Turati is a station on Line 3 of the

Milan Metro The Milan Metro () is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. The network consists of five lines with a total network length of , and a total of List of Milan Metro stations, 125 stations (+2 in con ...

which opened on 1 May 1990, as part of the inaugural section of the line between

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and Centrale. Initially, Duomo was connected with Centrale by shuttle service, and on 16 December 1990, with the extension of the line to Porta Romana, full-scale service started. The station is located on Via

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, near Piazza Cavour, in the city centre of

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. It is near the public gardens of

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. The station is underground, like all the other stations of the line and, like the other one in the city centre, it is built in two different overlapped tunnels, with the lower one sometimes being flooded.

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Line 3 (Milan Metro) stations Railway stations in Italy opened in 1990 {{Milan-metro-stub