Napoli Afragola railway station

Napoli Afragola
Italian national railways (Ferrovie dello Stato)
Location	Afragola (NA)
Coordinates	40°55′53″N 14°19′52″E / 40.93139°N 14.33111°E / 40.93139; 14.33111Coordinates: 40°55′53″N 14°19′52″E / 40.93139°N 14.33111°E / 40.93139; 14.33111
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	at-grade, crossing station
History
Opened	2017
Traffic
Passengers	?

High speed train station of Zaha Hadid

Naples Afragola is an Italian high-speed railway station near Naples that was inaugurated on 6 June 2017, with regular traffic for passengers starting from 11 June 2017.^[1]

Overview

The station, located in the city of Afragola, in the Naples metropolitan area, has been designed to be used by all high-speed trains on the Rome–Naples high-speed line that do not start or finish at Napoli Centrale station but instead operate over the Naples–Salerno high-speed line.

The architect Zaha Hadid formally presented the station's design on 4 November 2003. The station building was originally intended to be built on a bridge above the tracks and will have four levels with a maximum height of 25 metres (82 ft). It was planned to have an area of 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft), with provision for an additional 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft)^[2][3]

The station was due to be open in 2009 when the rail network operator, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) first awarded the €59.5 million construction contract to a consortium, but subsequent disputes over the price caused RFI to call tenders again.^[2] The construction contract was eventually awarded to Astaldi Group in February 2015.^[4]

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