Line S5 (Milan suburban railway service)

Varese–Milano Passante–Treviglio
Varese–Milano Passante–Treviglio
	An S5 train at Castronno.
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Milan, Italy
Termini	Varese ; Treviglio ;
Stations	30
Website	Linea S5 (in Italian)
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Milan suburban railway service
Route number	S5
Operator(s)	Trenord / ATM
Rolling stock	Treno Servizio Regionale
History
Opened	2004
Technical
Line length	93 km (58 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	3,000 V DC
Route map
	Map of line S5.

Last updated June 15, 2023

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]

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

Varese ↔ Milano Passante ↔ Treviglio

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]

Station	Interchange	Note
Varese	S40 S50	Varese Nord within 100 m
Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone
Castronno
Albizzate-Solbiate Arno
Cavaria-Oggiona-Jerago
Gallarate	S30 S50
Busto Arsizio	S50
Legnano
Canegrate
Parabiago
Vanzago-Pogliano
Rho
Rho Fiera
Milano Certosa
Milano Villapizzone
Milano Lancetti
Milano Porta Garibaldi	MXP
Milano Repubblica
Milano Porta Venezia
Milano Dateo
Milano Porta Vittoria
Milano Forlanini
Segrate
Pioltello-Limito
Vignate
Melzo
Pozzuolo Martesana
Trecella
Cassano d'Adda
Treviglio

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^[update], 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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References

↑ "S come Suburbano" [S for Suburban]. Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia . Retrieved 15 November 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Chi siamo" [Who we are]. Linea S5 (in Italian). Linea S5. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
↑ "Linee" [Lines]. Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia. Retrieved 15 November 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ Trenord timetable
↑ Canale, Andrea (March 2005). "...finalmente Passante!" [...finally, Passante!]. I Treni (in Italian) (268): 12–19.
↑ Ufficio Stampa Regione Lombardia (12 May 2008). "Regione potenzia collegamenti ferroviari". AdnKronos (in Italian).
↑ Stagni, Giorgio. "Le gare ferroviarie: un timbro per sancire lo stato di fatto o un'occasione per introdurre vera concorrenza?" [The railway lines: a stamp to establish de facto status or an opportunity to introduce real competition?]. Stagniweb (in Italian). Giorgio Stagni. Archived from the original on 29 May 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
↑ "Linee S in crescita" [S lines grow]. I Treni (322): 8. January 2010.
1 2 "Linea S5 Varese - Milano Passante - Treviglio". Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia. Retrieved 16 November 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

ATM – official site
FNM Group – official site
Trenitalia – official site
Schematic of Line S5 ^{[ permanent dead link ]} – schematic depicting all stations on Line S5

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[scs-1] "S come Suburbano" [S for Suburban]. Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia . Retrieved 15 November 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[chisiamo-2] "Chi siamo" [Who we are]. Linea S5 (in Italian). Linea S5. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[linee-3] "Linee" [Lines]. Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia. Retrieved 15 November 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] Trenord timetable

[canale-5] Canale, Andrea (March 2005). "...finalmente Passante!" [...finally, Passante!]. I Treni (in Italian) (268): 12–19.

[rpcf-6] Ufficio Stampa Regione Lombardia (12 May 2008). "Regione potenzia collegamenti ferroviari". AdnKronos (in Italian).

[stagni-7] Stagni, Giorgio. "Le gare ferroviarie: un timbro per sancire lo stato di fatto o un'occasione per introdurre vera concorrenza?" [The railway lines: a stamp to establish de facto status or an opportunity to introduce real competition?]. Stagniweb (in Italian). Giorgio Stagni. Archived from the original on 29 May 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[lsic-8] "Linee S in crescita" [S lines grow]. I Treni (322): 8. January 2010.

[ls5-9] 1 2 "Linea S5 Varese - Milano Passante - Treviglio". Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia. Retrieved 16 November 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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