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 13 years, two new metro stations have been completed in the historic heart of Rome. An ancient building was also discovered during the excavations. To see it, you only need a metro ticket. From Anna Giordano.
After years of delays and spiraling costs, Rome has opened two new metro stations, including one at the Colosseum. Construction of the stations took a long time due to remarkable archaeological discoveries made during construction. During work at the Colosseum station, 28 ancient wells and hundreds of artifacts, such as hairpins, oil lamps, irrigation pipes, knives, and statues, were discovered. The finds are now on display at the station. At th…
Behind the gates of access to the metro, the travelers can admire, exposed in wines, rushes, lamps and other rooms from ancient Rome: Colosseum station opened the doors at the end of a series of works that lasted 13...
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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