page_title: Circumvesuviana
hierarchical_section_title: Circumvesuviana
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Stazione ferroviaria di Pompei Scavi-Villa dei MisteriEnglish: Pompei Scavi-Villa dei Misteri railway station
context_page_description: Circumvesuviana is a railway network in the east of the Naples metropolitan area, previously run by a company of the same name, now operated by it:Ente Autonomo Volturno. Electrically powered throughout, the system uses the narrow gauge of 950 mm and operates 142 km of route on six lines. It is entirely separate from other national and regional railway lines. It has 96 stations with an average interstation distance of 1.5 km.
  The Circumvesuviana railway covers a wide catchment area of over 2 million people, distributed in 47 municipalities, including Scafati, San Valentino Torio and Sarno in the province of Salerno and Avella and Baiano in the province of Avellino. The network forms an important commercial artery, and provides services to the tourist destinations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
  All routes start from the Napoli Porta Nolana terminus near the Porta Nolana, and pass through Napoli Garibaldi station before splitting into several branches to towns in the province. A journey along the entirety of the longest route, the 47 km from Naples to Sorrento, takes about one hour.
  On 27 December 2012 the original company was absorbed by the it:Ente Autonomo Volturno.
context_section_description: Circumvesuviana ([ˌtʃirkuɱvezuˈvjaːna]) is a railway network in the east of the Naples metropolitan area, previously run by a company of the same name, now operated by it:Ente Autonomo Volturno. Electrically powered throughout, the system uses the narrow gauge of 950 mm (3 ft 1 ³⁄₈ in) and operates 142 km (88 mi) of route on six lines. It is entirely separate from other national and regional railway lines. It has 96 stations with an average interstation distance of 1.5 km (0.9 mi).
  The Circumvesuviana railway covers a wide catchment area of over 2 million people, distributed in 47 municipalities, including Scafati, San Valentino Torio and Sarno in the province of Salerno and Avella and Baiano in the province of Avellino. The network forms an important commercial artery, and provides services to the tourist destinations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
  All routes start from the Napoli Porta Nolana terminus near the Porta Nolana, and pass through Napoli Garibaldi station before splitting into several branches to towns in the province. A journey along the entirety of the longest route, the 47 km (29 mi) from Naples to Sorrento, takes about one hour.
  On 27 December 2012 the original company was absorbed by the it:Ente Autonomo Volturno.
caption: Pompei Scavi services the main entrance to Pompeii
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