Repubblica – Teatro dell'Opera (Rome Metro)

Repubblica Teatro dell'Opera
Piazza della Repubblica entrance
General information
Coordinates	41°54′09″N 12°29′44″E
Owned by	ATAC
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	1980; 45 years ago (1980)
Services
Preceding station Rome Metro Following station Barberini towards Battistini Line A Termini towards Anagnina
Location Click on the map to see marker

Repubblica–Teatro dell'Opera is an underground station on Line A of the Rome Metro. The station was inaugurated in 1980 and takes its name from the Piazza della Repubblica underneath which it lies.

Services

This station has:

• Escalators

Located nearby

• Piazza della Repubblica
  • Fontana delle Naiadi
  • Baths of Diocletian
  • Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
  • National Museum of Rome
  • Temple of Minerva Medica (nymphaeum)
• Teatro Costanzi (Teatro dell'Opera)
  • National Theatre
• Via Nazionale
  • Via Quattro Fontane
  • Viminale
  • Ministry of the Interior
  • Palazzo del Viminale
• Largo Santa Susanna
  • Fontana dell'Acqua Felice o del Mosè
  • Santa Susanna
  • Santa Maria della Vittoria
    • Ecstasy of St Theresa di Bernini
  • San Bernardo alle Terme
• Via XX settembre
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Porta Pia

Incidents

On 23 October 2018, 20 people, mostly fans of the Russian football team CSKA, were injured by a collapsing escalator.[1][2]

The station was then closed; it reopened on June 26, 2019.[3]

References

1. "Russian fans injured as Rome metro escalator gives way". BBC News. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
2. Balmer, Crispian (2018-10-23). "Russian soccer fans hurt in Rome metro escalator accident". Reuters. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
3. "Roma, Raggi: "La metro Repubblica riapre mercoledì mattina". Comitati: "Aperte solo 4 scale mobili su 6"". 25 June 2019.

External links

Media related to Metropolitana di Roma linea A - Repubblica at Wikimedia Commons

• Repubblica station on the Rome public transport site (in Italian)