Metronapoli SpA was an Italian company responsible for the provision of

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in the city of

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, and its primary function was the operation and maintenance of the Naples Metro system. It was founded on 26 July 2000 and became operational on 1 February 2001. Metronapoli was a fully state-controlled joint-stock corporation. Its functions were absorbed by Azienda Napoletana Mobilità s.p.a. (ANM) on 1 November 2013. Metronapoli was a subsidiary company controlled by two organisations, initially three. From 2001 to 2005, the ''Comune di Napoli'' (City of Naples government) had a 51% holding stake in the company shares, giving them a controlling ownership, while

Trenitalia Trenitalia Società per azioni, SpA is the primary train operator of Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government. It was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulati ...

held a 38% stake and ANM held the remaining 11%.Metronapoli Founded '' Today's Railways Europe'' issue 65 May 2001 page 47Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009-2010'', pp. 192–193. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK):

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. . Trenitalia sold its shares to the municipal government in November 2005, and at the end of 2005 the latter's stake had grown to 99%, with just 1% owned by ANM. Metronapoli operated the transport services and maintenance of Line 1 and Line 6 of the metro system, as well as the four

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railways ( Central Funicular, Chiaia Funicular,

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and Montesanto Funicular). Metronapoli also operated Line 2, a

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line, from 2001 until 2005. Operation of line 2 was taken over by Trenitalia in November 2005.

References

External links

Archive of Metronapoli website
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