Monte Compatri-Pantano is the eastern terminus of Line C of the

Rome Metro The Rome Metro () is a rapid transit system that operates in Rome, Italy. It started operation in 1955, making it the oldest in the country. The Metro comprises three lines – A (orange), B (blue) and C (green) – which operate on of rout ...

. It is located in Pantano (a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' of the ''

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'' of Monte Compatri), along the

Via Casilina The Via Casilina is a medieval road in Latium and Campania. It led from Rome to Casilinum (present-day Capua), to present-day Santa Maria Capua Vetere. It was created from the fusion of two ancient Roman roads, the ''Via Latina'' and the ''Via ...

; thus being the only Roman Metro station outside the

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municipality border. The station used to serve as the terminus of the Rome–Pantano railway (the urban section of which now forms the

Rome–Giardinetti railway The Roma–Giardinetti railway is a narrow-gauge street running tram-train railway in Rome, Italy. It connects Laziali (a regional train station some from Termini's main concourse) with Giardinetti to the east just past the Grande Raccordo An ...

). The former railway station was closed in 2008 so as to be rebuilt into the terminus of the new Metro line; it re-opened on 9 November 2014.

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Rome Metro Line C stations Monte Compatri Railway stations in Italy opened in 2014 {{Rome-metro-stub