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The city and comune
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of Milan, capital of the region

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of Lombardy

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, northern Italy

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, has twenty two railway stations and stops in use today.

Six of these stations are operated by FERROVIENORD

FERROVIENORD

' is an Italian transport company, part of the FNM Group, that manages the network of regional railway concessions owned by the group in northern Italy.-History:...

, while the remaining sixteen are managed by RFI

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...

.

Five other stations are currently in the planning stage for the city area: Canottieri, Dergano, Forlanini, Tibaldi and Zama.

Short history of rail transport in Milan

In the huge explosion of rail transport

Rail transport

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in the nineteenth century, Milan was one of the places that invested in development of this means of transport.

In the late 1830s, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria

Ferdinand I of Austria

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granted "the privilege to build a road on iron rails from Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

to Monza

Monza

Monza is a city and comune on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.On June...

" to the Holzhammer company of Bolzano. The privilege authorised the construction of a railway project developed by the Milanese engineer Giulio Sarti.

The Milan–Monza railway, opened in 1840, was the first railway line in Lombardy, and the second in Italy after the Naples–Portici railway. Milan's first railway station, Porta Nuova, formed part of the new railway. It was placed outside the circle of ramparts, near the Porta Nuova

Porta Nuova (Milan)

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city gate, from which it took its name.

In February 1846 came the second Milanese railway station, Porta Tosa-Vittoria, near the city gate of the same name, and outside the circle of ramparts, where today via Corridoni intersects with via Archimedes and viale Premuda. For eleven years, this station served as the terminus of the Milan–Treviglio railway, which is the Lombardian section of the Milan-Venice railway. From 1857, with the opening of the Treviglio–Bergamo–Coccaglio railway, the Porta Tosa station became the western terminus of the railway linking Milan with Venice

Venice

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, the other capital city of the then Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia

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.

With the decision to extend the Monza railway further north to Como

Como

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, it was necessary to widen the Porta Nuova railway station by adding extra space, along the banks of the Naviglio Martesana

Naviglio Martesana

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. The new larger station, with a sizeable three bay train hall covering the tracks and trains, entered service in 1850. Today, the station building of this now former station, which was closed in 1931, can still be recognized inside the barracks

Barracks

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of the Guardia di Finanza

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, in via Melchiorre Gioia.

Chronological list of stations

Name	Inauguration	Current state	Type	Manager
Porta Nuova (I)	1840	Sold	Terminal station, surface	N/A
Porta Tosa	1846	Demolished	Terminal station, surface	N/A
Porta Nuova (II)	1850	Sold	Terminal station, surface	N/A
Centrale (vecchia)	1864	Demolished	Through station, surface	N/A
Porta Genova	1870	In use	Terminal station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
S.M. Garibaldi	1873	Sold	Goods yard	N/A
Cadorna	1879	In use	Terminal station, surface	FERROVIENORD FERROVIENORD ' is an Italian transport company, part of the FNM Group, that manages the network of regional railway concessions owned by the group in northern Italy.-History:...
Bruzzano	1879	In use	Through station, surface	FERROVIENORD FERROVIENORD ' is an Italian transport company, part of the FNM Group, that manages the network of regional railway concessions owned by the group in northern Italy.-History:...
Affori	1879	In use	Through station, surface	FERROVIENORD FERROVIENORD ' is an Italian transport company, part of the FNM Group, that manages the network of regional railway concessions owned by the group in northern Italy.-History:...
Bovisa FN	1879	In use	Stazione passante in superficie	FERROVIENORD FERROVIENORD ' is an Italian transport company, part of the FNM Group, that manages the network of regional railway concessions owned by the group in northern Italy.-History:...
S.M. Sempione	1883	Sold	Goods yard	N/A
Rogoredo	1891	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network... /Centostazioni Centostazioni ' is a member company of Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato group. It was created to rehabilitate, develop and manage 103 medium sized Italian railway stations.-History:...
Porta Romana (goods yard)	1891	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Lambrate (vecchia)	1896	Sold	Through station, surface	N/A
Porta Vittoria	1911	In use	Through station, underground	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Greco Pirelli Milano Greco Pirelli railway station Milano Greco Pirelli railway station is one of the main stations serving the city and comune of Milan, capital of the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1914, it is in the north of the city, in the quartiere of Greco. It forms part of the Milan–Monza railway.The station is currently...	1914	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
San Cristoforo	1915	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Porta Romana (passenger stop)	1918	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Bullona	1929	Sold	Through station, surface	FERROVIENORD FERROVIENORD ' is an Italian transport company, part of the FNM Group, that manages the network of regional railway concessions owned by the group in northern Italy.-History:...
Bovisa FS	19??	Sold	Through station, surface	N/A
Centrale	1931	In use	Terminal station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network... /Grandi Stazioni Grandi Stazioni ' is a member company of Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato group. It was created to rehabilitate and manage, even commercially, the 13 biggest Italian railway stations.-Stations under management:...
Lambrate Milano Lambrate railway station Milano Lambrate railway station is one of the main stations serving the city and comune of Milan, capital of the region of Lombardy, northern Italy....	1931	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Porta Nuova (III)	1931	Sold	Terminal station, surface	FS Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...
Quarto Oggiaro	195?	In use	Through station, surface	FERROVIENORD FERROVIENORD ' is an Italian transport company, part of the FNM Group, that manages the network of regional railway concessions owned by the group in northern Italy.-History:...
Porta Garibaldi Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station Milano Porta Garibaldi is a major station in the Italian city of Milan, located just to the north of the neighbourhood known as Porta Garibaldi...	1963	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network... /Centostazioni Centostazioni ' is a member company of Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato group. It was created to rehabilitate, develop and manage 103 medium sized Italian railway stations.-History:...
Repubblica	1997	In use	Through station, underground	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Porta Venezia	1997	In use	Through station, underground	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Lancetti	1997	In use	Through station, underground	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Certosa	18..	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Dateo	2002	In uso	Through station, underground	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Villapizzone	2002	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...
Domodossola-Fiera	2003	In use	Through station, underground	FERROVIENORD FERROVIENORD ' is an Italian transport company, part of the FNM Group, that manages the network of regional railway concessions owned by the group in northern Italy.-History:...
Romolo	2006	In use	Through station, surface	RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is an Italian company fully owned by Ferrovie dello Stato . RFI is the owner of Italy's railway network, it sets train paths, provides signalling, provides maintenance and other services for the railway network...

Short history of rail transport in Milan

Chronological list of stations

See also