Here’s some exciting news for travelers from Naples: next week, Ithe third new train for Metro Line 1 will make his entrance. After a series of technical trials and testsAnsfisa, the National Railway Safety Agency, gave the green light to the trainbuilt by Caf, to enter service.
Increased transport capacity and decreased waiting times
With the addition of the new train, the number of available trains will increase to seven. Among them, some will be longer, passing from four to six wagonsallowing an increase in passengers transported from 800 to 1,200 per trip. This, in terms of frequency, will mean a train every 10 minutes on average, reducing passenger waiting times.
This third train is one of 20 that the Municipality of Naples bought for the Anm. Its commissioning takes place little more than a month after the inauguration of the seconddemonstrating a marked improvement in the rate of introduction of new media.
At full speed towards the fourth train
The premiere of the third train brings with it a significant increase in the transport capacity of Line 1, which will exceed 8,500 passengers. The objective of the ANM and the Municipality is progressively expand the capacity of all trains approximately 1,250 seats, to make the most of the passenger waiting platform.
you can see the arrival of the fourth train CAF, currently in the pre-operational phase. This will allow, In the next weeksreach a total capacity of around 10,000 passengers and have 8 trains, all 105 meters long and each with a capacity of around 1,250 passengers. The possible incorporation of a ninth train could bring frequency of trips down to 8-9 minutesa noticeable improvement, though still far from 2-3 minutes from the underground of the great European capitals.
Words of thanks from the city authorities
Mayor Gaetano Manfredi and the Councilor for Infrastructure and Mobility Edoardo Cosenza expressed their gratitude to Ansfisa for streamlining the testing procedures:
“One more step to improve the public transport offer in the city to concretely help improve the lives of citizens”.
Gaetano Manfredi, Mayor of Naples
Cosenza later added:
“The National Agency has completely changed pace, with tests only at night and an organization that combines security and speed in tests. This will allow us to continue improving the service in the coming months, reducing waiting times. With the available convoys, we will gradually be able to reach a train every 4 minutes, compared to 10 now.”
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