US EditionRome Opens Long-Awaited Colosseum Subway Station, with Displays of Unearthed Artifacts
The new Colosseo and Porta Metronia stations on Rome's Metro C line feature archaeological displays and extend the line to 24 stops, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, Rome opened Colosseo and Porta Metronia stations on Metro C, with Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and ministers inaugurating before public access at 4pm.
- Rome's Metro C project, in the works for two decades, began in 2006 and faced bureaucratic and funding delays along with archaeological excavations, causing months-long postponements past end-of-2024.
- Branded as `archeo-stations`, the new stops display more than 500,000 artifacts, including ceramic vases, stone wells, thermal-bath ruins, and a nearly 80-meter military barracks, with a museum planned by WeBuild.
- The Colosseo stop becomes the C-line terminus linking with Metro B, marking Rome's first new stations since San Giovanni and expanding Line C to 24 stops for tourists and commuters.
- With an estimated cost near 7 billion euros, Rome's Transport Chief Eugenio Patanè warned a planned €50 million cut in the government's 2026 draft budget could delay the project, which aims to open 29 stations over a 26-kilometre stretch.
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After more than 10 years of construction, Rome has opened two new metro stations.
After a delay of almost 20 years, two renovated stations of the Rome Metro have opened, showcasing numerous archaeological finds from ancient Rome. Line C will run all the way to the Vatican, but will not be completed until at least 2032.
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Rome opens long-awaited Colosseum subway station, with displays of unearthed artifacts
Rome has opened two subway stations. One is deep beneath the Colosseum that mixes the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts from an ancient era.
Rome's Colosseo, Porta Metronia metro 'archeostations' open - General News
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Tuesday opened two new stations on the C line of the city's metro system, the Colosseo and Porta Metroni 'archeostations', so named because an array of the archaeological riches uncovered during their construction are on dis... (ANSA)
They have been opened after 12 years of yards in one of the most famous and tourist streets of the city: still missing the last stretch of the line
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