Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station

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Milano Porta Garibaldi
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Main entrance
General information
LocationPiazza Sigmund Freud, 1, Milan
Italy
Coordinates 45°29′05″N09°11′15″E / 45.48472°N 9.18750°E / 45.48472; 9.18750
Elevation130 m
Owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by Trenord
Trenitalia
SNCF
Line(s) Milan–Turin
Milan–Domodossola
Milan–Chiasso
Passante
Distance8.410 km (5.226 mi)
from Bivio Lambro
Tracks22
Train operators Centostazioni
Connections Logo Metropolitane Italia.svg Garibaldi MM
Construction
Platform levelsSurface and underground
Other information
IATA code IPR
Fare zone STIBM: Mi1 [1]
History
Opened5 November 1961 (1961-11-05) [2]
Rebuilt21 December 1997 (underground section)
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Torino Porta Susa
towards Paris-Lyon
TGV
Terminus
Preceding station Trenord Logo RDT.svg Trenord Following station
Milano Lancetti
towards Saronno
Milano S1.svg Milano Repubblica
towards Lodi
Milano Lancetti Milano S2.svg Milano Repubblica
Milano Lancetti
towards Varese
Milano S5.svg Milano Repubblica
towards Treviglio
Milano Lancetti
towards Novara
Milano S6.svg
Terminus Milano S7.svg Milano Greco Pirelli
towards Lecco
Milano S8.svg
Milano Villapizzone
towards Rho
Milano S11.svg Milano Greco Pirelli
towards Chiasso
Milano Lancetti Milano S12.svg Milano Repubblica
towards Melegnano
Milano Lancetti
towards Milano Bovisa
Milano S13.svg Milano Repubblica
towards Pavia
Location
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Milano Porta Garibaldi
Location in Milan
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Milano Porta Garibaldi
Location in Lombardy
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Milano Porta Garibaldi
Location in Northern Italy
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Milano Porta Garibaldi
Location in Italy

Milano Porta Garibaldi( IATA : IPR) is a major railway 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, [3] although it is second to Centrale station considering total passenger traffic. The station is located on Piazza Sigmund Freud.

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History

Garibaldi station was built in 1961 near three former stations called Porta Nuova, [4] opened between 1840 (Milan's first station on the Milan–Monza railway) and 1931. The earlier station was named Varesine (after Varese) and was the terminus of lines to Gallarate, Novara and Varese. The construction of the new 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 belt line (at Lambrate station). The station thus became accessible from all the regional lines of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).

Train 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 has been used by four Frecciarossa high speed trains since September 13, 2010, [5] [6] and more trains will be added starting from December 2010. [7] [8] In addition, two underground platforms are served by trains on the Milan Passante railway.

On 20 March 2006 FS's subsidiary Centostazioni redeveloped the passenger facilities, which is being carried out under contract by Pool Engineering. This includes new furniture and lighting and the creation of new retail space. The station is topped by two skyscrapers, the Garibaldi Towers, which housed the regional offices of Trenitalia and FS. After a complete restyling, they now house the offices of Maire Tecnimont. [9]

The upper part of the station has been the terminus of the suburban lines S7 and S8 since 2009. Eight long-distance Eurostar Italia trains between Turin and Rome are operated by Trenitalia. Trenord operates a daily Eurocity connection to Munich in association with Deutsche Bahn and Österreichische Bundesbahnen. 3 SNCF TGV services from Paris terminate here since November 2011, replacing Central Station.

The station is served by the following services (incomplete):

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Interiors
Platforms (surface) Stazione di Milano Porta Garibaldi - Milano.jpg
Platforms (surface)
Platforms (underground) Milano - Porta Garibaldi passante.jpg
Platforms (underground)
TGV Milan P.ta Garibaldi - Paris Gare de Lyon Milano Porta Garibaldi Railway Station in 2018.13.jpg
TGV Milan P.ta Garibaldi - Paris Gare de Lyon
Skyline Skyline of the financial center, in the foreground, the Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station, Milan, Italy.jpg
Skyline

References

  1. "Servizio Ferroviario Suburbano". Muoversi in Lombardia. Regione Lombardia. April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. Ordine di Servizio FS n. 101, 1927
  3. "Stazione di Milano Porta Garibaldi" (in Italian). Ferrovie dello Stato Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  4. "Ordine di Servizio n. 162 del 1961 - Wikisource". it.wikisource.org.
  5. "Partono da oggi i nuovi servizi delle Frecce Trenitalia: col Frecciarossa si arriva direttamente all'aeroporto di Malpensa - Notizie - FSNews". www.fsnews.it.
  6. "Il Frecciarossa "vola" a Milano Malpensa - Notizie - FSNews". www.fsnews.it.
  7. "Lombardia: terminati i lavori di collegamento tra Milano Centrale e Milano Bovisa - Notizie - FSNews". www.fsnews.it.
  8. "Da dicembre all'aeroporto di Malpensa direttamente da Milano Centrale - Notizie - FSNews". www.fsnews.it.
  9. "Inaugurata a Milano la prima delle due torri Maire Tecnimont presso la stazione Garibaldi - Video". Il Sole 24 ORE.

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