Capodichino, the most recent iconic station built by Webuild in Naples

Three new modules added to the steel roofing of the Capodichino station of Line 1 of Naples' Metro

Cylinder-shaped station inspired by the Renaissance St. Patrick's Well in Orvieto

Naples, February 6, 2024 – A huge steel web at 8 metres from the road level: i.e. the roofing of the Capodichino station in Naples for which three new modules, in the last days, were raised and fixed. The station that is being built by Webuild on behalf of Metropolitana di Napoli SpA and the City of Naples, is an integral part of the project that will extend Line 1 of the metro. 

It represents yet another chapter in the plan that will transform Naples' public transport for which the Webuild Group has already built "artistic stations" that received many awards like Toledo and Università, but also Dante, Materdei and Museo.

Capodichino station will be managed by ANM (Azienda Napoletana Mobilità). With it, Naples will have a direct metro connection between the port, the airport, and the railway network, including the high-speed railway service. This sustainable mobility project also foresees urban regeneration interventions, with the upgrading of the area surrounding the airport. 

Works to build the steel roofing will be completed by the end of March, to then proceed with the ones concerning the prefab covering and the glass fixtures. 

The Capodichino Station project, designed by architect Ivan Harbour of the RSHP architect firm, was inspired by St. Patrick's Well, the 54-metre-deep excavation built in Orvieto in the 16th century. The station in fact, with regard to the publicly accessible areas, has a cylinder-shaped layout that reaches 50 metres in depth, with a visible atrium at road level. The circular part has an internal diameter measuring approximately 33 metres. It is a single open space with eight central elevators and four helical staircases ascending along the walls to reach ground level. The elevator landing is connected by three by-passes to the two station tunnels, each 110 meters long and 8.9 meters in diameter.