Tiburtina
Roma Tiburtina is the second largest railway station in Rome, after Roma Termini. Located in the north-eastern part of the city, it was originally constructed during the 1860s as a terminal station. In recent years, the station has been redevelop ...
* Roma Tuscolana
* 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 ...
* Roma Trastevere
* Villa Bonelli
* Magliana
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* Muratella
* Ponte Galeria
Ponte Galeria is the 41st ''zona'' of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials Z. XLI. Geographically it was part of Agro Romano. The zone belongs to the Municipio XI.
History
The area of Ponte Galeria, populated since the Paleolithic, is the j ...
* Fiera di Roma (limit of urban service)
* Parco Leonardo
* Fiumicino Aeroporto
Scheduling
The FL1 route is designated in Trenitalia official timetables as M70 Orte–Fara Sabina–Fiumicino FR1.
, FL1 services operated between Fara Sabina and Fiumicino every 15 minutes. As some FL1 services originated or terminated in Fara Sabina or Poggio Mirteto, the FL1 trains ran between Fara Sabina and Poggio Mirteto every 30 minutes, and linked Poggio Mirteto and Orte every 60 minutes.[
]
See also
* History of rail transport in Italy
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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 ...
* 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 ...
* 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 ...
References
External links
ATAC
– official site
ATAC map
– schematic
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depicting all routes in the Rome railway network
''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at September 2012.''
{{Urban rail transport in Rome
Ferrovie regionali del Lazio