Passante Ferroviario di Napoli

Passante Ferroviario di Napoli
Train at Napoli Piazza Cavour.
Overview
Native namePassante ferroviario di Napoli
Statusoperational
OwnerRFI
LocaleNaples, Italy
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemNaples metropolitan railway service
ServicesL2, Trenitalia regional trains
Operator(s)Trenitalia
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Route map

The Passante Ferroviario di Napoli (also called Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway) is a 16 km-long double track transit line which connects the line to Rome via Formia with the line to Salerno near Napoli Gianturco station through Naples and its north-western suburbs. This line is used by the suburban trains named as line 2.

"Passante" is the Italian word for "passing" and is used to describe a railway built through a major city, connecting suburban lines. This is modelled on S-Bahn underground junctions built in West Germany in the 1970s.