LeNORD
Company type | Parent FNM S.p.A. | |
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Website | www.lenord.it (in English) |
LeNORD S.r.l. (prior to 15 May 2006, Ferrovie Nord Milano Trasporti S.r.l.) was a subsidiary of the FNM Group responsible for operating passenger train services in northern Italy.
The company was wound down upon its merger with the Lombardy Regional Division of Trenitalia on May 3, 2011. The merged entity became Trenord.[1][2]
The company moved approximately 50 million passengers per year, carried on 500 trains per day on 400 km (250 mi) of rail network, including both the network granted to the FNM Group, managed by
Together with Trenitalia and ATM Milano, LeNORD was a member of the temporary undertaking that took over the train service of the Milan suburban line S5 from 1 July 2008. On behalf of Trenitalia LeNORD, the company also managed the only rail link between the city of Milan and Malpensa Aeroporto railway station, the Malpensa Express. This service was previously operated by a company of the same name, which has remained in place as a subsidiary of LeNORD, under the new name VieNORD.
History
The company was founded as Ferrovie Nord Milano Trasporti S.r.l. on 1 January 2004, to take over the business on the passenger division of the company Ferrovie Nord Milano Esercizio SpA (now known as FERROVIENORD). On 12 December 2004, it started operating part of the
On 15 May 2006, following the redefinition of the corporate identity of the FNM Group, the company changed its name to LeNORD.
On 18 September 2009, under new agreements with Trenitalia and the
Since 13 December 2009, LeNORD has been operating direct long-distance day
On 3 May 2011 LeNord stopped its activity and its operations was moved to Trenord.
Rail services
Suburban lines
Regional lines
Milan branch
Iseo branch
Line | Route |
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Brescia–Edolo | Iseo – Edolo
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Brescia–Iseo | Iseo
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Brescia–Breno | Iseo – Breno
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Bornato–Rovato | Bornato – Rovato |
Diagram of the network served by LeNORD (Milan branch)
Operations
The depot and social workshops for running and corrective maintenance for the Milan branch of the company are located in Novate Milanese, 8 km (5.0 mi) from Milan on the Milan–Saronno railway. For the Brescia branch, they are in Iseo. A further storage/workshop area is currently being developed at a former military installation, in the locality of Camnago in Lentate sul Seveso.
See also
- FERROVIENORD
- NordCargo
- Milan suburban railway network
- DB-ÖBB-LeNord
References
- ^ Trenord. "L'azienda". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ FNM SpA. Bilancio consolidato 2010. p. III
External links
- Official website of LeNORD (in English)
This article is based upon a translation from the Italian language version as at February 2011.