Milano Certosa is a surface railway station in
Milan
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,
Italy
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. The station is on the north-west part of the city between the
Quarto Oggiaro
Quarto Oggiaro (; ) is a district of Milan in the north-west of the city. It belongs to Zone 8 of Milan, Zone 8, and has a population of 35000 inhabitants.
Name
The name Quarto Oggiaro derives from the ancient toponymy ''Quarto Uglerio'': the ...
and Musocco neighborhoods. Its name comes from the
Certosa di Garegnano
Garegnano Charterhouse, also known as Milan Charterhouse ( or ''Certosa di Milano'') is a former Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, in the Garegnano district. It now houses a community of Capuchin Fr ...
. The station is located on Via
Antonio Mambretti
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. The train services are 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 ...
.
The station is the oldest still operating in Milan, and the only one established by the
Austrian Empire
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before the unification of Italy.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
*Milan Metropolitan services (''S5'') ''Varese - Rho - Milan - Treviglio''
*Milan Metropolitan services (''S6'') ''Novara - Rho - Milan - Pioltello - (only peak service) Treviglio''
*Milan Metropolitan services (''S11'') ''Rho - Milan - Monza - Seregno - Como - Chiasso''
See also
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Railway stations in Milan
Milan has 24 railway stations in use today. Of these, 18 are managed by RFI, while the remaining 6 are operated by Ferrovienord. Three more stations are currently in the planning stage for the city area: ''Canottieri'', ''Dergano'' and ''Zama'' ...
*
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 ...
References
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Railway stations in Italy opened in 1858
Milan S Lines stations
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