Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station

Milano Porta Garibaldi Italian national railways (Ferrovie dello Stato)
Station statistics
Address	Piazza Sigmund Freud, Milan
Coordinates	45°29′05″N 9°11′15″E / 45.484597°N 9.187596°E / 45.484597; 9.187596Coordinates: 45°29′05″N 9°11′15″E / 45.484597°N 9.187596°E / 45.484597; 9.187596
Structure	At-grade and partly underground, through station
Platforms	12 terminal and 8 through
Other information
Opened	1963
Owned by	Rete Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A
Traffic
Passengers ()	25 million/year

Milano Porta Garibaldi is a major station in the Italian city of Milan, located just to the north of the neighbourhood known as Porta Garibaldi. Porta Garibaldi is the city's main station for commuter traffic with 25 million passengers annually,^[1] although it is second to Centrale station considering total passenger traffic.

History

Garibaldi station was built in 1963 near three former stations called Porta Nuova, opened between 1840 (Milan’s first station on the Milan–Monza railway) and 1931. The latter station was also called the “Varesine” station" (after Varese) and was the terminus of lines to Gallarate, Novara and Varese. The construction of the station was part of an ambitious project for the development of a business centre, which remains largely uncompleted. In 1966 it was connected via the Garibaldi Tunnel to Mirabello junction and connected to the line to Monza (at Greco Pirelli station) and the ring railway (at Lambrate station). The station thus became accessible from all the regional lines of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).

Services

Porta Garibaldi has 12 terminal platforms looking north-west and 8 through platforms going from north-west to the aforementioned Garibaldi Tunnel, thus connecting the station to Milano Lambrate, Milano Greco Pirelli, and recently to Milano Centrale as well, thanks to the passantino (Italian for "small passageway") link. This link is being used by four Frecciarossa high speed trains since September 13, 2010,^[2][3] and more trains will be added starting from December 2010.^[4][5]

On 20 March 2006 FS’s subsidiary Centostazioni started work on redeveloping the passenger facilities, which is being carried out under contract by Pool Engineering. This includes new furniture and lighting and the creation of new commercial space, but it has not affected any trackwork.

The station is topped by two skyscrapers (the Garibaldi Towers), which house the regional offices of Trenitalia and FS.

Traffic

Suburban railways

The underground part of the station is part of the Passante railway. Lines S1, S2, S5, and S6 of the suburban railways stop there. The upper part of the station has been the terminus of the suburban lines S8 and S11 since 2009.

Long distance traffic

Eight long-distance Eurostar Italia trains between Turin and Rome are operated by Trenitalia. LeNORD offers a daily Eurocity connection to Munich in association with Deutsche Bahn and Österreichische Bundesbahnen.

References

1. ^ "Stazione di Milano Porta Garibaldi" (in Itlaian). Ferrovie dello Stato Centostazioni. http://www.centostazioni.it/milano.asp. Retrieved 26 January 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.fsnews.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3a2a5b8ae0a0b210VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD
3. ^ http://www.fsnews.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=acbf420c73b0b210VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD
4. ^ http://www.fsnews.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ba10ea27fd72a210VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD
5. ^ http://www.fsnews.it/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e4099687dbc3a210VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD

External links

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