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The Archeological site of Herculaneum (in Italian: Scavi di Ercolano) is the area south of the town centre of modern Ercolano where the Roman town of Herculaneum has been excavated. Herculaneum was destroyed and buried by lava and mud during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79 together with Pompeii , Stabiae and Oplontis .
(in Italian) Stazioni del Mondo: Pompei Scavi-Villa dei Misteri 40°44′55″N 14°28′52″E / 40.74861°N 14.48111°E / 40.74861; 14 This article about an Italian railway station is a stub .
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Pompei Scavi services the main entrance to Pompeii ETR 211 Metrostar. Circumvesuviana (Italian pronunciation: [ˌtʃirkuɱvezuˈvjaːna]) is a railway network in the east of the Naples metropolitan area, previously run by a company of the same name, now operated by Ente Autonomo Volturno.
See: Circumvesuviana. Circumvesuviana is a railway company operating services in the East of the Naples metropolitan area. Electrically powered throughout, the system uses the narrow gauge of 950 mm (3 ft 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) and operates 142 km (88 mi) of route on six lines. It is entirely separate from other national and regional railway lines.
The Pompeii station while a Circumvesuviana train is passing.. Ente Autonomo Volturno manages on behalf of the Campania Region, which owns it, the isolated railways Circumflegrea, Circumvesuviana and Cumana to which are added the Alifana, Benevento-Cancello railways (also called Caudina railway) and the Naples-Giugliano-Aversa line.
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Excavations continued sporadically up to the present and today many streets and buildings are visible, although over 75% of the town remains buried. Today, the Italian towns of Ercolano and Portici lie above Herculaneum. Ercolano was called Resina until 1969 when the modern name was adopted in honour of the old city.