Building sites
The bone structure of the station completed, piazza Carducci is now undergoing repair works. The end of the works is envisaged for the end of February. At the same time the district council has approved the preliminary design of the square’s renovation. The square will undergo a facelift which will bring radical changes with the main road system in the centre and wide rest areas on the sides. There will also be wide pedestrian areas and two tree-lined paths with flower beds and benches.
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5th of October 2007: the metro line reaches Porta Nuova.
3 new stations, another 2100 metres of tunnel; the metro reaches
the “heart” of Turin, connecting the railway stations
of Porta Susa and Porta Nuova.
23 VAL208-Torino trains travel beneath corso Francia and
corso Vittorio Emanuele II; 9.6 km travelled in 15 minutes connecting the interchange parking di Fermi (Collegno) to the “heart” of Torino and Porta Susa and Porta Nuova railway stations.
The interchange with 51 overground lines optimizes the
use of the city’s entire public transport system.
Radio Gtt
The radio on air in all metro stations is now also on-line
To listen to the radio, click here and download the file.
Each time you wish to listen to the radio, open the file with one of the following programs and the radio will turn on automatically:
Winamp
iTunes
QuickTime
VLC Media Player
Focus
MetroTorino on Facebook
Now find out all about the Automated Train System also on Facebook, the most popular social network on the world wide web.
On the MetroTorino Info page the underground presents itself and talks to the community of passengers giving out: information, promotions and photographs, as well as a section open to “discussion” for your comments and suggestions.
Go on: Facebook
Did you know that
On October 7th Caterina the mole, reached Nizza metro station excavating a 590-metre long tunnel at an average speed of 14 metres/day.