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.

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):

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Chambéry - Turin - Milan
  • High speed services (Frecciarossa) Turin - Milan - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
  • Regional services (Treno regionale) Milan - Monza - Carnate - Bergamo
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S1) Saronno - Milan - Lodi
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S2) Mariano Comense - Seveso - Milan
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S5) Varese - Rho - Milan - Treviglio
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S6) Novara - Rho - Milan - Treviglio
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S7) Milan - Monza - Molteno - Lecco
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S8) Milan - Monze - Carnate - Lecco
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S11) Rho - Milan - Monza - Seregno - Como - Chiasso
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S12) Milan - Melegnano
  • Milan Metropolitan services (S13) Milan - Pavia
Interiors
Platforms (surface)
Platforms (underground)
TGV Milan P.ta Garibaldi - Paris Gare de Lyon
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.

External links

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