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2025 Global Review +: Relics and Rail Work Converge in Rome
Two miles of a new transit line open as work continues on a third station.
The excavation for new transit stations has uncovered archeological artifacts in Rome.
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Construction of Rome’s automated Metro C transit line reached a milestone in late December, with the opening of a 2-mile underground extension from the system’s temporary terminus at San Giovanni into the city center. The extension includes two new stations, one of which is located adjacent to the Colosseum.
Built by a consortium led by Italy’s Webuild and Vianini Lavori for Roma Metropolitane, the city’s metro authority, the project has been a literal deep dive into the Eternal City’s history. Excavations revealed layers of ancient Roman structures and artifacts, including a 2,000-year-old military barracks, a residence with frescoed rooms and mosaics, nearly 30 ancient wells and hundreds of artifacts.
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Construction of the underground Piazza Venezia station continues. Using a 185-ton hydro-milling machine, workers are excavating an 85-ft-deep perimeter for installation of 170 5-ft-thick diaphragm walls. The team will then coordinate excavation for the station’s six 48,400-sq-ft levels in conjunction with archeological work that has uncovered Roman and medieval structures, including traces of the ancient Via Flaminia and multistoried residential complexes. More than 1,500 instruments have been installed on adjacent churches and historic buildings to monitor construction. The station is scheduled to open in 2032.
Envisioned as a 26-mile, 29-station system to improve mobility between Rome and the city’s eastern suburbs, Line C has been built in stages over the past two decades, with some 22 miles now operational. Next year, Webuild and Vianini Lavori will begin construction of the next 2.5-mile segment.
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