Milan–Chiasso railway

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Milan-Chiasso railway
standard gauge
ElectrificationElectrified at 3000 V DC
Route map

km
50.765
Chiasso
(power system change)
230 m
Switzerland
Italy
Left arrowLeft arrowMonte Olimpino 2 tunnel (7,202 m)
Left arrowMonte Olimpino 1 tunnel (1,919 m)
lake link (closed)
46.619
Como San Giovanni
201 m
Camerlata
to Left arrowMozzate and Right arrowComo
41.679
Albate-Camerlata
A59
40.340
Rosales junction
37.334
Cucciago
(opened 1849)
255 m
Cucciago tunnel (304 m)
Seveso river
Seveso river
34.171
Cantù-Cermenate
248 m
Seveso river
Seveso river
31.764
Carimate
238 m
Seveso river
27.092
Camnago-Lentate
(opened 1849)
217 m
21.598
Seregno
(opened 1849)
207 m
18.436
Desio (opened 1849)
Monza–Meda–Cantù tramway
200 m
16.348
Lissone-Muggiò
(opened 1882)
195 m
Royal railway station of Monza
(private, 1884–1900)
Galleria di Monza
from
Lecco (via Molteno)
11.934 (12.575)
Monza
(opened 1840)
160 m
Left arrowLeft arrow"Lecco" line / Left arrow"Chiasso" line
A52 (north ring)
(7.695) 7.060
Sesto San Giovanni
(opened 1969)
145 m
Sesto San Giovanni (old)
140 m
(3.984) 3.351
Milano Greco Pirelli
(opened 1914)
130 m
Left arrowto Domodossola, Turin (HS and slow)
and belt railway
installed in 2010 and 2012
(2.065)
Mirabello junction
123 m
(1.744)
Garibaldi Tunnel (1562 m)
(opened in 1966)
0.000 0.000
Milano Centrale
(opened in 1931)
Milano Centrale (1864–1931);
old line to Venice and Piacenza
Milano Porta Nuova
(1931–1961)
(0.182)
(0.000) 4.770
Milano
Porta Garibaldi
Left arrowLeft arrowopened 1963 (surface)
Left arrowopened 1997 (underground)
Passante
to
Milano Bovisa-Politecnico
Milano Porta Nuova
(1850–1864)
Milano Porta Nuova
(1840–1850)

Lake Como branch


FS line from Chiasso
FS line to Milan
bridge over via Borgo Vico
(demolished)
bridge over Cosia torrent
(demolished)
Como Lago FS yard

The Milano–Chiasso railway line is an Italian state-owned railway connecting Milan to Como and Chiasso, Switzerland.

It is electrified at 3000 volts DC. Between Milan and Monza it has four tracks and is used not only by trains operating to and from Como, but also by freight and passenger trains connecting Milan with Bergamo and Lecco, either directly or routed via Molteno. North of Monza it has two tracks, but between the junction "Bivio Rosales" and Chiasso there is a parallel double track line (used mainly by freight trains) including Monte Olimpino 2 tunnel (7207 m).

History

The first section of the line is the

Ferrovie dello Stato
from 1905.

Services

Since 14 December 2008 suburban services on this line between Como and

Ferrovie dello Stato and Swiss Federal Railways).[5]
Line S11 runs, as of 2024, every 30 minutes per direction, alternatively with terminus at Como San Giovanni or Chiasso; it is operated by Trenord, as most of Milan S lines.

Line S9 operates between

Milan Cadorna station and the lines of Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM); lines S4 and S11 are scheduled in order to allow for interchange in both directions on line S11 at Camnago-Lentate
.

Additionally, regional express trains run hourly from Locarno to Milano Centrale, using this railway for part of their route and calling only at Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, Como Camerlata, Seregno and Monza.

In 2006 integrated ticketing and subscriptions allowing travel using a single ticket on trains of both LeNord, now Trenord (FNM passenger services) and TiLo were introduced to facilitate rail traffic between Brianza and Milan. In 2019, integrated tickets were extended to include every form of public transport in Monza-Brianza and Milano provinces.

The line is also used by long-distance

Eurocity trains to and from Basel and Zürich
.

The line is used by many railway companies to transport goods to and from Switzerland and northern Europe.

References

Footnotes

Sources

See also