Getting around from Posillipo
The Mergellina funicular climbs from Mergellina to via Manzoni with three intermediate stops. Bus 140 runs along via Posillipo to Mergellina, the Riviera di Chiaia and piazza del Plebiscito; the C21 serves the upper part from Mergellina to Posillipo Capo and the C31 links Posillipo Capo and via Manzoni with Vomero.
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Mergellina funicular
The Mergellina funicular, run by ANM, has the stops Mergellina, Sant'Antonio, San Gioacchino, Parco Angelina and Manzoni. According to ANM's line sheet it runs from 7:00 to 22:00, every 10 minutes; direct runs, from 9:30 to 21:30, run every 30 minutes. At Mergellina you can change to buses 140, C16 and C21; at Manzoni to the C31 and S2. Service status is updated on the ANM website.
Buses
The 140 starts at Posillipo Capo, runs down via Posillipo (stops at Rocca Belvedere, San Luigi, Palazzo Donn'Anna and others) and continues along via Caracciolo, Mergellina, the Riviera di Chiaia and Santa Lucia to piazza del Plebiscito; on the winter weekday timetable it runs from 5:30 to 22:50 every 19 minutes. ANM reports diversions for roadworks on via Riviera di Chiaia and via Giordano Bruno.
The C21 links the Mergellina terminus with Posillipo Capo via via Orazio, via Petrarca, via Manzoni, the Parco Virgiliano and the discesa Coroglio, every 31 minutes (weekdays 6:00–20:30). The C31 runs from Posillipo Capo along via Manzoni, with stops at the Fatebenefratelli hospital and the funicular, to largo Europa, via Cilea, via Cimarosa and via Scarlatti in Vomero, every 31 minutes (weekdays 5:20–23:30).
Sources
Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Updated: 2026-10-14
Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-04-13
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