Mostra–Stadio Maradona railway station

Mostra–Stadio Maradona
General information
LocationNaples, Campania
Italy
Coordinates40°48′41.4″N 14°02′41.28″E / 40.811500°N 14.0448000°E / 40.811500; 14.0448000
Line(s)Cumana
Train operatorsEAV
Connections Naples Metro (Line 6 at Mergellina)
Line 2 at Napoli Campi Flegrei railway station
ANM urban and intercity buses
History
Opened1940 (1940)
Services
Preceding station Naples SFM Following station
Fuorigrotta
towards Montesanto
Cumana railway Edenlandia
towards Torregaveta
Route map
0.000
Montesanto
2.421
Corso Vittorio Emanuele
Depot
4.321
Fuorigrotta
5.164
6.130
Edenlandia
Line 7 (planned)
EAV-RFI junction
6.787
Agnano
7.688
Bagnoli–
Città della
Scienza
8.325
Dazio
Old alignment (†1999)
Terme (
Patamia
Pepere
)
(†19??)
9.367
PM Accadia
(†1999)
10.594
Gerolomini
Old alignment (†2025)
11.420
Cappuccini
(†2025)
11.984
Pozzuoli (1889)
(†2025)
Pozzuoli
(under construction)
13.208
Cantieri
(†2022)
14.153
Arco Felice
15.753
Lucrino
Old alignment (†1999)
18.204
Fusaro
19.810
Torregaveta
Source: Italian railway atlas[1]
Location
Mostra–Stadio Maradona
Location in Campania
Mostra–Stadio Maradona
Location in Italy

Mostra–Stadio Maradona railway station (Italian: Stazione di Mostra–Stadio Maradona) is a railway station in Naples, Italy. It is served by the Cumana railway line, managed by EAV. The station is named after the Mostra d'Oltremare and the Stadio Maradona, both located nearby. It also provides access to the Polytechnic of the University of Naples Federico II.

History

Before adopting its current name, the station was called Taverna delle Rose.[2] The current station building was constructed between 1939 and 1940, designed by architect Frediano Frediani.[3] It was later renovated in the late 1980s, based on a project by Nicola Pagliara, in preparation for the Italy-hosted 1990 FIFA World Cup.[4]

Following a 2019 project,[4] the Forza Napoli Sempre artwork was created along the station's platforms in 2020. This artistic initiative, promoted by the Governor of Campania Vincenzo De Luca,[5] was a collaboration between EAV and Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli.

Building

Forza Napoli Sempre Artwork

It consists of a series of murals[4] created on 130 panels for a total of 300 square metres (3,200 sq ft) retracing the history of SSC Napoli.[5] They depict the figures who have shaped the history of the football club: William Garbutt and Attila Sallustro, pioneers of the 1920s,[5] Bruno Pesaola, Luís Vinício, Omar Sívori, Antonio Juliano, and Giuseppe Savoldi, representing the 1960s and 1970s,[5] Ruud Krol and Giuseppe Bruscolotti, idols of the 1980s.[5]

There are also the protagonists of the championship victories, above all Diego Armando Maradona, the only one to whom two murals were dedicated,[4] Ottavio Bianchi, Careca, Salvatore Bagni, Fernando De Napoli,[5] up to the stars of the new millennium, Marek Hamšík, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Lorenzo Insigne, Kalidou Koulibaly.[5] The artwork was presented to the press on December 5, 2020[4] in the presence of SSC Napoli's president Aurelio De Laurentiis, player Victor Osimhen,[6] and the EAV president.[7]

The other figures depicted are Giuseppe Cavanna, Riza Lushta, Antonio Vojak, Eraldo Monzeglio, Amedeo Amadei, Hasse Jeppson, Ottavio Bugatti, Gianni Corelli, José Altafini, Dino Zoff, Cané, Luciano Castellini, Francesco Romano, Claudio Garella, Alemão, Andrea Carnevale, Alberto Bigon, Gianfranco Zola, Fabio Cannavaro, Giuseppe Taglialatela, Gianluca Grava, Roberto Carlos Sosa, Cavani, Rafael Benítez, Gonzalo Higuaín, Maurizio Sarri, José Callejón, Dries Mertens, Carlo Ancelotti, Gennaro Gattuso, and Aurelio De Laurentiis.[8]

In addition to the protagonists who have shaped the club's history, the murals also depict the stadiums, the trophies, and four quotes from famous figures. QR codes are embedded in the murals, allowing interactive access to information, while the historical photos were created with the assistance of the Riccardo Carbone Photographic Archive.[9]

Passenger movement

Passenger traffic consists of trains running every twenty minutes in each direction on the Montesanto-Torregaveta route.

See also

References

  1. ^ Atlante ferroviario s'Italia e Slovenia [Italian and Slovenian railway atlas)] (1 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2010. pp. 69–70, 76–7, 82, 147–53, 155. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1.
  2. ^ "Ferrovia Cumana". www.clamfer.it. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  3. ^ Due edifici dell'architetto Frediano Frediani a Napoli, in Casabella, anno LII, n. 548, Milano, Electa, luglio-agosto 1988, p. 28, ISSN 0008-7181 (WC · ACNP).
  4. ^ a b c d e "Ecco i murales della stazione Cumana intitolata a Maradona - la Repubblica". 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Alla fermata dello stadio si celebra la storia del Napoli. Maradona con la coroncina - Photogallery - Rai News". 5 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Napoli, inaugurata stazione Cumana intitolata a Maradona - la Repubblica". 5 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Napoli, ecco la hall of fame alla stazione Mostra-Maradona". 5 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Napoli, da Gattuso a Higuain tutti i murales della 'Mostra Stadio Maradona'. FOTO | Sky Sport". 6 December 2020. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  9. ^ www.eavsrl.it http://web.archive.org/web/20240609122502/https://www.eavsrl.it/web/sites/default/files/Comunicato%20Evento%20FNS%2005.12.2020_def.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)