Scenic route
Circumvesuviana
Naples → Sorrento · Italy
Circumvesuviana in pictures
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- Distance
- 42 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 36 km/h
- Top speed
- 80 km/h
- Operator
- EAV
- Train
- ETR 211 Metrostar
- Countries
- Italy
- In service since
- 1948
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The narrow-gauge line to Sorrento, opened in 1948, carries travellers past the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum under the shadow of Vesuvius.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1770128 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 13
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Circumvesuviana?
The Circumvesuviana runs 42 km from Naples to Sorrento.
How long does the Circumvesuviana take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 10 min for the 42 km. That is an average of 36 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Circumvesuviana?
EAV, with ETR 211 Metrostar.
How old is the Circumvesuviana?
The line has been in service since 1948. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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