Circumvesuviana

The narrow-gauge line to Sorrento, opened in 1948, carries travellers past the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum under the shadow of Vesuvius.

Stations

1. 0 kmNapoli Porta Nolana
2. 0 kmNapoli Garibaldi
3. 2 kmVia Gianturco
4. 3 kmSan Giovanni a Teduccio
5. 4 kmBarra
6. 6 kmSanta Maria del Pozzo
7. Show 22 more stations

   1. 7 kmSan Giorgio a Cremano
   2. 7 kmSan Giorgio Cavalli di Bronzo
   3. 8 kmPortici Bellavista
   4. 9 kmPortici Via Libertà
   5. 10 kmErcolano Scavi
   6. 11 kmErcolano Miglio D'Oro
   7. 12 kmTorre del Greco
   8. 14 kmVia Sant'Antonio
   9. 15 kmVia del Monte
   10. 15 kmVia dei Monaci
   11. 16 kmVilla delle Ginestre
   12. 17 kmLeopardi
   13. 18 kmVia Viuli
   14. 19 kmTrecase
   15. 20 kmTorre Annunziata - Oplonti
   16. 22 kmVilla Regina
   17. 23 kmPompei Scavi - Villa dei Misteri
   18. 25 kmMoregine
   19. 27 kmPioppaino
   20. 28 kmStabia Scavi
   21. 30 kmCastellammare di Stabia
   22. 36 kmVico Equense
8. 37 kmSeiano
9. 39 kmMeta
10. 39 kmPiano di Sorrento
11. 41 kmSant'Agnello
12. 42 kmSorrento

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

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

Questions and answers

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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