The Metro (Subway) of Rome

Getting around Rome, Italy, by Metro (the subway, or underground train, system)

The modern interior of the Rome subway
The modern interior of the Rome Metro.Rome's Metro (which is short for "Metropolitana," which is Italian for "underground," which is British for "subway") is a good idea that turns out to be fairly useless.

Useful Italian
Ticket - biglietto
City bus - autobus
Bus stop - fermata
Subway - Metro
Subway station - stazione Metro

I'm getting off! - scendo!
Excuse me (to get though crowds) - permesso
Excuse me (to get attention) - scusa
Excuse me (to apologize) - mi dispiace
Full storyThe main reason for this is that it isn't very extensive—every time workers dig new tunnels, they run across ancient ruins and have to stop so archaeologists can putter about.

The city has only two lines (the orange "A" and the blue "B") that etch a rough X on the city map, with Stazione Termini at the intersection.

Line A runs from Viale Aurelia, past Cipro–Musei Vaticani (the new Vatican Museums stop) and Ottaviano–San Pietro (a dozen blocks from St. Peter's), and makes stops such as Flaminia (near Piazza del Popolo), Spagna (at the Spanish Steps), Termini, and San Giovanni (Rome's cathedral).

For info on tickets, click here.

For more on Rome's transportation system (buses/trams and the Metro) visit www.atac.roma.it.

For more on Rome's general layout—its major streets, squares, and neighborhoods—click here.

Line B is most useful to shuttle you quickly from Termini to stops such as Colosseo (the Colosseum), Circo Massimo (the Circus Maximus), and Piramide (at the Tiburtina train station, near Testaccio).

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