Catania Metro
| Catania Metro | |||
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Catania Metro train at Giovanni XXIII Station | |||
| Overview | |||
| Locale | Catania, Sicily, Italy | ||
| Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
| Number of lines | 1 | ||
| Number of stations | 12 | ||
| Annual ridership | 6,500,000 (2019) | ||
| Website | www.circumetnea.it | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 27 June 1999 | ||
| Operator(s) | Ferrovia Circumetnea | ||
| Number of vehicles | 8 FCE M.88 10 FCE CT0 | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 10.5 km (6.5 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | 3 kV DC overhead line | ||
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The Catania Metro (Italian: Metropolitana di Catania) is a rapid transit system serving the coastal city of Catania, Sicily, in Southern Italy. One of Italy’s seven metro systems, it is the only one in Sicily and Europe’s southernmost system. It was also the first metro on an island in the Mediterranean Sea, and is now one of two, with the Palma Metro becoming the second in 2007, although it was only the sixth in a city on the Mediterranean, after Athens (1904), Barcelona (1924), Marseille (1977), Valencia (1988) and Naples (1993).
The Catania Metro has been in operation since 27 June 1999.