Garbatella is a station on the Line B of 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) � ...

. It was opened in 1990 and is located behind the former Mercati Generali di Roma, on the

via Ostiense The Via Ostiensis ( it, via Ostiense) was an important road in ancient Rome. It ran west from the city of Rome to its important sea port of Ostia Antica, from which it took its name. The road began near the Forum Boarium, ran between the Aventin ...

in the

Ostiense Ostiense is the 10th ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. X. The toponym comes from the original name of the Porta San Paolo, a gate in the city walls of Rome, was , because it was located at the beginning of Via Ostiense. It n ...

quarter. It replaces the old Garbatella station 200m away, whose entrance was on Piazza Giancarlo Vallauri (the present one is accessed from Via Giacinto Pullino).

Surroundings

* Garbatella *Former Mercati Generali * University of Rome III * Teatro Palladium

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Rome Metro Line B stations Railway stations opened in 1990 1990 establishments in Italy Rome Q. X Ostiense {{Rome-metro-stub