Milano Smistamento is the main railway station marshalling yard in Milan, managed by Mercitalia Rail. [1]
It was built in the 1920s in close connection with the new Centrale station to establish a large freight yard strategically located near the city, towards the northeast.
The large area is crossed by the line from Milan Lambrate to Venice Santa Lucia and connected to the contemporary Milan belt line, linking both Milan Greco Pirelli and Milan Rogoredo.
The yard has forty-eight tracks with through access; for this reason, it is the largest railway marshalling yard in Italy [3] .
Milano Smistamento also served as a depot for steam locomotives and had two large turntables, one of which was covered.
It currently functions as a locomotive depot with maintenance activities for electric locomotives. Only one turntable remains, while the workshops are connected, in addition to some tracks, by two transfer bridges.
The yard also houses historical rolling stock, including steam locomotives, electric locomotives (such as FS E.636, FS E.646 and FS E.656) and Diesel units (FS group 211 railcar) [4] .
Between the two turntables, one of which is decommissioned, towards the outskirts, there is the railway workshop area, equipped with a heavy-duty lift.
