Italia '61 is a
station
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of the
Turin Metro in
Turin
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,
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.
The station is located next to the
Piedmont Region Headquarters, in the Nizza Millefonti neighbourhood.
History
The
mayor of Turin,
Chiara Appendino
Chiara Appendino (born 12 June 1984) is an Italian politician and sports manager, mayor of Turin and the Turin metropolitan city from 30 June 2016 to 27 October 2021 and vice president of the Italian Tennis Federation from 2 October 2020. She is ...
, provided an updated timeline on the project in November 2020, stating that construction on both Italia '61 and Bengasi stations should be completed by the end of January 2021. This would be followed by a phase of track testing, including
trains
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that would travel without passengers. She added that the station would be open to the public in
spring 2021.
The station opened on 23 April 2021.
References
External links
Official project page
{{Turin Metro navbox
Turin Metro stations
Railway stations in Italy opened in 2021