Milano Rogoredo railway station

Milano Rogoredo Italian national railways (Ferrovie dello Stato)
View of the station building.
Station statistics
Address	via Gian Battista Cassinis , Milan
Coordinates	45°26′1.14″N 9°14′20.82″E / 45.43365°N 9.2391167°E / 45.43365; 9.2391167Coordinates: 45°26′1.14″N 9°14′20.82″E / 45.43365°N 9.2391167°E / 45.43365; 9.2391167
Structure	at-grade, crossing station
Tracks	13
Other information
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	7 million/year[1]

Milano Rogoredo is an important railway station and node of the city of Milan.

History

Early history

The station was known since 1891 as a junction to the old cargo station of Milano Sempione, and became a cargo station itself in 1908. In fact, it worked as the station for the then-autonomous town of Rogoredo, today included in the city administration as part of Milan's southeastern border with San Donato Milanese.

The next step, to passenger station, came in the late 1950s, when the city of Milan started to grow faster, and the neighbourhood was invaded by all sorts of factories. The node grew proportionally with the industrial development of the area, led by the presence of Montedison chemical facilities and Redaelli steel plant.

Recent history

A modernization of the station was planned in the 1990s, and some reconstruction of the station was carried out including platform roofing. In 1995, work was stopped due to costs exceeding budget provisions. In 1999 works restarted to add four tracks to allow integration with the Passante railway and the high-speed line and to complete the platform roofing.

The importance of this node has increased with the extension of S1 and S2 lines to Pavia and Lodi and to the new residential district called Santa Giulia. The station is now fully operational. The station includes a stop for the Regionale trains from Parma to Milano Centrale, and it is possible to change to the S-lines for excellent connection through the Passante into Central Milan and on to Malpensa Airport at Bovisa (August, 2009). Several Eurostar Italia-Trains between Milan and Rome call also in Rogoredo. In 2011, the Trenitalia-rival Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori starts a high-speed-service running from Torino Porta Susa to Salerno and calls at Rogoredo as well as in Porta Garibaldi station.

References

1. ^ http://www.centostazioni.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=36323dfb7c74a210VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD

External links

• Opening ceremony for the renewed station in 2008 report
• Official page on Ferrovie dello Stato website