Line S8 (Milan suburban railway service)

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Lecco–Carnate–Milano Porta Garibaldi
Milano S8.svg
S8 Caravaggio at Olgiate Calco Brivio railway station headed to Milan.jpg
An S8 train at Olgiate-Calco-Brivio.
Overview
StatusOperational
Locale Milan, Italy
Termini
Stations13
Colour on mapRGB 246 182 182
Website Trenord
Service
Type Commuter rail
System Milan suburban railway service
Route numberS8
Rolling stock Caravaggio
Daily ridership42000 (+15%) [1]
History
Opened2009
Technical
Line length50 km (31 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification 3,000 V DC
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map
Map of line S8. Milano linea suburbana S8.png
Map of line S8.

The S8 is a commuter rail route forming part of the Milan suburban railway service (Italian : Servizio ferroviario suburbano di Milano), which converges on the city of Milan, Italy. [2]

Contents

The route runs over the infrastructure of the Lecco–Milan railway. Like all but one of the other Milan suburban railway service routes, it is operated by Trenord.

Route

Line S8, a radial route, heads initially in an southwesterly direction from Lecco to Monza. From there, it turns south towards Milano Greco Pirelli, and finally south west again, to Milano Porta Garibaldi. [3]

LED display of a S8 train headed to Lecco S8 headed to Lecco, Detail of a Caravaggio train.png
LED display of a S8 train headed to Lecco

History

The route was activated on 14 December 2008, and was initially an hourly regional rail service between its two termini. In September 2009, the frequency of services on the route was increased, to bring it up to one service every 30 minutes during rush hour.

On 13 December 2009, the route was reclassified as the S8 suburban rail line. On 22 March 2010, service frequency was increased again, to bring services to half-hourly intervals from 05:00 to 11:00 and from 13:00 to 22:00 on weekdays.

As of 2025, the frequency has been increased to half-hourly from Monday to Saturday, with hourly frequency only from 22:00 to 00:00. On Sunday the frequency is hourly.

Stations

The stations on the S8 are as follows (the stations with a coloured background are within the municipality of Milan): [4]

StationOpenedInterchangeNote
Lecco 1863 Milano S7.svg Logomi r.svg
Lecco Maggianico 1882
Calolziocorte-Olginate 1863 Logomi r.svg
Airuno 1896
Olgiate-Calco-Brivio 1873
Cernusco-Merate 1873
Osnago 1896
Carnate-Usmate 1873 Logomi r.svg
Arcore 1873 Logomi r.svg
Monza 1840 Milano S7.svg Milano S9.svg Milano S11.svg Logomi r.svg
Sesto San Giovanni 1969 Milano linea M1.svg Milano S7.svg Milano S9.svg Milano S11.svg Logomi r.svg
Milano Greco Pirelli 1914 Milano S7.svg Milano S9.svg Milano S11.svg Logomi r.svg
Milano Porta Garibaldi 1963 Milano linea M2.svg Milano linea M5.svg Milano S1.svg Milano S2.svg Milano S5.svg Milano S6.svg Milano S7.svg Milano S11.svg Milano S12.svg Milano S13.svg Logomi r.svg MXP Metropolitana di Milano Treno.svg

Scheduling

As of 2012, S8 trains ran hourly between 06:00 and 24:00 Monday to Saturday, with additional services during rush hour in the mornings and evenings. [4]

As of 2024, S8 trains run every thirty minutes from Monday to Saturday up to late evening, when service becomes hourly; frequency is reduced to one train per hour per direction on Sundays. The last two trains of the day usually depart from Milano Centrale instead of Milano Porta Garibaldi, in order to catch passengers arriving with the last long-distance trains.

See also

References

  1. "Nel 2024 oltre 200 milioni di viaggi in treno: Lombardia locomotiva della mobilità green". Redazione Trenord. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  2. "S come Suburbano" [S for Suburban]. Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia . Retrieved 15 November 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Linee" [Lines]. Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia. Retrieved 15 November 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 "Linea S8 Lecco - Carnate - Milano Pta Garibaldi". Direzione Generale Infrastrutture e Mobilità website (in Italian). RegioneLombardia. Retrieved 17 November 2012.