commuter rail
Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...
route forming part of the
Milan suburban railway service
The Milan S Lines constitute the commuter rail system serving the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy.
The system comprises 12 lines serving 124 stations, for a total length of 403 km.
There are 415 trains per day with a daily ridership of a ...
(), which converges on the city of
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, Italy.
The route runs over the infrastructure of the Milan Passante, Milan–Bologna and Milan-Asso railways. Like all but one of the other Milan suburban railway service routes, it is operated by
Trenord
Trenord is a railway company which is responsible for the operation of regional and suburban passenger trains mainly in Lombardy. The company was established by the two main railway companies in Lombardy, Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM ...
.
Route
Line S12, a
cross-city route
A cross-city route is a public transport route linking one suburb (or satellite) of a city or town with another, usually relatively distant, suburb (or satellite).
Such a route can be operated by various forms of public transport, including co ...
, heads initially in a southerly direction from Milano Bovisa through the
Milan Passante railway
The Passante Ferroviario di Milano is an underground railway which runs through Milan, Italy.
The first part was opened in 1997 and was completed in 2008.Milano Rogoredo. From there, it turns south-east towards its southern terminus,
Melegnano
Melegnano (formerly Marignano; ) is a ''comune'' and town in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. The town lies southeast of the city of Milan. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 26 August 1 ...
.
History
The route was activated on 12 September 2016.
The route was suspended on 25 February 2020 due to
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
and it has been partially restored in August 2023, with four trains per direction per day, running at 15 minutes intervals when paired with line S1. A more complete service shall be restored in 2024: since June 2024, service has been expanded, with 10 round trip per day from Cormano-Cusano Milanino to Melegnano and one round trip per day between Cormano-Cusano Milanino and Milano Rogoredo; this has been made possible by the construction and opening of the third track from Milano Affori to Cormano-Cusano, allowing for more separation between regional trains, which run express from Affori to Cesano Maderno, and suburban all-stopping trains.
Stations
The stations on the S12 are as follows (stations with a coloured background are within the municipality of Milan):
See also
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History of rail transport in Italy
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of as of 2011.
Origins
The first Railways were introduced in Italy when it was still a divided country, a few decades before t ...
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List of Milan S Lines stations
The Milan S Lines is a commuter rail system serving the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy.
The system comprises 12 lines serving 124 stations, for a total length of 403 km and is fully integrated with the Milan Metro. There are 732 rides p ...
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Rail transport in Italy
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of of which active lines are . The network has recently grown with the construction of the new High-speed rail in Italy, high-spe ...
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Transport in Milan
Milan has an extensive internal transport network and is also an important transportation node in Italy, being one of the country's biggest hubs for air, rail and road networks.
Internal public transport network includes the Metro, the Suburban R ...