Milano Porta Garibaldi 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, 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'', opened between 1840 (Milan's first station on the
Milan–Monza railway) and 1931. The latter station was also called ''Varesine'' (after
Varese) and was the terminus of lines to
Gallarate,
Novara and Varese. The construction of the 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
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...
(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, and more trains will be added starting from December 2010. 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
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. is an Italian Corporate group, group numbering 50 operating companies in the engineering, technology and energy sectors. It deals in plant engineering in oil and gas, chemicals and petrochemicals, in green chemistry and in t ...
.
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
EuroCity, abbreviated as EC, is a cross-border train category within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains allocated to the lower-level "IC" (InterCity) category, EC trains are international services that meet 20 criteri ...
connection to
Munich in association with
Deutsche Bahn
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the se ...
and
Österreichische Bundesbahnen. 3
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...
TGV
The TGV (french: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously french: TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse, label=none) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed rail network from 1966 to 19 ...
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''
*Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Turin - Milan - Parma - Rome - Naples - Salerno''
*Night train (''Intercity Notte'') ''Turin - Milan - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Florence - Rome - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria''
*Night train (''ÖBB
Nightjet'') ''Milan - Brescia - Verona - Padova - Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna''
*Night train (''ÖBB Nightjet'') ''Milan - Brescia - Verona - Padova - Villach - Salzburg - Munich''
*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''
References
External links
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Porta Garibaldi
Railway stations opened in 1961
Milan S Lines stations
Railway stations located underground in Italy
1961 establishments in Italy