Where the concierge points people first
- Metro Termini (MA, MB) — The only place lines A and B meet, which makes it unavoidable rather than good. Allow ten minutes to change here, more with a suitcase, and keep your bag in front of you on the platform — this is the one station in the city where that advice is not paranoia. (41.9008, 12.5019)
- Metro San Giovanni (MA, MC) — Where line A meets line C, and worth arriving early for even if you are only changing. The line C platforms were built as a walk back through time — the deeper you go, the older the finds in the cases beside you, ending in a layer from before the city. (41.8855, 12.5097)
- Metro Colosseo (MB, MC) — Opened as a line C interchange on 16 December 2025, after eighteen years of digging. You come up the stairs and the Colosseum is simply there, across the road, at a scale no photograph has prepared you for. Line B side is the old station and unremarkable; the new side is the one to look at. (41.8912, 12.4915)
- Metro Porta Metronia (MC) — The other station that opened on 16 December 2025, one stop from the Colosseum and almost empty by comparison. Use it when Colosseo is a crush — it is a ten-minute walk to the same place, through the Celio rather than through the crowd. (41.8830, 12.5029)
- Metro Circo Massimo (MB) — Comes out at the open end of the Circus Maximus, which is a free, unfenced, unticketed Roman monument you can simply walk onto. The best cheap hour in the city center, and the Aventine orange garden is up the hill behind it. (41.8834, 12.4882)
- Metro Cipro (MA) — The stop for the Vatican Museums, and the reason to know it is that the obvious one — Ottaviano — is where the queue touts wait. Cipro is one stop further and puts you nearer the entrance. (41.9076, 12.4474)
The rest of the metro stations in Rome — every one we hold
- Metro Arco di Travertino (MA) (41.8669, 12.5358)
- Metro Baldo degli Ubaldi (MA) (41.8982, 12.4304)
- Metro Bologna (MB, MB1) (41.9138, 12.5207)
- Metro Colli Albani - Parco Appia Antica (MA) (41.8702, 12.5290)
- Metro Conca D'Oro (MB1) (41.9394, 12.5280)
- Metro Gardenie (MC) (41.8865, 12.5616)
- Metro Giulio Agricola (MA) (41.8565, 12.5624)
- Metro Jonio (MB1) (41.9462, 12.5276)
- Metro Libia (MB1) (41.9322, 12.5193)
- Metro Numidio Quadrato (MA) (41.8620, 12.5532)
- Metro Pigneto (MC) (41.8881, 12.5248)
- Metro Ponte Lungo (MA) (41.8778, 12.5193)
- Metro Ponte Mammolo (MB) (41.9207, 12.5650)
- Metro Re di Roma (MA) (41.8818, 12.5157)
- Metro Sant'Agnese - Annibaliano (MB1) (41.9241, 12.5159)
- Metro Santa Maria Del Soccorso (MB) (41.9154, 12.5607)
- Metro Subaugusta (MA) (41.8572, 12.5649)
- Metro Teano (MC) (41.8897, 12.5517)
- Metro Valle Aurelia (MA) (41.9028, 12.4412)
- Metro Vittorio Emanuele (MA) (41.8948, 12.5045)
Rome has three metro lines because the ground is full of Rome
Rome has three metro lines. Paris has sixteen. The reason is not money or will: it is that you cannot dig anywhere in this city without hitting the city. Line C started archaeological investigation in August 2006 and did not finish until December 2025 — eighteen years for one line. A planned station at Largo di Torre Argentina was canceled outright because the remains underneath turned out to be more extensive than expected, and the 2009 dig at Piazza Venezia ran into what has been identified as the Athenaeum of Hadrian. What this means on the day you are here is simple and worth planning around: the metro does not serve the historic center. There is no stop at the Pantheon, none at Piazza Navona, none at Campo de' Fiori, none at Trevi. You will walk, or you will take a bus. Budget for that rather than discovering it at the top of the escalator.
Questions people ask
How many metro lines does Rome have?
Three — A, B and C, with a B1 branch. NUM's directory maps twenty-six of their stations with coordinates and the lines each one serves.
Why is Rome's metro so small?
Because every excavation hits archaeology. Line C alone took from August 2006 to December 2025, a planned station at Largo di Torre Argentina was canceled when the remains proved too extensive, and the Piazza Venezia dig uncovered what has been identified as Hadrian's Athenaeum.
Is there a metro stop near the Pantheon or the Trevi Fountain?
No. The historic center has no metro at all. The nearest useful stops are Barberini and Spagna on line A for Trevi, and after that you walk.
Which Rome metro stations opened most recently?
Colosseo and Porta Metronia, both on line C, opened on 16 December 2025.
Where do Rome's metro lines interchange?
A and B meet at Termini. A and C meet at San Giovanni. B and C meet at Colosseo.
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