Rome Transport
ROME PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Rome has three airports, firstly is Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, which is more commonly known as Fiumicino Airport. Then there is a joint civilian and military airport southeast of the city center called Giovan-Battista Pastine International Airport, referred to as Ciampino airport. This airport handles mainly charter flights and regional European flights including some low cost airlines. A third airport, called Aeroporto dell'Urbe at the north of the city handles mainly helicopters and private flights.
The Rome Metro, known locally as the Metropolitana is part of an extensive tramway network which was created to provide more public transport in Rome. The tramway offers several suburban and urban lines in and around the city of Rome, plus an express line to Fiumicino Airport. The subway system operates with two existing lines, A and B which intersect at Termini Station which is the main train station in Rome. This is the largest train station in Europe and is home to a lively shopping center known as the Forum Termini which has more than a hundred shops. The second largest station is the Tiburtina, which is currently being redeveloped and enlarged to become the main high speed train hub in the city. Other stations include Ostiense, Trastevere, Tuscolana, S. Pietro, Casilina and Torricola.
Rome transport also includes a comprehensive bus system which runs on a regular basis in and around the city. The public transportation company (ATAC) offers assistance to be able to plan a route using the buses and subways. Metrebus offer an integrated fare system which allows holders of tickets and the integrated passes to travel on all of the companies vehicles, within the validity time of the ticket purchased.
Cars are banned from the center of the city from Monday to Friday from 6am to 6pm. This followed the chronic congestion that was caused by cars during the 1970s and 1980s. There are now many ZTL's (Zona Traffico Limitato) in and around the city to try to cut down on the never ending congestion and try to encourage more people to take Rome public transport. In recent years parking spaces in the streets of the city have been converted to pay parking. This follows the new underground parking thats spread throughout the city. However traffic remains a problem in Rome as it does in the rest of the world's cities.
Rome has three airports, firstly is Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, which is more commonly known as Fiumicino Airport. Then there is a joint civilian and military airport southeast of the city center called Giovan-Battista Pastine International Airport, referred to as Ciampino airport. This airport handles mainly charter flights and regional European flights including some low cost airlines. A third airport, called Aeroporto dell'Urbe at the north of the city handles mainly helicopters and private flights.
The Rome Metro, known locally as the Metropolitana is part of an extensive tramway network which was created to provide more public transport in Rome. The tramway offers several suburban and urban lines in and around the city of Rome, plus an express line to Fiumicino Airport. The subway system operates with two existing lines, A and B which intersect at Termini Station which is the main train station in Rome. This is the largest train station in Europe and is home to a lively shopping center known as the Forum Termini which has more than a hundred shops. The second largest station is the Tiburtina, which is currently being redeveloped and enlarged to become the main high speed train hub in the city. Other stations include Ostiense, Trastevere, Tuscolana, S. Pietro, Casilina and Torricola.
Rome transport also includes a comprehensive bus system which runs on a regular basis in and around the city. The public transportation company (ATAC) offers assistance to be able to plan a route using the buses and subways. Metrebus offer an integrated fare system which allows holders of tickets and the integrated passes to travel on all of the companies vehicles, within the validity time of the ticket purchased.
Cars are banned from the center of the city from Monday to Friday from 6am to 6pm. This followed the chronic congestion that was caused by cars during the 1970s and 1980s. There are now many ZTL's (Zona Traffico Limitato) in and around the city to try to cut down on the never ending congestion and try to encourage more people to take Rome public transport. In recent years parking spaces in the streets of the city have been converted to pay parking. This follows the new underground parking thats spread throughout the city. However traffic remains a problem in Rome as it does in the rest of the world's cities.
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