The Montesanto station, in

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, is a station located at the terminus of the Cumana and Circumflegrea

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, both of the former SEPSA.

Structures and systems

The building, in the 1880s on a design by the engineer Antonio Liotta inspired by the liberty style, was the subject, between 2005 and 2008, of a demanding and radical restoration conceived by the neapolitan architect Silvio D'Ascia who the original structure has been completely transformed thanks to the use of large glazed surfaces (1,700 m² of glass roofs) and metal members (3,500 m² of stainless steel cladding). The station has 4 tracks: the first and second are part of the Cumana railway, the third and fourth are part of the

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. Both lines, after different routes, rejoin

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, the opposite terminus. The station is directly connected to the

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, while you can easily walk to the RFI station, served by the convoys of

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, and the

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stop of

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. On 25 May 2016, the station was named after Petru Birladeanu, an innocent victim of the

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, who was mistakenly killed in the station on 26 May 2009. Work is underway for the construction of the Monte Sant'Angelo link road, which will make the station also the terminus of Line 7.

Passenger movement

Being in the historic center of Naples, and being the terminus of the two railways, passenger traffic is very strong. The frequency of trains is one every 20 minutes for both the Cumana railway and the

. The station is frequented by 60,000 users daily, with a traffic of 200 trains per day. During the restoration work, the building continued to perform its function without interruption.

Services

The station has: * Feature_ticket_office

Ticket office * Feature_accessible

Accessibility for handicapped people * AB-Autobahnkiosk

Bar *

Elevators * Aiga_escalator

Escalators * RWBA_WC

Toilet

References

{{Reflist Naples Metro stations Railway stations in Italy opened in the 2010s Railway stations in Italy opened in the 1880s