Monza railway station
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Distance | 11.934 km (7.415 mi) from Milano Centrale 12.575 km (7.814 mi) from Milano Porta Garibaldi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Trenord | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | STIBM: Mi4[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 17 August 1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monza railway station (Italian: Stazione di Monza) is the main station serving the city and comune of Monza, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy.
Opened in 1840 under the
The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Both companies are subsidiaries of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
Train services are operated by the Lombard railway company Trenord.
Location
Monza railway station is located on Via Enrico Arosio, at the southern edge of the city centre.
History
The station was officially opened on 17 August 1840, as the terminus of the Milan–Monza railway, which was the first railway built in Lombardy and the second in Italy, after the Naples–Portici railway. Operations commenced the following day, 18 August 1840.[2] In July 1849, that line was extended to Camnago-Lentate, on its way to becoming the Milan–Chiasso railway.[2]
On 27 December 1873, Monza became a junction station, upon the opening of the final section of the Lecco–Milan railway, between Carnate-Usmate and Monza.[2]
The original passenger building was replaced with the present one in 1884, when the station was moved to a new location. In 1901, the original passenger building was demolished to facilitate the construction of the Via Turati bridge.[3]
On 19 October 1911, Monza also became the terminus of another secondary line, the
Features
The station yard consists of seven tracks: 1 and 2 for Chiasso, 3 previously shared between the Chiasso–Milan and Lecco–Milan railways, 4 and 5 for Tirano (RFI), and 6 (as the main platform) and 7 (as the overtaking platform) for the Lecco and Molteno lines.
The station also has a freight terminal that serves, amongst other things, the nearby storage area of the former Lombard Petroli, at Villasanta.
Train services
The station has about seven million passenger movements each year.[4] It is served by the following services:
- Eurocity services (EC) Zürich - Arth-Goldau - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milan
- Eurocity services (EC) Basel - Luzern - Arth-Goldau - Bellinzona - Chiasso - Milan
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Lecco - Molteno - Monza - Milan
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Lecco - Calolziocorte - Carnate - Monza - Milan
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Bergamo - Carnate - Monza - Milan
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Saronno - Seregno - Monza - Milan - Albairate
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Chiasso - Como - Seregno - Monza - Milan
Interchange
The station is connected with the Milan suburban railway network by Lines S7, S8, S9, and S11. It also has a bus terminal for local buses.
See also
- History of rail transport in Italy
- List of railway stations in Lombardy
- Rail transport in Italy
- Railway stations in Italy
References
- ^ "Servizio Ferroviario Suburbano". Muoversi in Lombardia. Regione Lombardia. April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Alessandro Tuzza; et al. "Prospetto cronologico dei tratti di ferrovia aperti all'esercizio dal 1839 al 31 dicembre 1926" [Chronological overview of the features of the railways opened between 1839 and 31 December 1926]. Trenidicarta.it (in Italian). Alessandro Tuzza. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ISBN 88-87911-39-8.
- ^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
External links
Media related to Monza railway station at Wikimedia Commons