Line S5 (Milan suburban railway service)

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Varese–Milano Passante–Treviglio
Milano S5.svg
Castronno stazione S5.jpg
An S5 train at Castronno.
Overview
StatusOperational
Locale Milan, Italy
Termini
Stations30
Website Linea S5 (in Italian)
Service
Type Commuter rail
System Milan suburban railway service
Route numberS5
Operator(s) Trenord / ATM
Rolling stock Treno Servizio Regionale
History
Opened2004
Technical
Line length93 km (58 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification 3,000 V DC
Route map
Map of line S5. Milano linea suburbana S5.png
Map of line S5.

The S5 is a commuter railway route forming part of the Milan suburban railway service (Italian : Servizio ferroviario suburbano di Milano), which converges on the city of Milan, Italy. [1]

Contents

The route runs over the infrastructure of the Porto Ceresio–Milan, Milan Passante and Milan–Venice railways.

Unlike all of the other Milan suburban railway service routes, which are operated by Trenord, line S5 is operated by a joint venture comprising Trenitalia, Ferrovie Nord Milano Trasporti (FNM), and Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM), the public company responsible for public transport in the municipality of Milan and some of its surrounding municipalities. [2]

Route

Line S5, a cross-city route, heads initially in a southerly direction from Varese to Gallarate, and then southeasterly to Rho. From there, the line runs through the municipality of Milan, via the Milan Passante railway, to Milano Porta Vittoria, and finally in an easterly direction to Treviglio. [3] The complete journey takes 2 hours and 7 minutes. [4]

History

The S5 was activated on 12 December 2004, and operated initially between Varese and Pioltello-Limito. [5] At that time, its operator was Trenitalia, under a two-year service contract with the region of Lombardy.

On 1 July 2008, responsibility for operating the line passed to a joint venture comprising Trenitalia, FNM and ATM. [6] The joint venturers had won a tender that had been launched by the region in 2004, and had pledged to provide free transport of bicycles on public holidays. On the same date, 15 new TSR trains began to enter service. The regional administration had committed itself to offering these trains to the successful tenderer. [7]

On the occasion of the timetable change on 13 December 2009, the line was extended from Pioltello-Limito to Treviglio. [8]

In May 2011, as a result of the merger between the regional passenger division of Trenitalia and the FNM subsidiary LeNORD, the merged entity, Trenord, took over the two railway companies' roles in the joint venture.

Stations

The stations on the S5 are as follows (stations with blue background are in the municipality of Milan): [9]

StationInterchangeNote
Varese S40 S50 Logomi r.svg Varese Nord within 100 m
Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone
Castronno
Albizzate-Solbiate Arno
Cavaria-Oggiona-Jerago
Gallarate S30 S50 Logomi r.svg
Busto Arsizio S50
Legnano
Canegrate
Parabiago
Vanzago-Pogliano
Rho Milano S6.svg Milano S11.svg Logomi r.svg
Rho Fiera Milano linea M1.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S11.svg Logomi r.svg
Milano Certosa Milano S6.svg Milano S11.svg
Milano Villapizzone Milano S6.svg Milano S11.svg
Milano Lancetti Milano S1.svg Milano S2.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S12.svg Milano S13.svg
Milano Porta Garibaldi Milano linea M2.svg Milano linea M5.svg Milano S1.svg Milano S2.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S7.svg Milano S8.svg Milano S11.svg Milano S12.svg Milano S13.svg Logomi r.svg MXP Metropolitana di Milano Treno.svg
Milano Repubblica Milano linea M3.svg Milano S1.svg Milano S2.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S12.svg Milano S13.svg
Milano Porta Venezia Milano linea M1.svg Milano S1.svg Milano S2.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S12.svg Milano S13.svg
Milano Dateo Milano linea M4.svg Milano S1.svg Milano S2.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S12.svg Milano S13.svg
Milano Porta Vittoria Milano S1.svg Milano S2.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S12.svg Milano S13.svg
Milano Forlanini Milano linea M4.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S9.svg
Segrate Milano S6.svg
Pioltello-Limito Milano S6.svg Logomi r.svg
Vignate Milano S6.svg
Melzo Milano S6.svg
Pozzuolo Martesana Milano S6.svg
Trecella Milano S6.svg
Cassano d'Adda Milano S6.svg
Treviglio Milano S6.svg Logomi r.svg

Rolling stock

S5 trains are made up of a 3-car Treno Servizio Regionale (TSR) combined with a 5-car TSR, except on Saturdays and Sundays, when 3-car TSRs are used on some trains, and 5-car TSRs operate the remaining, more heavily patronised services.

Scheduling

As of 2012, S5 trains ran every half-hour between 06:00 and 00:30 daily. Between 09:00 and 11:00, and between 21:00 and 00:30, some S5 services operated only between Gallarate and Treviglio. [9]

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