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Toledo (Naples Metro)

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Railway stations opened in 2012
Stazione Metropolitana di Toledo (NAPOLI)
Stazione Metropolitana di Toledo (NAPOLI)

Toledo is a station on Line 1 of the Naples Metro, named after nearby Via Toledo. It won the 2013 LEAF Award as "Public building of the year".The station was opened on 17 April 2012 on the earlier completed section to Università.

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Toledo (Naples Metro)
Largo Enrico Berlinguer, Naples Municipalità 2

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Largo Enrico Berlinguer
80134 Naples, Municipalità 2
Campania, Italy
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